Zendaya is the teen star this world desperately needs!
Intelligent, gracious, steel-willed, and caring, this 19-year-old is flawless in every way!
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The actress and singer covers Flare magazine’s December issue in all her abs-olutely enviable glory, proving that she also happens to be a whiz at posing for the camera!
But more importantly she’s a great role model and serious about how she affects her fans.
Read her awesome interview (below)!
On wanting to be a star: “I remember Hannah Montana came out, and I was so depressed I started crying because I was like, ├óΓé¼╦£I want to do that.'”
On her music: “I’ve had a lot of voices tell me what I should be making. Personally, I would much rather live and die by my own hand. If my stuff sucks, then at least I made it suck. I didn’t allow some person, some old dude in a suit, to make it suck for me.”
On being a role model: “In the words of Tupac Shakur: I am a real model because I’m not playing a role and I’m not pretending to be some good kid that’s perfect. It just happens that I’m a good kid, and I don’t do bad stuff and I like to be positive because that’s just how I was raised. I think if I were faking it, then you would’ve seen me break character a long time ago.”
On her changing hair: “A big reason I play with beauty and hair is that it’s important to show different kinds of beauty when I’m on the red carpet. I don’t want to be just one-dimensional or relatable to one type of person. I want a different woman to be like, That’s like me! That’s like my hair! or That’s so my style! If I went out there and was just like, pretty, all the time, doing the same thing, it can be cool, but you’re also catering to one type of person, and what about all those other kinds of beautiful out there?”
On feminism: “A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It’s equality, it’s fairness, and I think it’s a great thing to be a part of.”
Such eloquence!
Is your fave this well-spoken, Perezcious readers???
See more pics in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Flare]
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