Christina Aguilera has posed topless.
The Genie In A Bottle singer was seen with no shirt on as she hid her assets with her arm for the latest cover of Paper magazine.
The 43-year-old songbird – who lost 50lbs in the past year – also had on a maroon knitted hat and black underwear over white Dsquared men’s underwear with fishnet stockings for the photo shoot by Erica Devin Snyder.
Her nails were long and painted a nude color as she put a hand up to her bronze painted lips.
‘Christina Aguilera Defines Her Legacy. 25 years since her introduction, @xtina continues to put forward her most authentic self,’ the caption for the magazine’s Instagram post read.
Christina Aguilera has posed topless. The Genie In A Bottle singer was seen with no shirt on as she hid her assets with her arm for the latest cover of Paper magazine
‘From pop princess to fearless rulebreaker, her place in culture has not only been defined by numbers or charts (despite massive success from the beginning: three No. 1’s on her debut self-titled album and now seven Grammys under her belt).
‘But by connecting with the core of who she is and what resonates with her audience.’
The singer told Paper she has morals.
‘I will never be a part of the creative world in a way that jeopardizes my own integrity,’ Aguilera shared.
She was reflecting on her commitment to evolving musically and personally for herself and her fans.
‘At this point, there is a new me that has been growing and building, and it is so ready to emerge,’ she added.
The inside photos seen her in a leopard-print bustier with matching stockings and high heels as she sits in a chair. And the siren is also snapped in neon green tights with large oval holes in them.
She also said she wants to appear a certain way when on stage.
‘I am an extreme perfectionist as far as prepping and making sure the details are together. I do as much as I can to prepare because I’ve been through it all after so long, but at the same time, when it does hit the fan it’s like, Whatever,’ she noted.
‘There’s more important things to life than a mic falling off a stand. You’ve got to laugh and roll with it as a performer.’
The star’s weight has fluctuated over the years, with her recently sparking rumours of Ozempic use after debuting a 50lb weight loss (Pictured in December)
The star has been noticeably thinner this year; seen with her daughter Summer Rain
But she has a chill side too: ‘At the end of the day, I don’t take myself and fame so seriously. I’m in it for the love and the creativity, and how I can connect and hopefully spread messages.’
She also noted: ‘I have to feel strong in my message and my core and what I’m doing out there. I think it’s been apparent throughout my career that I’ve taken risks and chances. It’s very easy to play it safe for public perspective, so that they feel safe.’
And she also brought up her mother: ‘This is why the messages are so important. Coming from an abusive household and seeing my mom feel voiceless and disempowered ignited something in me very early on. I grew up singing in front of people. I could see the reaction as a little girl, when I opened my mouth to sing. I was born with something I believe to be a gift, and I don’t take that lightly.
‘I’m going to be that voice that I didn’t have growing up for my mother, be that voice for other people that feel voiceless in their own circumstances. It was very hard for me to stomach a lot of what I saw growing up, so I made a very early decision that I would come with something to say.’
This comes after Aguilera said she was body shamed throughout her career. She made her comments to Glamour.
‘When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body than when you’re in your 20s,’ Christina said in the cover interview (Pictured left in 1999 and right in 2012)
The hitmaker said in her early years in the music industry, music bosses were unhappy when she gained weight in her 20s.
And she said they preferred her as a ‘skinny teenager‘. ‘When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body than when you’re in your 20s,’ Christina said in the cover interview.
‘I started to fill out, and then that was unacceptable because it was like, “Oh, she’s getting thicker.”
‘Then I had industry people say: “They liked your body and how you were as a skinny teenager”.’
The star was pictured in a white minidress with a huge cape as she frolicked on the beach for Glamour’s August cover
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The star’s weight has fluctuated over the years, with her recently sparking rumors of Ozempic use after debuting a 50lb weight loss.
She previously said she ‘hated being super skinny’ and had started embracing and ‘loving my new curves’, according to Health.
Christina’s career started out when she competed on Star Search, before being selected for The All-New Mickey Mouse Club.
After hanging up her mouse ears in 1996, Christina recorded the theme tune for Disney movie Mulan which helped propel her to fame with her self-titled debut album the following year.
For the live-action remake of Mulan in 2020, Christina released the new song Loyal Brave True and a re-recording of Reflection.