Penélope

I think I've developed a serious lady-crush on Penélope Cruz. For the past almost 2 years now I have found her to be one of the most seriously beautiful women alive today. I've always had a hard time accepting that I'm latina. Latinas have either very strong features or very delicate features. I find that I have a mixture of both, and it's safe to say that I have always found it difficult to feel that I look pretty. I have really big eyes, a very dainty nose and full, big lips. And not to mention a full, round face. I've always had the mentality that there are no pretty spanish women. I just hated the way we all look. But looking at Penélope has changed my mind. And now she's gone and made me love her even more- she designs a line for the chain of stores called Mango. Her and sister collaborate on a line that has such beautiful pieces, a lot of them inspired by their native Spain. I picked up the spring/summer '09 catalogue for Mango and I literally ripped all her pictures out and stuck them on my wall.

a new look from the '09 catalogue