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"  Christina Aguilera looks every inch the consummate performer, whether working it onstage in front of thousands of fans \u2014 or in the midst of a PR crisis. Perched on a white couch after a photoshoot, her white-blonde hair cascading over her shoulders, her eyelids heavy with glitter, the singer appears calm, poised, and ready to answer tough questions. Having interviewed Aguilera several times before, I know that she&amp;#039;s an expert at delivering smart, sharp commentary on subjects she wants to discuss \u2014 and deft at avoiding those that she doesn&amp;#039;t. Recently, there have been a lot of tricky land mines to navigate. In 2010, she filed for divorce from music executive Jordan Bratman, her husband of five years; that same year, her album Bionic proved a critical and commercial disappointment. She didn&amp;#039;t fare much better at the box office: Critics lambasted Burlesque, her feature-film debut costarring Cher, as campy froth. Then came last year&amp;#039;s infamous Super Bowl incident, in which Aguilera flubbed the lines to the national anthem. A month later, while out with her boyfriend, production assistant Matt Rutler, she was arrested for public intoxication. (Charges were later dropped.) &amp;quot;That was a rough year,&amp;quot; Aguilera admits, shaking her head. &amp;quot;Between my divorce and the other things I went through, a lot happened. It&amp;#039;s hard for anyone to go through that in public. But when you&amp;#039;re a celebrity and under a microscope, it&amp;#039;s 58 million times harder. I grew an even thicker skin after that hard year.&amp;quot; The scrutiny seems to have shown no signs of abating: Lately, she&amp;#039;s been subjected to cruel tabloid headlines about her fluctuating weight. (&amp;quot;I was never that fat,&amp;quot; crowed Kelly Osbourne on E! Fashion Police.) Aguilera&amp;#039;s response, she says, is to ignore the static. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been through my highs, I&amp;#039;ve been through my lows; I&amp;#039;ve been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I&amp;#039;ve been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It&amp;#039;s noise I block out automatically. I love my body. My boyfriend loooves my body. My son is healthy and happy, so that&amp;#039;s all that matters to me.&amp;quot; Unlike a lot of Hollywood&amp;#039;s size-00 denizens, who obsess with near-OCD fervor over every calorie, Aguilera claims she has never been more at peace with her figure. &amp;quot;I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;When I worked on Burlesque, I lost so much weight that I was too skinny. I don&amp;#039;t weigh myself \u2014 it&amp;#039;s all about how I feel in my clothes. What looks good on one person might not look good on another body type. I happen to be very confident in my own skin. It takes time to get to that place, but it&amp;#039;s all about embracing yourself and your body.&amp;quot; Aguilera doesn&amp;#039;t just embrace her new figure so much as tie a ribbon around it and gift it to the world. On NBC&amp;#039;s breakout singing competition The Voice, where she holds court as the only woman on a panel of puckish judges including Cee Lo Green, Maroon 5&amp;#039;s Adam Levine, and country hottie Blake Shelton, Aguilera favors unapologetic miniskirts, bustiers, and her trademark 6-inch Louboutins. And yet, despite the white-blonde Betty Boop routine (&amp;quot;It is called show business,&amp;quot; Aguilera says), The Voice, which has her mentoring a cadre of pop wannabes, spotlights sides of Aguilera we&amp;#039;ve rarely glimpsed before: nurturing, funny, flirty. The show&amp;#039;s choicest moments are the off-set rehearsals that find her alone with a contestant, dispensing advice and inspiration. In these unscripted scenes, Aguilera looks and sounds like a lot of us: a been-there-done-that survivor who&amp;#039;s known her share of triumph and pain, yet plows ahead all the same. Fashion Credits: Blazer, Emporio Armani; bodysuit, Marlies Dekkers; waistbelt, Agent Provocateur; ring, Sydney Evan. More from Marie Claire:  Hairstyles for Long Hair You&amp;#039;ll Love   Short Haircuts to Be Inspired By   2015 / 2016 Fashion, Trends &amp;amp;amp; Style Tips   Red Carpet Ready: The Best Dresses &amp;amp;amp; Gowns "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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