Anastacia stole our hearts with her eclectic pop stylings in the early 2000s, overcoming her ongoing health problems (she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when she was 13) to bring us such mammoth hits as I’m Outta Love, Why’d You Lie To Me, and Not That Kind.

But, just a few years after her career took off, Anastacia was diagnosed with breast cancer and, when doctors later found that the disease had returned, she underwent a double mastectomy.

Since then, Anastacia has campaigned tirelessly for a number of cancer charities and, while performing on this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing, she announced a brand-new sponsored_longform with Cancer Research UK.

Now, in in an intimate new cover shoot for the latest issue of FAULT Magazine, Anastacia has revealed her mastectomy scars for the first time in a bid to ensure the moment happens on her own terms, and not via any intrusive paparazzi pictures.

Anastacia bares mastectomy scars in empowering nude photo shoot: “My scars are a part of me. ”