EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Latina Cover of “Glee” Star Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera of "Glee" fame graces the May cover of Latina, and we've got an exclusive look at the Puerto Rican beauty rocking a bare midriff and pin-up style bikini top just in time for Spring.
The devout Christian, who regularly attends church and reads the Bible, opens up to the magazine about playing a lesbian on her hit show, art imitating life with the debut of her solo album and her Hollywood crush.
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On what she does in her spare time:
I obviously love going to spas. I'm a big Korean spa girl. They give the best scrubs and then they have all these awesome sauna steams.
On her style:
I'm kind of tomboyish. I'm in sweatpants more times than not. I like dressing comfortably.
On her celebrity crush:
Ryan Gosling. He's with a Latina, so score one for us!
On impersonating Kim Kardashian:
I do a pretty great Kim Kardashian. I'm not going to do it, but I'll tell you that I do a really great Kim K. People tell me that I look like her, which I think is the best compliment because I think she's super gorgeous and I love watching all of her reality shows. I basically quote back things from the reality show randomly at work. We'll be talking about something that happened on the show and I'll just do it.
On her music industry idols:
Whitney [Houston], obviously, may she rest in peace. Mariah, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Celine Dion. I would go as far as saying that I'm a big alt-rock girl. I like Phoenix, Kings of Leon and Coldplay is my favorite band in the whole world.
On working as a telemarketer before "Glee":
I worked as a telemarketer for a little bit. It was for a golf and ranch club and that turned into going to the actual site and selling memberships for it. We did give presentations and people bought packages. I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch, and I was a nanny for a year. I actually was nannying when I booked Glee. I kept the job until the second episode because I didn't know if I would be on it or not.
See more of Naya on the May 2012 issue of Latina on newsstands April 10.
