Oh la la! Nina Dobrev may play the sweet, girl-next-door-with-fangs on The CW hit drama The Vampire Diaries, but in Cosmopolitan magazine’s September 2013 issue the 24-year-old actress is all grown and sexy. In fact, she’s smoldering hot and she’s opening up about her relationships, career aspirations, and what she finds attractive in guys.
The brunette beauty can be seen gracing the publication’s hottest cover of the year in a strapless houndstooth dress and black high heels that put her long, lean legs on display. The tagline for her cover feature reads: Strong, single, and a badass heartbreaker. (All we say is, ‘Daaaamn girl!‘) And while she’s drenched in angst as Elena and Katherine on TVD, in real life Nina is all about embracing fun and surrounding herself with incredible friends. Check out photos and quotes from her gorgeous shoot (in which she models colorful frocks by Roberto Cavalli, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors and more renowned fashion designers) in the gallery below!
On Bettering Herself
"I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room."Photo Credit: Matthias Vriens-McGrath / Cosmopolitan Magazine
On Her BFF Julianne Hough
“It’s been cool to find an active buddy – there are lots of girlie girls around. We don’t talk about makeup; we talk about life.”She also addressed how their friendship has nothing to do about them needing support during the breakup stage: "That’s not what our friendship is about. Unfortunately, that’s how it’s perceived, but there’s more to us. People aren’t defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships.”
Photo Credit: Matthias Vriens-McGrath / Cosmopolitan Magazine
On What Sort of Guys She's Attracted To
"I'm progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others. I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and thoughtful. The guys on our show are really good at that. A man in a suit looking put together and dapper is very attractive, but I also kind of like the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed, a-little-bit-of-scruff, effortless, not-trying-hard-but-still-sexy guy. If a guy spends more time looking in the mirror than I do, that's problem!"Photo Credit: Matthias Vriens-McGrath / Cosmopolitan Magazine
On Her Love for Yoga
"I want to open my own yoga studio. Planning construction and looking at properties is fun. I'm using a different part of my brain. You know that feeling when you use a different muscle? You're excited to be exercising it but you get a little sore! Yoga changed my life. Hopefully, it will do that for others."Photo Credit: Matthias Vriens-McGrath / Cosmopolitan Magazine
For more of Nina’s exclusive interview and fashion shoot with Cosmopolitan pick up the new issue on newsstands August 13th and head over to the magazine’s official page for more content! (And if you want to get your pretty little hands on a copy sooner, click here to download it for your Kindle, here for your NOOK, and here for your iPAD.)
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