Battle of the bulge

Camera angles are lifesavers for some celebrities and a curse for others. We show you our best worst-camera-angles shots of famous beauties

You know how everytime you look at pictures of famous people you start feeling fat and ugly comparing yourself to them. Now I know that's wrong, you know that's wrong, but we still do it.

And it's inevitable really, seeing that celebs always look so perfect in every photograph. So naturally we were pleased as punch that a bunch of sneaky paparazzi managed to catch candid shots of these stars in their most unflattering moments.

Getting Mariah Carey with all her bulges in sight wasn't that hard, granted, neither were the snapshots of Jennifer Lopez with her famous derrier looking larger than ever, but getting the fit Kareena Kapoor with her paunch sticking out and Jennifer Love Hewitt in a maternity moment required some quick camera work.

Beyonce, who normally manages to make her large frame look extremely sexy, seemed to have a bad moment at the Oscars this year in a dress that just expanded her hips in the most unflattering way.

Lil Kim, who loves to flaunt her curves on normal occasions, had us in a spin when she stepped out in this hideous do, which did nothing but emphasise her flabby bits.

Even the normally gorgeous Paula Abdul's fashion sense took a turn for the worse when she forgot to wear her corset belt under her high-waisted pants, a style that finds flaws in even the most perfect figures.

But it works out well for us though. If it weren't for celebrity oversights, where would we be?