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This is dedicated to all of the FitPerez readers (and 7-10% of the world's population) who suffer from IBS, otherwise known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Hollywood (and a few other famous faces) wants you to know you're not alone!

There are a host of celebrities who regularly deal with symptoms associated with the disorder including pain, gas, cramping or bloating, and diarrhea or constipation.

Jenny McCarthy, a former Playboy Playmate, has unabashedly admitted to suffering from "chronic diarrhea" and other IBS symptoms in her autobiography, Jen-X: Jenny McCarthy's Open Book.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer was diagnosed with the gastrointestinal disorder in 1997 and expressed her IBS struggles a statement, saying:

"I am always fearful that my IBS symptoms will return at any moment, so I always have to know where the nearest restroom is. I'm afraid that eating will result in stomach pain. Traveling is difficult. And IBS often makes even a simple evening out with my husband, to enjoy a concert or movie, seem impossible."

Tyra Banks also wasn't afraid to reveal her condition on her talk-show in 2006 when she announced to her guest Janet Jackson and audience that she has IBS.

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And she shouldn't have to either!

If you recall, Tyra Banks received some pretty harsh criticism in 2006 after a picture surfaced of her looking less than perfect in a one-piece bathing suit.

As a result, the supermodel-turned-television personality decided it was time to be more health conscious and lost 20 pounds with the help of her colleagues!

“We all made a pact to do a three-month health-and-fitness challenge, " she shares in a Life & Style interview hitting newsstands nationwide this Friday.

Her slimmer figure did not make her as happy as she thought it would and she quickly regretted losing what made her sexy in the first place — her curves!

“I didn’t like myself that small, so I gained back some weight," she shares.

Now the 37-year-old has accepted that she doesn't have to look like she did 15 years ago, exclaiming:

“I’m proud of my curves and my butt and my bust and my thicker thighs."

Instead of obsessing over everything she eats, she simply eats in moderation and stays active. It sounds like she's even used the bathing suit controversy as inspiration for her first novel, Modelland, due out in September. The message of the story, she says, "is really about expanding the definition of beauty."

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