Katy Perry heats up the big top as the pop diva stars in a sexy circus-themed photo spread.
The “California Gurls” singer, who shot the hot pics for the new issue of Elle, tells the mag that it was an “endless hustle” to make it to the top of the music world.
And she still feels she has “so much to prove.”
“I had the rug pulled out from underneath my feet so many times,” she said. “It was like, ‘Listen up, bitch, you’re not going to get served this on a silver platter — you’ve got to work for it!’ “