14 DAY TRIAL // Actress Kate Winslet has just been named Most Glamorous third year in a row by Glamour magazine and, seeing how she’s all natural, it’s no wonder readers hold her in such high esteem. In an interview for the latest issue, Kate opens up about Botox, body image, acting and winning an Oscar.
Fans know by now that Kate has struggled with her weight for many years as a teen, something she still recalls with some displeasure in her most recent interview.
Kids used to call her “blubber” and she weighed about 200 pounds when she was 15, she says for the magazine. Now, it’s an entirely different story, though.
Winslet, considered by millions of women around the world a true role model in terms of a positive attitude and healthy body image, says she’s never had anything done to her face.
No Botox, no plastic surgery, not anything – despite the fact that, some 6 years ago, she was telling the same magazine she could see herself getting surgery for cosmetic reasons in a few years’ time.
Moreover, she’s also learned to love her body as it is, to embrace whatever imperfection it may have.
“My face is still moving, right? No, I have never tried any of that stuff…,” Kate says when asked if she’s ever toyed with Botox, which so many female (and male) stars praise for its ability to stop time by freezing wrinkles.
“I don’t have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else’s or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are,” the actress adds.
If that’s not enough to convince you that Kate is the closest thing to a regular Jane working in Hollywood, there’s more: she doesn’t even have a personal trainer, so whatever exercise she gets it’s on her own.
“I just do my own stuff at home with the help of DVDs. A little bit of Pilates. And just recently I started running, but I’m not very good,” Winslet says with a laugh.
Yet she continues to be one of the most appreciated actresses in showbiz, both for her talent and her looks. Speaking of both, Kate also says she’s not afraid to tone down the glamour for a role that “requires me to look less than my red-carpet best,” like the one she’s playing right now in “Mildred Pierce.”
For more on this, check out the full Glamour interview here.
