Washington, Feb 5 : The secret behind Jessica Alba's perfect body after baby birth has been revealed, and it has nothing to do with celery sticks or crunches at the gym.

"I wore a girdle," the actress, 28, tells the March issue of Elle.

"Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist - any kind of band or girdle works," she added.

Adds Alba, "I didn''t recover as fast as she did. I don''t have a six-pack - that''s just not my body at all."

The actress also confessed that she tried working out to get in shape for a calendar shoot, but quickly gave it up, reports People.

New York, Feb 5 : American actress Jessica Alba recently displayed her pink bow "tramp stamp".

Washington, Jan 28 : Jessica Alba took to her blog to defend herself after right-wing TV news pundit Bill O''Reilly suggested that the actress was "dumb".

The Sin City star used her MySpace. com blog to defend herself after O''Reilly called her "misguided" for poking fun at a journalist during an inauguration event last week, reports Us magazine.

The new mum asked the reporter what he liked most about new U. S. President Barack Obama, and when he refused to answer, she joked, "That''s it, be neutral. Be Sweden about it."

Washington, Dec 22 : Hollywood actress Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren have finally given an official reception to friends and family, 7 months after tying the knot.

The `The Eye' actress and her husband, who married 7 months ago just weeks before their daughter Honor was born, organized a real wedding reception at the L. A. home during the weekend.

Washington, Dec 17 : Hollywood actress Jessica Alba is set to appear in the hit NBC sitcom `The Office'.

The `Fantastic Four' star will be the guest star in an hour-long episode of the show to air following the Super Bowl on February 1 on NBC.

In the episode, titled "Stress Relief," some of the office workers secretly watch a bootleg Hollywood movie starring Alba and Jack Black during the workday, reports Usmagazine.

Meanwhile, the 27-year-old actress, who gave birth daughter Honor in June, has shown off her post-baby shape in Campari's 2009 calendar.

Washington, Dec 9 : American actress Jessica Alba’s leaked photos in the 2009 Campari calendar seem to have been airbrushed to give her a thinner look, say reports.

According to London''s Daily Mail, Alba, 27, had an hourglass figure in the shot that was taken previously by celeb photographer Mario Testino, as she posed in a white strapless short suit with a black belt.