Jennifer Love Hewitt is defending her plump figure after these pictures of her in a bikini have been slammed by tons of bloggers for looking like a fat ass.

Now, Hewitt strikes back! 

"I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized," the 28-year-old actress writes on her Web site.

"To set the record straight, I'm not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image."

These photos were taken while Hewitt and her new fiance, actor Ross Hall, were frolicking on the beach in Hawaii. 

"A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be," Hewitt responded. "And being a size 0 doesn't make you beautiful."

"What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles," says the star of TV's "Ghost Whisperer" and the film "I Know What You Did Last Summer."

"To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist," she wrote, "put on a bikini — put it on and stay strong."

If you're chubby and you know it, clap your hands.