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"Lady Gaga feels she&amp;apos;s been unfairly criticized for not maintaining a perfect physique.\r\nThe &amp;quot;Born This Way&amp;quot; singer admitted to packing on the pounds in a mid-September radio interview, and since then, she started a &amp;quot;Body Revolution&amp;quot; on her Little Monsters website, where she asked people to embrace their figures and focus on inner beauty. When the 26-year-old spoke with Stylist UK about the movement, she drew attention to another famously curvy musician: British soul singer Adele, 24.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was acutely aware of some photos on the internet -- my mom called me and was like, &amp;apos;Did you gain weight?&amp;apos; -- everybody was telling me about it, and I didn&amp;apos;t really care,&amp;quot; Gaga recalls. &amp;quot;I thought, well I don&amp;apos;t really care if they think I&amp;apos;m fat, because, quite honestly, I did gain about 30 pounds.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe continued, &amp;quot;Adele is bigger than me -- how come nobody says anything about it? She&amp;apos;s so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of woman. I need to be a confident woman and just say politically active things when I can that are helpful to young people.&amp;quot; (Adele and her boyfriend, Simon Konecki, welcomed a baby boy in mid-October.)\r\n\r\nThe Grammy winner wishes more women would be supportive and encouraging instead of critical and demeaning. &amp;quot;We should all make an effort to be nice to one another all the time,&amp;quot; Gaga says.\r\nThe native New Yorker (who&amp;apos;s dating Chicago Fire star Taylor Kinney) also shared her beauty mantra with Stylist UK. &amp;quot;Sit in front of the mirror with all of the paints and colors and wigs that you have at your disposal, and just have a real talk with yourself. &amp;apos;What do I not like about me?&amp;apos; And then, peer into the mirror -- and just f-cking draw right over it because that&amp;apos;s what makeup is here for. We&amp;apos;re not all perfect -- it&amp;apos;s meant to be fun so we can bond as women, and say, &amp;apos;You know, what? We don&amp;apos;t all feel perfect, but did you try that lipstick? It&amp;apos;s divine.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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