ASHLEE SIMPSON - SIMPSON STRUGGLED WITH EATING DISORDER

Singer ASHLEE SIMPSON was once so desperate to fit in as a dancer, she succumbed to an eating disorder.
The 23-year-old stunned fans earlier last month (Apr08) when she proudly posed for the June (08) cover of U.S. magazine Shape in a red string bikini with a newly toned figure.
But the Boyfriend hitmaker insists she wasn't always as confident with her body image.
She recalls, "When I went to ballet school, I was around a lot of girls with eating disorders, and I actually had a minor one myself.
"It was about six months of not eating too much at all. I was 11 and five foot, two inches and about 70 pounds. My parents stepped in and made me eat."