Jennifer Love Hewitt has been making quite a splash lately, ever since she was photographed in a bikini on the beach and the media began ridiculing her supposed weight gain. The Ghost Whisperer actress set the record straight in her November 29 "bikini blog post" when she declared her frustration over the scrutiny given to women and weight.

Hewitt has inspired other celebrities to show their solidarity. Here's what some of them have to say.

Model Petra Nemcova says, "There are different angles that everybody, even if you're in great shape, can look bad in a photograph. And printing these images is definitely influencing people's minds -- the stars themselves, but also the people who are reading and looking at the images, the teenagers. It's definitely good that she spoke out."

Rosario Dawson says, "They'll make a whole story about it if someone gains 5 lbs. ... I think there is a huge obsession with size-zero jeans, and it's just really scary. I don't really know where that comes from. We're not really in the Twiggy era anymore. It makes me really nervous, because I don't know how in the world we're supposed to be that thin unless we're totally starving and drugging up."

And Anne Hathaway says, "[As an actress], most of the year, your body is your own. But to be ridiculed for it is upsetting. But to also have to defend it or explain it or rejoice in it or put it down, or to be expected to have a public opinion about it ... I don't understand when that happened. I don't think women should only be defined by their bodies and their weight. It's a cycle we've been in for some time, and I don't really like it."

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Martha told us recently about news reports claiming Jennifer Love Hewitt is packing on the pounds. By Hollywood standards, maybe putting on a few pounds constitutes packing it on. By my standards, though, Hewitt is still one fit-looking gal. And most important, the actress says she's fine with how she looks.

"Like all women out there should, I love my body," says the newly-engaged 28-year-old. "I know what I look like, and so do my friends and family."

It's not easy managing all the media attention, though.

"I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I'm not upset for me, but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image."

Finally, this Ghost Whisperer star declares: "A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn't make you beautiful . . . To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini -- put it on and stay strong."

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