Isn't that dress a bit too tight? Mariah Carey's gold mini struggles to contain her expanding figure

Curvy Carey: Mariah Carey shows off her hourglass figure in a tight-fitting gold sequinned and ruffled mini-dress in concert in Los Angeles last night

Mariah Carey may have admitted 'gaining a few pounds' since her marriage to Nick Cannon, but she clearly isn't ashamed of her curvier physique.

Performing at the latest stop on her Angels' Advocate Tour in Los Angeles last night, Carey showed off her figure in all its glory in a figure-hugging gold dress.

The two-piece dress, which started as a billowing ball gown before a section was whipped off to reveal a ruffled mini, appeared slightly too small for her ample curves

Clearly feeling confident with her figure, Carey showed off her tanned legs in a pair of silver sequinned £775 pair of Christian Louboutin peep-toe heels as she performed with her troupe of hunky dancers at the Gibson Amphitheatre.

Carey descended on the stage sitting in a swing in the huge ballgown, before her dancers whipped off the skirt to reveal the mini underneath.

The dress was a gold variation of an outfit she has worn at previous concerts, which have also been made in white and lilac.

Speaking last summer, she admitted her happy marriage to toyboy husband Nick Cannon, 29, had affected her waistline


Making an entrance: Carey descended on to the stage in giant gold ballgown

She said: 'I'm a curvy girl and switch around with my diets all the time.'

When she first started dating Nick in March 2008, she was slim and toned and weighed around 130lbs thanks to daily workout sessions in her swimming pool.

Mariah admitted last year she had put on 'few pounds', but said she planned to resume her fitness plan again.

Writing on her Twitter micro-blogging page last month, Mariah denied reports she was pregnant: 'If I gained a few pounds... My trainer's back living with me.'


All change: Carey's large skirt was then whipped off to show off the singer's legs in a ruffled mini-skirt

Despite her good intentions, her husband didn't help things by buying her tons of sweets for Valentine's Day.

The romantic singer/actor appealed to his wife's sweet tooth by plying her with Rice Krispie treats, gummi worms, Runts, and Now and Laters that he picked up from a special 'sweet suite' in New York's Renaissance Hotel, which was filled with over 300lbs of sweets.

Carey's 22-date North American tour kicked off in New York on New Year's Eve and set to end in Las Vegas this weekend.


Wowing the crowds: Carey is nearly at the end of her Angels' Advocate Tour


When she completes her tour and completes her next album, Carey has hinted she may try and start a family with her husband.

He said recently: 'We absolutely plan to have a family. But we gotta prioritise, because that's a major, major priority. That's like the only priority in life, when you think about it, is starting and raising a family.

'We want to make sure everything is out of the way and that we don't have any distractions.

'We're definitely moving toward [having children]. We got our house in LA, and we got a house [in New York], established and close to schools. So we take all of that stuff into consideration.'


source: dailymail