Penelope Cruz Battles Teen Magazines
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PENELOPE Cruz wants to “close down” the magazines that encourage young girls to diet.
The sexy Spanish actress — who recently married longtime beau Javier Bardem – struggled with self confidence in her youth and admits she’s angry with certain media directed at teens.
“I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin?” she said.
“Some people look better thin and some don’t. There is almost a standard being created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.”
Cruz, 36, recently insisted she wants to embrace getting older and never wants to “lie” about her age.
“I never want to lie about my age,” she said. “If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it — women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.
“I was very close to both of my grandmothers growing up — they lived long into old age and they were always beautiful to me. They loved life and it showed in their faces. Of course my face will change as I get older, but that’s OK. It’s a good thing to be old, because that means you haven’t died yet right? And when I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.”
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