The Vogue cover girl had to go through an intense workout and training regimen six months before filming began for Black Swan. But she defends her current eating habits and says they’re nothing like her character Nina’s:

A vegetarian at home and a vegan when out, she orders a thoroughly eccentric meal: field greens followed by a soft pretzel with mustard, and an elderflower spritzer.

“Is that it?” I ask.

“I swear, I eat. I ate a bagel an hour ago. I consume my own weight in hummus every day. I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking.

“I like pleasure, I like joy. I’d never get to the point where I would starve or injure myself like Nina does. I’m the opposite—when I’m hungry, I eat, and I always make sure I’m eating something delicious. I’m tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that’s also part of my pleasure: knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.”

I may actually buy Vogue this month because they chose such an admiral cover girl. Can’t wait to read the interview in full.

LINK LOVE: The Cut

Hundreds were nominated and thousands voted in the 2009 Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest. More than 200,000 people logged on and voted for  their top picks, which were narrowed down to 32  finalists with two lucky winners.  In the end, Amber and Monty came out on top, they are this years hottest vegetarians.

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