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Monday, December 14, 2009

Vanessa Hudgens talks Angelina, flat abs, and her "goat toe"!

It was a cold, rainy February morning in L.A. when the tiniest little girl got out from behind the wheel of one of the biggest SUVs I’ve ever seen (a Cayenne!). It was Vanessa Hudgens coming for her SELF cover shoot and she was adorable! She had on a sweatshirt with a lightning bolt and jeans and was warm and huggy with everyone immediately. She was also incredibly game. Just back from vacation, she said she didn’t realize that the SELF shoot would involve bathing suits and would have prepped more had she known. I don’t know how you’d improve on perfection—every single bikini she pulled on looked phenomenal (damn 20-year-olds!) and she glowed.

Get bikini ready with this flat ab workout!

During the shoot there were lots of secretive excited phone calls, which we found out a week later were about her surprise performance on the Oscars. Who knew? And who knew any of the 25 random things she told us for the cover story in SELF, like that she loves Angelina Jolie, snakes and has a taser gun???  I hope she got to meet Angie at the Oscars...

Anyway, she was gorgeous and good-natured and so SELFy...I can’t wait to see her skyrocket!
--Laura Bronstein

VIDEO: Get a glimpse of the making of this month's cover, starring the High School Musical star!


Check out the SELFy, adorable things about Vanessa!

"I have really strong legs. I inherited them from my dad, who has tree stumps for legs, basically. I've got big calves that look good. When I wear heels, it looks like I've worked out my legs a lot, which is why I love them. I also have a big, big big toe. I call it my goat toe I can climb anything."

Sculpt lean legs fast!


"My biggest splurge was a purse from Louis Vuitton. Ashley Tisdale [from HSM] and I each got one in different colors when we were on tour in Mexico. We call it our friendship purse. I don't want to say how much it cost. I don't like revisiting that place."

"My secret to flat abs is pilates."

"The craziest food I've ever tried was fruit bat, a specialty in the Seychelles islands. They cooked it in red wine. It was really, really dark, grainy meat. It was quite frightening."

"I keep a Taser in my purse for self-defense. I'm moving into a house by myself, and it's scary."

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  • cindy's Avatar
    Posted by cindy Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:40am PDT

    wow, hmm, I got nothing out of that

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  • A_YAHOO_USER's Avatar
    Posted by A_YAHOO_USER Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:36am PDT

    Vanessa Hudgens needs to drop some more nude piccies...I've "worn out" the other ones.

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  • Fab-U-Lous!'s Avatar
    Posted by Fab-U-Lous! Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:11pm PDT

    Thanks for posting! I am huge fan of Vanessa's! :)

    Can't wait to purchase the magazine!

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