Cheryl Cole looks simply angelic on the May 2012 cover of Marie Claire UK. The singer and shoe designer wears light, airy dresses and rocks a beach-ready wavy hairstyle for photographer Tesh. Cole also opened up about her failed marriage, favorite foods and just how big her shoe collection is.

“I haven’t counted. Thousands. Some in suitcases ready to go to charity shops. It’s definitely got worse over the years, my shoe thing. Just worse and worse and worse. I should really seek a little bit of therapy. Me doing my own shoe range is quite cathartic,” she said. “I just remember when I was 18, 19, younger even, when I started admiring shoes worn by people like Victoria Beckham in the magazines and thinking ‘Wow.’ But I could never afford them. So for me it’s amazing to make my own shoes that people can afford, but are still gorgeous and on trend.”

See more of Cheryl Cole’s angelic editorial in the gallery below.