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"Kara DioGuardi poses in the buff for the May issue of Allure (on newsstands April 20).&amp;quot;This shoot was less about beauty than about taking a risk and showing people a side of me they never have seen,&amp;quot; says the 39-year-old American Idol judge, who famously posed in a bikini on last year&amp;apos;s finale.\r\nPHOTOS: Before they were Idol judgesDioGuardi struggled with binge eating and depression in her early 20s.&amp;quot;Back then I was a size 6 or 8; now I&amp;apos;m more like a size 2,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Food is not what I use to anesthetize myself anymore.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Stars who love their bodiesTo prep for the shoot, she didn&amp;apos;t squeeze in extra workouts, but she did cut salt. &amp;quot;I can really retain water,&amp;quot; she says.Emmanuelle Chriqui, 32, also strips for the mag.&amp;quot;Some women want bigger breasts,&amp;quot; laments the Entourage star, &amp;quot;but [I wish] I could have had a dancer&amp;apos;s body. I sometimes wear plunging necklines because they make me feel smaller.&amp;quot;\r\nChriqui was on day four of a 10-day organic food cleanse for the photo shoot. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not about losing weight,&amp;quot; she insists. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t want to feel freaked out about today, so I consciously kept focusing on excitement.&amp;quot;\r\nAlso nude: Grey&amp;apos;s Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw, 33, who just announced she&amp;apos;s pregnant with her second child.\r\nPHOTOS: TV&amp;apos;s hot doctors&amp;quot;I was never a rail-thin person,&amp;quot; she says."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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