(Cover) - EN Star Style - Rihanna used to wish her thighs were fatter when she was a child.

The Barbados-born singer is confident about her looks, but admits there are certain parts of her body she would change. Its always been the same for the star, as when she was a child she drove her mother mad by moaning about her thighs.

I did have some body issues when I was about eight years old. I thought I was too thin and I wanted to have fatter legs like my mom because I thought hers were womanly, she said. I had stick thin thighs like my brothers. I told my mom, I wanna get thighs that are triangular like yours. And now? Well, yes, I do have thighs I am comfortable with. My issues are under this skirt. What are they? I have cellulite like any other woman.

Rihanna tries not to let her lumps and bumps get her down, and has come to accept her flaws. She hopes to encourage her female fans to do the same, and hates the fact that so many young girls dont feel good about themselves.

My girlfriends say, Shut the f**k up, you look great. But like everyone your issues are personal and you never feel like you are perfect. Theres a song on the new album Loud called Cant Stand Beautiful, which is just about that. Not about my cellulite exactly but about young girls who do not see how beautiful they are, she told Q magazine. That is wrong. That is a bad place for them to be mentally. Am I the right person to be telling them not to focus on looks? Why not. I told you, I have cellulite. I am not perfect. (C) Cover Media