Pop turned Country music star Jessica Simpson was on hand to perform in Pembroke Pines, Florida at a Chili Cook-off hosted by a local Country radio station over the weekend and she used the live performance to unveil her sexy new body. Gone are the days of the too-skinny blonde bombshell (who looked as if she starved herself to near death when she portrayed Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard movie) and say hello to the much curvier, much healthier lookin’ Miss Simpson:

Say this for Jessica Simpson – she doesn’t hold back. “I am so excited that I am going to see my boyfriend tonight!” the singer told a crowd of nearly 30,000 fans at Radio 99.9 Kiss Country’s annual Chili Cookoff Sunday at C. B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Fla., where she shared the bill with Alan Jackson and other country stars. Smiling, happy and hopping around the stage, Simpson, 28, performed a medley of her pop hit songs (“Angel,” “With You”) during her hour-long show, as well as delivered new songs from Do You Know, her first country album released last fall. Simpson’s rendition of “You’re My Sunday,” from the country album, was dedicated to her boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who was waiting for her in Dallas. “My boyfriend is a football player, and he takes up my Sundays and now my Mondays,” Simpson told the appreciative audience. “I am sooo happy!” After the show, the songbird did a quick meet-and-greet for about 25 fans of all ages in a secret tent set up in the back of the park. As she entered the enclosure, she cracked, “My six inch heels are not working so well!” But she sure was. Radiant, smiling and pouring on a warm charm to those who had won a contest to meet her, Simpson posed for photos with all the fans – even though she had to catch a 5:45 p.m. flight to Dallas to see Romo.

I gotta say … Jess looks great :) I don’t recall seeing her look so happy (not even back when she was happily married to Nick Lachey). I also don’t recall her lookin’ so sure of herself and so happy to be on stage. I suspect that her relationship with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has something to do with Jess‘s new attitude. I must admit, tho, that I am not a fan of the high-waisted jeans. I don’t think they flatter her figure very well. But, she finally does have a figure (more than just her very ample bosom) and I’m glad to see her workin’ it! I may tease Jess for some of the things she says and the usually (shall we say) simple way she says them … but I can’t hate on her here. She looks great! You go, Jess! Werk it out :)

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