'I started going grey at 23,' admits Jennifer Lopez as she is crowned World's Most Beautiful Woman
By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 8:17 AM on 14th April 2011
Jennifer Lopez confessed she started going grey at 23 and that she has to get her hair done every two weeks to cover it up.
The Latino singer also said that she was 'honoured' that People magazine today named her the World's Most Beautiful Woman in their yearly issue.
Jennifer, who is a judge on American Idol, told a US radio show: 'My mom and my dad both went grey at a young age and I did too. At 23.
'Once I got started doing movies I started to grey. It was the stress, the pressure,' she joked.
She then quipped that since she married Mark Anthony she had to get her hair done 'every two weeks.'
Coveted title: Jennifer Lopez has been named People magazine's World's Most Beautiful Woman in their yearly issue
She said said: 'I feel happy and proud. Proud that I'm not 25!'
Not easy being beautiful: The 41-year-old says she loves to get glammed up but looking good is hard work
Lopez says everything from looking after her skin, her intensive workout regime and healthy eating plan is all a concerted effort to stay in great shape.
'The thing is, it's part of my job', she says of looking good.
'I don't want anybody thinking it's easy. It does take time and it's hard work. HDTV wide-screen is nobody's friend!' Lopez added.
Although she loves getting glammed up for TV duties and music videos, the If You Had My Love singer says she is most content when she is at home with her husband Marc Anthony and their three-year-old twins, Max and Emme.
'That's when I'm my happiest', she says of being make-up free and being a mother.
'Just being able to touch my face and rub my eyes and my fingers in my hair and not having to worry about messing it up. It's so much better', she told People magazine.
But her daughter Emme is seemingly going to be a chip off of Jenny's Block.
'She is very girly-girl, just like me since I was very little. She loves for me to paint her nails', Lopez said.
'She lays out her clothes on the floor like I do with my stylists and she's like, "This matches very good!"'
Aptly her latest single On The Floor hit the number one spot in several countries across the world including the UK.
It also reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 but number one in the Dance Club Songs charts.
And as for her son Max who is a bit more rough and tubble - he too likes playing dress up with his mother and sister.
'He wants to paints his nails too. Because for him, it's just paint. He's like, "I want the blue!" Lopez laughed.
'Then Marc is like, "Why are Max's nails painted?!" But he won't sit still so it's only like two nails.'
The triple threat performer who has also starred in 26 films and several television shows says although she has received bad press over the years for being a diva - she doesn't mind the title now.
High profile: Lopez is proving to be a popular judge in this season of American Idol
'But I certainly don't like and I've never been a person who has what they call 'diva behaviour', which is something they tried to pin on me for a long time.
The Bronx native has built a tremendous empire since appearing as a Fly Girl in comedy show In Living Colour in the early Nineties.
As well as her albums and films she has expanded her brand into fragrances, clothing line and her own production company.
Lopez is joined on the honour roll of People's Most Beautiful Woman by such lovelies as Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner and Beyonce Knowles.
Her seventh album Love? is released on April 29.
To read more from Jennifer Lopez's interview in this week's issue visit People.com
PEOPLE'S PICK OF BEAUTIES LOOKING HALF THEIR AGE
The 57-year-old's beauty regime include doing squats while drying her hair otherwise it's a 'waste of time'. She also does not every apply make-up without scrubbing her face first. Brinkley also keeps an eye on her hair colour saying that 'too platinum can look grey'.
At 44, the actress says she still gets carded when trying to buy alcohol. The mother-of-two works out really hard four days a week, eats healthily and drinks a lot of water. Dash says, 'Keeping a constant weight is key. Fluctuating is not healthy'.
The Charlie's Angel says she feels younger now at 42 than she did in her 20s. 'Not sitting idle is how to stay young', she said. 'I do Pilates four times a week, I run and I take vitamins'. The actress also recommends stretching exercises that bring the blood flow to her face.
At 47 the Chicago Code actress runs, swims and took up boxing recently. Known for her being flexible since her Flashdance days, she attributes her beauty to 'sleep, water, sex, meditation, having a good diet and letting stress affect me'.
The 55-year-old is a self proclaimed 'rebel'. 'I'm not married. I don't have kids. I live in total freedom', she says. Dana eats a diet mostly of fish and vegetables and does yoga five times a week. She recently bagged a role written for a 35-year-old.
GOT IT AND FLAUNTING IT - PICK OF THE BOMBSHELLS
The 30-year-old fashion mogul flaunts her curves regardless of any criticism thrown at her. She even claims to get off parking tickets by 'showing the girls and giving a wink'. She said: 'I like my nose because there's a bump in it but my fiancé loves my eyes.
The Mad Men star, 35, says her favourite feature is her lips, despite the praise she receives for her ample busom and curvy figure. She says her husband finds her the sexiest when she is at home cooking but appreciates it when she does get glammed up for a night out.
The vivacious 38-year-old said she toned down her naturally blonde look as the 'big boobs and big mouth' were too much. She says she loves going glam as she doesn't believe in the 'natural look unless you're Gisele Bundchen'. 'You need to take care of yourself with make-up and comb your hair', she said.
Having recently become a new mother, the 35-year-old actress says she now wears less makeup and is less fussy. She said: 'I accept myself more because I have less time to be down on myself!' She added about her curves: 'I realised a long time ago I'm not going to be a size 0. For me, life is about drinking wine and having bread and cheese - just not every day'.
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