'I don't look like a skinny mini': Gina Rodriguez talks pressures of fame as she smolders in new photoshoot
She found fame on CW's hit show Jane The Virgin just two years ago.
And 31-year-old Gina Rodriguez reflects on her rising stardom in a new interview with Yahoo! Style as well looking gorgeous in an accompanying sultry photoshoot.
Talking to Joe Zee for its I Yahoo'd Myself feature, Gina was asked how she deals with the ever-present showbiz pressure to stay thin.
'Of course I've fallen into the pressure, 100% I've fallen into the culture.' she said.
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Sultry look: Gina Rodriguez stuns in a new photoshoot with Yahoo Style and talks about her rise to fame on CW's Jane The Virgin
'If you look like the swimsuit model then everyone's gonna want you and the money's going to flow through and everything's going to be grand and dandy.
'That's bulls**t' the Chicago-born beauty added.
'You go to television and film and it does add 10lbs,
'I don't look like a skinny mini and that's OK too. That is beautiful also' the TV star declared in the video clip.
'You go to television and film and it does add 10lbs!' The 31-year-old Chicago-born star is seen in a little black dress as she models for the Yahoo feature
Keeping it natural: The actress, who is of Puerto Rican descent, said she thinks that makeup should be used 'to just enhance our inner beauty, not to cover up or deny,'
Gina wows in a range of black lingerie and dresses in a stunning collection of photographs for the website.
The natural beauty, who is of Puerto Rican descent, said she thinks that makeup should be used 'to just enhance our inner beauty, not to cover up or deny.'
Gina also talked about being co-founder of lingerie brand Naja with designer Catalina Girald.
She explained of her partner: 'Her employees are 30 women from Colombia that are single mothers that stay home and take care of their children.'
Talented TV star: The Jane The Virgin star won a Golden Globe for her role in the CW comedy in 2015
It's a hit: Jane The Virgin has been a hit with critics and follows the story of young devout Catholic woman (Gina) who ends up pregnant after being accidentally artificially inseminated
Jane The Virgin has been a hit with critics and follows the story of a young devout Catholic woman (played by Gina) who ends up pregnant after being accidentally artificially inseminated.
The comedy is now wrapping up its second season and earlier this month CW renewed it for a third.
The talented brunette will also be seen in gritty drama Deepwater Horizon, which is released in September and tells the story of the 2010 oil rig disaster which caused the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
She also stars in sci-fi thriller Annihilation, from Ex Machina director-filmmaker Alex Garland.
Entrepreneur: Gina is co-founder of lingerie brand Naja with designer Catalina Girald
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