Writing from her hotel bed in Seattle, British singer Lily Allen says: ‘I used to pride myself on being strong-minded and not being some stupid girl obsessed with the way I look,” in a Myspace Blog entry entitled ‘Fat, Ugly and Shitterr than Winehouse.”

‘I felt like it didn’t matter if I was a bit chubby ’cause I’m not a model, I’m a singer.

‘m afraid I am not strong and have fallen victim to the evil machine.’

She said she was ‘in a sea of tears’ and contemplating ‘gastric bypass surgery and laser liposuction’.