I’ve mentioned it before, but I really dislike Alexa Chung. Some of it has nothing to do with her, really, only with the media interest in her, and the promotion of Alexa as an “It Girl” or new kind of fashion icon. Yes, some of the clothes she wears are interesting, and she’s a total label whore. But I can’t stand her style in general, and in interviews, she tends (to me) to come across as full of herself. Also, I don’t find attractive in the least, so the idea that women want to look like her – well, I just think some women should aim higher. Every time I see her in magazines, I roll my eyes. Plus, there’s the little matter of my husband Gerard Butler flirting with her. That bitch.

Anyway, Alexa is the cover girl for the November issue of Elle UK. The two covers (news-stand and subscriber) are above and below. They’re pretty crappy covers, and you can tell that Elle’s editors were really trying to minimize the little cross-eyed quality that Alexa sometimes has in photos. In the interview excerpts (via People), Alexa talks about how frustrating it is with everyone thinking she has an eating disorder.

British presenter and model Alexa Chung, with her unique shabby-chic style and quirky sense of humor, is often seen gracing the front row at fashion shows (she’s currently doing the rounds in Paris), and even has a Mulberry bag named after her. But constantly having to read speculation on her weight and whether she is suffering from an eating disorder has finally taken its toll on the fashionista.

Upset and angry about the ever-present rumors, she’s decided to speak out on the subject.

“I cannot express how frustrating it is to not be believed when you say, ‘I don’t have an eating disorder,’” she states in the November edition of British Elle. “I am naturally very thin. I get even thinner when I’m stressed. And you cannot imagine how stressed I was last year,” she says in the candid interview.

Referring to her U.S. television debut on MTV’s It’s On with Alexa Chung, which was later canned, the petite Brit adds: “Anyone could see that I wasn’t doing great and I wasn’t coping.”

It was after the show finished last year, that the eating disorder rumors spread on the Internet to such a degree that the 26-year-old was forced to issue a denial statement. And yet still, her slight frame continues to garner unwanted attention.

“It angers me because I don’t want to be a pin-up for young girls just for being thin,” she says in the feature, which sees her as the cover girl, channeling her favorite 1960’s style icons (Jean Shrimpton and Julie Christie amongst others). “I don’t want to be admired for being thin as opposed to being dressed well, and I don’t want the two to get confused.”

[From People]

Well… on one side, I can see why people think she has an eating disorder, because the girl is really, really slender. Her legs, especially, are ridiculously thin. On the other side, her denials are so passionate, I kind of believe her. Perhaps she really is that thin. And perhaps there’s some cocaine in the mix too? She seems like the kind of girl who would live on cocaine, cigarettes, Diet Coke and fashion (Kate Moss Syndrome).

Elle photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot. Additional pics by WENN.