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Metingylie afte r our GLAMOURphoto shoot, h er fa ce fresh Iysc ru bbed of any make-up andall traces of hairp iece s remove d,th ere is no denying she looksphenomenal. Her skin is flaw lessand her body seems tin ier and more toned than ever,c lad in faded black , skinny G ivenchy jeans tuck ed intoMart in Margiela boots. "lt's interesting beca use a lotof people have said to me recently, 'You're looking

The bad boys and Botox aregone. She's loved up, rulingthe charts and stronger

(and more gorgeous)than ever. So expectbig things fromMs Minoguein 2011, saysChrissy lIey

really well, like back to your o ld self ,'' ' she adm itshappily . "l'm close to m y fighting weight again. I don'twant to lose any more weight, I just need to get myfitness up. I do feel tha t then 1'11almost be back inmy own body, which would be great. .. I fe lt for su cha long time that I was in a st ranger's body ."

Her battle w ith breast cancer may be almost fiveye ars behind her, but physically , the ro ad to re co ve ryhas taken many turn s. "M y face went through a lo tof changes. W ith th e chemotherapy and steroids, ~

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G GODDESS~ it puffed out. I could see my cheeks from myperipheral v ision. A lot of w om en stop the m edicationbeca use they can't stand the side effects."

In addition to losin g w eig ht, K ylie has also ditche dthe B otox. "lt gave me abad ra p," she say s, re fe rringto so m e of the criticism levelled at her rem arkablywrinkle-free complexion. These days she attributesh er fre sh face to Carrot Butter C leanser from TheOrganic Pharmacy, bu t yo u ca n' t help but spec ulatetha t her appe arance is also down to a healthy dose ofp ro fe ss io na l a nd persona l contentment.

Kyl ie is st ill riding high on the recent success ofher Nol album, Aphrodite, and in March she kicks offher new tour, Aphrodite - L es F olies 2011. It w ill be ad eeply emot ional e xpe rien ce for her, as it was duringhe r Showgir l tour in 2005 that she discovered a lum pin her breast; she had to halt th e tour immediate ly tou nd er go c hemotherapy. In March, she w ill h av e b ee nin rem ission for the all-important five ye ars.

"The oppor tuni ty to pe rform songs from Aphrod iteis going to be delicious. It's my favo ur ite pa rt of whatIdo . It 's gru el ling, but I'd ra the r ha ve that an d havethe kind of reward it g ives m e. I 'm not p lanning ani nte rv al t his time beca use we're having a h ard enoughtim e choosing which songs to put into a two-hourshow . And I'm also breaking my three -day rule. It u se dto be that I could only do two shows in a row. Now weare doing three. I feel strong and ready."

H er new-found strength can be attributed partlyto the seriously gorgeous m an in her life , S pa nis hmodel Andrs Velencoso . He recently move d int ohe r house in Londo n, but when pos sib le she enjoyssp end ing time w ith him in Spa in.

"1 lo ve to be there. I eat well, I slee p well, I re lax.But I do n't ha ve time to do any of tha t right now ."T he ir re lationship has survi ved well, havingin tense bursts of each other and thentravelling to another city for either h is work orhers. W ill it work the same way while sh e's ontou r? "1 hope so. He's good at travelling. He fits in wellw ith my team. He's the kind of person that you candrop anywhere and he'lI be fine. You know, he can m ixand m ingle. We' re ac tually only doing one gig in Spain ,in Bar celona , but it's h is stomping ground, so it's goingto be fu ll of h is fam ily and friend s. "

Kylie has said be fore that Andrs is a very calm ,stable perso no "I'rn the flighty one,' she adm its ,"although I th ink when a couple says, 'You 're oneth ing and I'm the other,' there are also parts o f th atrelationsh ip where it 's com plete ly the opposite."

It 's been w idely speculated that a marriageproposa l could soon be on the cards. "1 th in k th at ~

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~ might have been a flight offancy," she smiles. So would shesay yes or no? " 1 can't answerthat question until he asks methe question."

For his birthday last year,Kylie gave Andrs a blue topazstone, while she was in Indiashooting a Bollywood movie."1 wanted him to have somethingjewellery-ish but not ostentatious.I had some string and I plaited itinto a web into which I put thestone. The stone was tiny andI knew it would be lost in the stringand that was the beauty of it. He wore it for a whileand the stone got lost. So that's the jewellery I gothim. Something precious and something from thekitchen cupboard, knowing he would lose it. And thatwas the most beautiful part." Does that still work asa metaphor for their relationship? A jewel that canget away? "No, I will make him another one. Andperhaps I will tie it in a little bit more securely.And each time I make one, 1 '1 1tie it more tightly."

It seems like this is hermost fulfilling relationshipever? "It is, strangely. He'svery normal but also fabulous."And he's not given to anydestructive moments?"Correct." Because I thinksome of her past boyfriendswere prone to that. "1 can'tpossibly disagree!" she sayswith a laugh. "l 've learntI can still be in a fulfillingrelationship. After you havea break-up you wonder, canyou do this again? And soon wewill have been together for twoyears, which has gone likethat," she says, with a click ofher fingers. "l'rn not namingany names, but I have beenattracted to complexcharacters. We're all complexon a certain level, but itdepends how much of thatcomes into your relationship.You want to do some growingand have some complexity,[otherwisel it would be boring.But years ago, before I was ill,I didn't find the balance. And

that's a lesson I've learnt, there's alot more balance than there was."

When Kylie looks back on thepast 12 months, she focuses onthe highs, never the lows. "Myalbum being No1 and, of course,my sister's baby," she says,referring to her newest nephew,Ethan - the son of her sister,Dannii. "Having a baby haschanged her. She's mellowed andgane into a zone that's very deep,and I've never seen her like thatbefore. She's still hard-nosed anddeterniined, but there's something

that's changed in her that's really beautiful to see."I find it hard to ask about her sister's baby when

Dannii was never the broody one and Kylie hasalways said she'd lave children. "No. It's lovely to seeEthan. I 1 0 0 k at him wistfully. He's a beautiful baby,I've got my auntie stripes on and I'm ready to go."

Does she think she'lI ever have babies? "Perhaps.It's not something that I d o n ' t want and perhaps it

will happen." If it doesn't, shecould always adopt. "Yes,"she says falteringly. Or havean egg donar? "l 've thoughtabout that. And I've lookedinto various options. I don'tknow if I'm going to go downany of those roads yet. ButI do need to look at whatmight be potential paths thatlead to a family. They can doincredible things now,especially in America."

Does she worry about it?Is she feeling as if part of heris missing? "No, I'm content.I was thinking about faith theother day. I'm not of anyparticular religion, but I waswondering how much itmattered what you believe.If someone told you whatyou believed was wrong, howcould it be wrong, becauseit's based on your experienceand emotions. This is the lifeI have. I can't compare it toanyone else's."@

KYL IE LOVES ...Hairstylist Kerry Warn

"He's an artist. He has a great collectionof hairpieces. I'm quite a train spotter.I have clips and pins that are the same as

his from 20 years ago."Pink Champagne"Hence my perfume, Pink Sparkle."David Koma

"1 wore one of his dresses in the video forGet Outta My Way. lt's black mesh with chains

inside. I also love Mark Fast. I wore his frock ona Paul Q'Grady show and it arrived so tiny

I thought, ' 1 didn't arder socks?!'His dresses are unforgiving, but hot."Benefit's High Beam

"And I take my make-up off with a muslin cloth.It gives your skin a glow."Spanish food

"We went to a restaurant in Andrs' home townand I made firework noises when all these

incredible dishes came out."Summer Heights High

"lt was a precursor to Glee. I liketwisted comedies like Kath & Kim and

Nighty Night toa."... but not golf "Andrs is a total addictbut I'm retired. I don't like going round in

the blazing sun or freezing cold."

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