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Mariah Carey has had a complex about her face since she was 19.

The 40-year-old singer admits she has always been self-conscious about her appearance after somebody at her record company pointed it out.

She said: 'I remember starting out and being at a record company at 19 and having someone tell me, 'This is your good side and this is your bad side. Don’t ever let anyone take pictures of you from that side. You look terrible from that side,’ and so on. It created this whole complex – like I didn’t already have a complex!'

Mariah - whose mother is Irish-American and her father was an African-American of Venezuelan descent – says she has always been insecure about her looks because she’s mixed-race.

She said: 'I felt very different as a bi-racial person. Growing up where I did, being half-black and half-white was a weird and difficult thing because I didn’t quite fit in either place and I moved around a lot. So when I went from that to this world it was like, let’s create an inferiority complex before we make this person go on TV and try to have confidence. So it was all about building self-confidence.'

Alicia Keys feels she has been "blessed" with love.

The 'Empire State of Mind' singer - who is rumoured to be engaged to DJ Swizz Beatz - says she's been lucky with the relationships she's had and has always gone for strong and confident men.

She said: "I've never dated a ton of people, I've always been a one-guy kind of girl, but I have to say that I've always been lucky with love, blessed with it. Overall I haven't had any terrible relationships - apart from a couple of little stupid ones when I was younger, but at that age you kinda can't help it.

"But I've always had really great guys in my life, you know? They've been very stable men as well. I need a guy who is strong-minded, not intimidated by me - I don't like those kind of guys."

Alicia also revealed her joy at reconciling with her father, after being estranged for several years, and is now forming a relationship with her half-brother.

She told You magazine: "He is 18 and the sweetest, handsomest person on earth. I never felt like I was lacking anything when my father wasn't there during my childhood - thanks to my mother and grandmother, I felt I had everything. And I think my reconciliation with my father has just been a matter of growing up. There was never any malice on any side and I understand life better now, that nothing is cut-and-dried."

Nicole Scherzinger reportedly devised a three-point plan to help rebuild her relationship with rebuild Lewis Hamilton.

The Pussycat Dolls singer - who rekindled her romance with the Formula One racing driver earlier this month - realised things needed change if they wanted it to work so came up with rules, which include spending quality time together.

A source told Britain's Hello! magazine: "The reason they split in January was because they were hardly spending any time together, but crucially they never fell out of love. It was just before Valentine's Day during a tearful heart-to-heart that they decided to give their relationship another go.

"Nicole agreed after laying down strict guidelines to put more romance into their relationship. One of those was that she didn't want any interruptions when they dine out, meaning Lewis agreed to leave his BlackBerry at home. They also thought it would be an idea not to read tabloid stories about each other."

The final part of the plan was that Lewis spoke to Nicole everyday - rather than just textinhg - while Nicole, 31, has agreed to reschedule her diary to spend more with her 25-year-old beau.

Nicole and Lewis confirmed they were back together after they were spotted holding hands and kissing at the Grove Shopping Centre in Los Angeles.

An onlooker said: "They were all over each other while chatting to fans. They were both completely smitten."

Nicole, 31, also joked with a shop assistant when she was asked if there was anything particular she was looking for, saying: "This year - my wedding dress."

The pair split in early January after 20 months together, with both blaming their hectic careers for the separation.

The full article is available to read in Hello! now.