Alexi shot Cheryl Cole for the May cover story in Harper's Bazaar UK. Voted FHM's sexiest woman in the world for the second time, Cheryl was dressed in diamante and wearing clothes by Yves Saint Laurent, Burberry and Karl Lagerfeld. According to the London Evening Standard "She said: 'I tend to shop online – mostly online to be honest because I actually feel the whole thing of shopping actually really stressful. Just the lighting in dressing rooms makes you depressed for some reason.' If these pictures are anything to go by, the last thing she should be feeling when she looks in the mirror is 'depressed'."

Cheryl admits to a strained relationship with photo shoots but says, "this has been one of the most fun shoots I’ve done because I don’t tend to enjoy photo shoots," she says. "They’re my worst nightmare. – I don’t like being pampered on all day and you know the fluffing of the hair and the pulling of the dresses and make up. I find that I can’t really connect with the camera it’s something I’m still learning to do.”

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