Adele has blasted female pop stars who use sex to sell records and insists she would never want to use her body to be successful.
The pregnant singer has criticised her chart rivals - that include Rihanna, Madonna and Lady Gaga - who strip off in their videos to promote themselves.
She insists most female singers look very different in real life to how they look on screen.
She said: "They don't look how they do in magazines or videos. I have seen them up close.
"Exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look. I don't find it encouraging."
Adele has always had a fuller figure but she insists she would never go on a diet or change her image to try and be more successful.
The 24-year-old singer - whose last album '21' has sold over 23 million copies worldwide - prefers to just let her music define her.
She is quoted as saying: "I have never seen magazine covers and music videos and thought, 'I need to look like that to be a success.'
"To sell more records I don't need to go that. I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a 'plus size' and so much bigger than other artists.
"No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself."
