In the most recent issue of Marie Claire, Nicole Richie addresses the eating disorder rumors that have haunted her since her 2006 weight loss during the short-lived reality show The Simple Life with former BFF Paris Hilton.

“I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don’t. It’s extremely insulting and irresponsible. An eating disorder is serious and it’s a disease,” she told the mag. “When I was heavier, everyone said I was too heavy. You can’t win in the public eye and I find it really hard.”

Richie was still on the reality show when The New York Post ran a blind item claiming a Hollywood starlet had gastric bypass to lose weight and then had it reversed to be able to put weight back on. Her reps told People it “wasn’t Nicole” and that “There are a ton of ‘Hollywood starlets.”

However, right after her weight loss in December 2006, Dr John Di Saia, a plastic surgeon and blogger at Truth in Plastic Surgery, called out Richie for having had new implants — perhaps to replace the cleavage she lost with her weight — and said the star was shopping a nose job.

Saia said the drastic changes pointed to body dysmorphic disorder: “At least one surgeon by reports considered her a poor risk and declined her surgery. There is talk about body dysmorphic disorder. She has had serious weight fluctuations.”

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Project Runway winner Irina Shabayeva won the prize during the November 19 finale by basing her fashion array on a city.

“My collection is really about New York,” she explained, then revealing 13 outfits that had the theme of shielding women from the city without looking like armor. Her collection included slick leather vests, big coats, pleated dresses and oversized knits.

Althea Harper and Carol Hannah Whitfield, the other two competitors, were runners-up; Harper’s theme was futuristic and Whitfield’s was based on gothic architecture and fairy tales.

Shabayeva was cited by judges as using too much black in her collection. Still, host Heidi Klum named her the winner and she’ll get a Paris vacation, fashion agency representation, a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine and $100,000 to invest in her fashion line.

This season of Project Runway is the second to air on the Lifetime channel, rather than Bravo, where it had been. The change coincided with the release of Klum’s new book, Rankin’s Heidilicious, a coffee table book full of revealing images. The pictures suggest her reported breast augmentation, though Klum has spoken out against plastic surgery in the past.

“There’s something odd when you’re 35 or 40 and ironed to the max. You change with time, and it’s fine,” MakeMeHeal.com quoted Klum. “Everywhere there are these stand-up cards saying, ‘Have a little silicone while you get your roots done.’ I want to be the opposite of that.”

Forever young actress Demi Moore recently joined the list of sexy Hollywood starlets who adamantly deny ever having gone under the knife.

The 46-year-old actress is in the spotlight after a recent interview with French Marie Claire in which she said she felt young enough to have another child.

Rumors abound that Moore has spent a fortune on cosmetic procedures to combat the effects of aging, which she passionately refutes.

Moore was quoted saying “It’s completely false – I’ve never had it done, but I would never judge those who have.”

Whether or not she knows the location of the fountain of youth, Demi remains the pinnacle of health and beauty for women everywhere. And a baby with hubby Ashton would be something to see.