"The reason I don’t wear fur is because I feel that the way fur is retrieved from the animals is inhumane, evil, and I totally do not agree with it," the star told Peta.

"I think it’s disgusting, I’m totally against it. Doing the job that I do I have been offered fur in the past but now I feel that designers know better than to send it my way because it’s only gonna get sent back.

"I have never worn fur and would never wear fur."

Jamelia strips off for anti-fur drive - Feb 12 2007
R&B star Jamelia has posed nude with a rabbit perched on her back in support of an anti-fur campaign.

The singer, who is shortlisted in the British female solo artist category for the Brit Awards, was photographed by Mary McCartney.

She is the latest star to support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) in its anti-fur drive.

The campaign group released her image today to coincide with the start of London Fashion Week.

The singer said: "The reason I decided to bare all for Peta was because I was educated about the inhumane ways animals used for their fur are treated, and I think it’s disgusting.

"I think if you have a heart, then you just wouldn’t wear fur."

A headline to the picture says: "Be comfortable in your own skin, and let animals keep theirs."

Jamelia follows Sadie Frost, Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger and Christy Turlington who have all stripped off for previous Peta pictures.

The animal rights group actively campaigns against the use of fur in fashion.

It says animals used for their fur are trapped, drowned or beaten to death in the wild and gassed, strangled or electrocuted on fur farms.

Jamelia: my secret stomach agony - Dec 5 2006
British popstar Jamelia has spoken out about her agonising hernia that required emergency surgery last week.

The Superstar singer told the Daily Mail the pain was "excruciating... as if someone had grabbed hold of my insides and was twisting them".

She also admitted she had ignored the terrible tummy pains for a year, hiding it from her partner, footballer Darren Byfield and concentrating on caring for Teja, five, and one-year-old Tiani.

"I first noticed something whenever Darren told a funny joke. There was a strange lump in my stomach - when I laugh I automatically put my hand on my stomach, and I could feel this odd bulge," the 25-year-old explained.

When the pain became more intense, the R&B star ignored it and soldiered on with TV commitments, scared of letting people down.

She ended up in A&E and an ultrasound at a private clinic revealed an umbilical hernia which required surgery.

"Waves of giddiness kept overtaking me and I felt feverish," she said.

"I was worried but more for the children than for myself. I tried to hide pain from them."

Jamelia said the pain after surgery was as if, "an elephant had stood on my stomach," but amazingly, she managed to sing at the Royal Variety performance last night.

Although happily on the mend, Jamelia remains angry she ignored her symptoms.

"This is potentially a very dangerous illness. I was silly, trying to be some kind of superwoman."

Jamelia undergoes surgery - Nov 28 2006
British R&B star Jamelia is recovering in hospital after having an operation on a condition that caused her to collapse during filming for a television show, her manager said.