“I think it’s really exciting for a lot of people to see someone 43 on the cover of Shape, because it’s something that they can do,” Kelly said at the September issue launch event last week held at the R Lounge in the Renaissance Hotel overlooking Times Square. “It’s not like I’m über thin. It’s not like I’m not eating. I eat well. I exercise a lot and I promote healthy living.”

Kelly, who looks amazing, was thrilled to be at the launch event and said she was honored to be on the cover of the mag.  She showed off her super-toned figure in a skintight Alice + Olivia dress and was joined by fellow Real Housewives of New York Jill Zarin.

She added, “I don’t want people to be skinny. I want them to be happy and healthy and smoking hot. If you have curves show them off, and if you don’t have curves work out so you can get them.”