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"At the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. on Sunday, Jordin Sparks radiated confidence and beauty in a Chagoury Couture halter mini that showed off her toned shoulders and legs on the pink carpet.\r\nSince appearing on the cover of August&amp;apos;s Shape magazine to flaunt her 50-pound weight loss, Sparks dished to Us Weekly about the question on everyone&amp;apos;s minds: what regimen is behind her slimdown?\r\n&amp;quot;There is no secret,&amp;quot; the 22-year-old Sparkle actress told Us at the event. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just eating better and working out! It&amp;apos;s definitely a daily thing.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nAmong her favorite ways to get her sweat on: high-energy dance classes like Zumba. &amp;quot;My mom&amp;apos;s best friend is a Zumba instructor and I loved it,&amp;quot; she gushed. &amp;quot;I started with walking then went to jogging and then Zumba. I started [working with a trainer] and we did 30 minutes of circuit training so I didn&amp;apos;t feel like I needed to be in the gym for two hours.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn addition to intense cardio sculpting sessions, Sparks, who had been dating fellow singer Jason Derulo since last August, had to makeover her diet as well. &amp;quot;I stop now when I&amp;apos;m full,&amp;quot; she admitted. &amp;quot;I love food and I love to eat. My thing was, do I really need seconds or do I want it just because it tastes good?&amp;quot;\r\nBut leftovers and second helpings have proven to pay off for the season 6 American Idol champ, who admits that she got extremely emotional when shooting her first bikini cover.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I could only dream having a cover and looking like that,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I thought, &amp;apos;I did it!&amp;apos; I had to walk back to my dressing room and I had to pull myself together because I was overwhelmed. I cried. I shed a little tear but I&amp;apos;m really happy with how it turned out.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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