Nicole Kidman gives herself a post-baby lift

By Paul Thompson and Chris Johnson

A lot of front: Nicole Kidman wore a daring plunging dress and appeared to be enjoying a boost despite not wearing a bra at a charity gala in Hong Kong today


She claims to be slowing down these days - but something definitely appeared to be up with Nicole Kidman at a charity gala today.

The Australian actress took to the red carpet at a bash in Hong Kong wearing a daring plunging black dress.

Despite not wearing a bra, the flame-haired star certainly seemed to be enjoying a boost in the chest department - surprising considering she's not known for her curves

Nicole, 42, was appearing at the A Night With The Stars function, which was put on to raise funds for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

After giving birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July 2008, her admirers may well be left wondering how the stick thin star has achieved her impressive post-baby lift.

The Oscar-winning actress, who has appeared in more than 40 Hollywood films, has revealed her family comes first as she enjoys life with husband Keith Urban and her daughter.

With family life her priority Kidman says she and her country singer husband try not to spend more than three days apart in effort to maintain a loving marriage.

She schedules her film roles around her husband's successful career as one of America's top selling country music artists while he accompanies her on overseas shoots.

On form: The Oscar winning actress was at the A Night With The Stars function, put on to raise funds for the United Nations Development Fund for Women


'I think I've reached a point in my life where I've slowed down a lot, so it's not difficult,' she said.

'My priority is very much keeping my family together and not being away from them.'

Kidman, the ex-wife of Tom Cruise, revealed her recipe for a happy marriage while in Hong Kong to attend a fundraising banquet for the U.N. Development Fund for Women.

She was also in the Far East to open a luxury watch store and was accompanied by Urban who she wed in Sydney, Australia, in June 2006.


Doting couple: Nicole says she is slowing down these days and enjoying family life with husband Keith Urban and their daughter, pictured here in 2007


But the marriage appeared to be in trouble less than four months later when New Zealand born Urban checked into a rehab clinic to fight his alcohol addiction.

Kidman admitted the crisis so early her marriage was 'deeply painful' but vowed to stand by her husband.

She said of her husband's spell at the Betty Ford clinic in California: 'It was very painful, deeply painful. We were in a very, very, bad, painful place, and have managed to step through it.'


A day at the zoo: Nicole Kidman feeds the giraffes with daughter Sunday Rose, who was born in July 2008, seen here in February


Urban continued to attend Alcoholic Anonymous meetings and in July 2008 the couple celebrated the birth of their first child, Sunday Rose.

'She's never been happier and healthier,' a family friend said at the time.

They now divide their time between homes in Sydney, Los Angeles and Nashville, Tennessee, where Kidman has been helping out in fund raisers after the city was devastated by recent floods.

Kidman's first marriage to Cruise lasted 10 years.

The pair met on the set of Days of Thunder and they married on Christmas Eve 1990. They divorced in 2001, citing irreconcilable differences.


source: dailymail