keira knightley topless

Keira Knightley may be an English rose, but there's long been one particular media thorn in her side: her weight.

While the Anna Karenina star famously (and successfully) filed suit against a British tabloid for labeling her anorexic, the actress has long faced accusations that she's too skinny. And the weight of those words hasn't left her unaffected.

"The anorexic stuff—it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard," Allure's December cover girl told the magazine. "Because you go, oh, maybe that's right! I knew I wasn't anorexic, but maybe my body is somehow not right."

Keira Knightley doesn't mind showing some skin — whether it's for a scene in one of her movies or the cover of a magazine.

The British actress goes topless on the December cover of Allure. Wearing Tom Ford tuxedo pants, which are unbuttoned, and a black sequined Chanel jacket, the 27-year-old appears as confident as ever as she strikes a pose for famed shutterbug Mario Testino. However, she says she has her limits when it comes to nudity.

For the December issue of Allure, Keira Knightley has decided to go topless –  Merry Christmas everyone! If you’re taking a closer look at the photo above right now, you’re probably noticing (like everyone else) that her left nipple has gone missing. Where has it gone? We’re not sure. As always, we think someone got a little carried away with the their photoshop tools. Sorry, Keira Knightley, you’ll just have to do without your left nip for the holidays. So what does Allure’s editor-in-chief have to say about it? “We didn’t do any surgery to Keira Knightley’s breasts-neither with a scalpel nor a retoucher,” said Linda Wells. Riiiiiight.