Hunter 'has given up dieting for good'

Rachel Hunter has vowed that she will never diet again after putting on weight.

The former model has grown to a size 12 and is much happier with her newfound curves, reports Now.

A friend said: "Rachel has given up dieting for good. For 20 years she starved herself and exercised excessively. But it made her miserable.

"As Rachel started to gain weight her mood and self-esteem improved."

Hunter, who has two children with ex-husband Rod Stewart, was eliminated from US reality show Celebrity Circus on Wednesday night.

She previously complained that the muscles caused by her training regime made her look fat.