Ellie Goulding is ''petrified'' of cosmetic surgery.

The 'Burn' hitmaker insists her newly-curvy figure is a result of altering her ''obsessive'' exercise regime and going vegetarian.

Quizzed on rumours she had a boob job, she said: ''I'm petrified of anything like that. My friends will think that's hilarious.

''I ran every day for seven months, maybe too obsessively, and when I stopped I became curvier.

''My boobs look bigger because my waist is smaller. People underestimate how you can shape your body. Since I stopped eating meat and fish, my body is better than ever.''

Ellie credits her vegetarian diet for making her feel healthier and more ''calm''.

She added: ''I feel calmer, clean, although I drink and smoke.

''And - touch wood - I never get ill on tour anymore. And it's always hectic.''

When she first shot to fame, Ellie suffered from crippling panic attacks, and though she still experiences ''psychological chaos'', she has learned to cope better.

She told Britain's Glamour magazine: ''There's still psychological chaos. But everything you do is about how you react to something. Everything. It's how you respond and I wasn't aware of that before.

''But when you grasp how you can control things, and accept things, you can cope.''