GENIE IN A BOTTLE
Christina Aguilera looks like she aged backwards after drastic weight loss in Glamour shoot 25 years after music debut
Plus, Christina's reaction to critics about her weight
CHRISTINA Aguilera has shown off her drastic weight loss in a new photoshoot for Glamour.
The singer is currently celebrating 25 years in the music industry after her debut single Genie In A Bottle skyrocketed her to fame.
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Christina, 43, is Glamour's cover star for August.
She graced the cover in a small white dress that barely reached her thighs.
The pop singer went braless and had a long white sheet hanging off her hands.
Christina then showed off her weight loss in another picture with the same outfit.
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She posed on the beach in a black and gold jumpsuit with cutouts down the side.
Her piercing blue eyes were on display as she posed in a gray long-sleeve turtleneck on the beach.
The final photo in the spread showed Christina sitting in a small chair as she gave a smoldering look to the camera.
She wore a sparkly black jumpsuit and went barefoot.
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BEAUTIFUL
Christina lost over 40 pounds before her Las Vegas residency earlier this year.
In March, an insider told Life & Style that the singer had restricted her caloric intake to 1,600 calories per day.
Christina Aguilera looks slimmer-than-ever in short pink dress for Dolce & Gabbana event after star's major weight loss
The source added that Christina had been working out “rigorously” every day of the week.
“Christina didn’t feel as energetic with extra weight,” they said.
“Some are concerned she’ll gain the weight back but she loves all the attention she’s getting.”
'NOT MY BUSINESS'
In the article, Christina shares that the world caring about her weight was "particularly painful."
Christina Aguilera's Biggest Hits
According to the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Moves Like Jagger (with Maroon 5)
49 weeks on the chart
(4 at number one)
Beautiful
27 weeks on the chart
Say Something (with A Great Big World)
26 weeks on the chart
Genie In A Bottle
25 weeks on the chart
(5 at number one)
What A Girl Wants
24 weeks on the chart
(2 at number one)
Her self-esteem in the early 2000s was based on how skinny she was.
“When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body than when you’re in your 20s," she told the publication.
“I started to fill out, and then that was unacceptable because it was like, ‘Oh, she’s getting thicker.’ Then I had industry people: ‘They liked your body and how you were as a skinny teenager.’”
However, as she has aged, Christina is less affected by comments from the world.
"I have a maturity now where I just don’t give a f**k about your opinion. I’m not going to take it on," she said.
“It must be your responsibility to take up your space. Other people’s opinions of me are not my business.”
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Christina hopes to instill the mindset of not caring what others think into her children.
"Your kids trigger things in you that you don’t want them to go through. And it’s almost like you’re reliving this whole thing again," she said.
Christina shares her daughter, Summer Rain, 10, with fiancé Matt Rutler, and a son, Max, 16, with her ex-husband, Jordan Bratman.
25 YEARS LATER
Christina shot to stardom when she released her debut single, Genie in a Bottle, in 1999, of her self-titled album.
The song uses sexual references to address the themes of self-respect and abstinence.
Genie in a Bottle was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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The single reached number in 21 countries on the record charts.
In the U.S., Genie in a Bottle reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum.
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