Salma Hayek has got back into super sexy shape after giving birth to her baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault last September.

The 41-year-old Mexican-born actress, who gave birth to her first child with businessman fiance Fran�ois Henri Pinault, dismissed rumours that breastfeeding was the secret of her post-pregnancy look, on the popular American daytime talk show, Oprah.

'It's a lie! It's not true! I'm going to say something. Except for a couple of exceptions, the only reason people lose weight like that when they're breastfeeding. It's that they're not eating and they're breastfeeding. And that's not good for the baby,' she said on the show.

Salma, who had gestational diabetes during her pregnancy, said getting back into shape was very difficult.

Look at the photographs taken before (left) and after Salma's pregnancy, and you see how well she overcame her difficulty!

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