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"While rumors swirl about her relationship status with Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez is focused on bigger and better things, like being named Glamour&amp;apos;s 2012 Woman of the Year.\r\nEarlier today, the magazine announced that the actress, who has been shooting the &amp;quot;Wizards of Waverly Place&amp;quot; reunion flick, tops their Women of the Year list, and will be featured on the cover of its December issue. In Gomez&amp;apos;s interview, she talks about overcoming shyness, blocking out haters, her bestie Taylor Swift, and even The Biebs, who she may or may not be wearing matchy-matchy outfits with these days (ya know, the real sign of young coupledom).\r\nMore Photos from Selena Gomez&amp;apos;s Glamour Cover Shoot\r\nAsked what her 15-year-old self would think of Selena at 20, the young Hollywood star said she would be impressed. &amp;quot;I was so scared and so shy back then,&amp;quot; Gomez tells the magazine. &amp;quot;I mean, I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that&amp;apos;s the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each other or not liking each other, and it was exhausting, and I was the shy one in the corner.&amp;quot; And now? &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so opinionated, and I don&amp;apos;t have time for the cattiness. I have good people around me, and I&amp;apos;m glad I&amp;apos;m at the place I&amp;apos;m in. I wish I was there back then.&amp;quot;\r\nElaborating on her dislike of cattiness, Gomez, who will also soon be seen on the big screen in &amp;quot;Spring Breakers,&amp;quot; says she&amp;apos;s become masterful at tuning out her haters. &amp;quot;If I had let all of the negative stuff affect me, I don&amp;apos;t think I would be satisfied with the person I am now,&amp;quot; Gomez tells Glamour. &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s what I tell my fans: If you&amp;apos;re miserable with everything going on in school, that is so not going to matter the moment you leave. My mom always told me, &amp;apos;Just turn the other cheek and keep moving forward.&amp;apos; That&amp;apos;s something I&amp;apos;ve always done, and now I look back and I have no regrets.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Texas native has learned quite a bit from her mother, Mandy Teefey, who had her when she was just 16 and struggled to make ends meet when Gomez was growing up. &amp;quot;I definitely didn&amp;apos;t appreciate [my mother&amp;apos;s struggle] when I was little. I was frustrated that my parents weren&amp;apos;t together, and never saw the light at the end of the tunnel where my mom was working hard to provide a better life for me,&amp;quot; says Gomez, whose extensive charity work, including her role as youngest-ever U.S. ambassador, was the reason Glamour named her Woman of the Year. She adds that going Hollywood at a young age was the best thing that could have happened to her. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m terrified of what I would have become if I&amp;apos;d stayed there,&amp;quot; she said of the Lone Star State. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m sure I&amp;apos;d have two children by now. But I love the people, and I&amp;apos;m glad I grew up there. It&amp;apos;s because of [my mom] that I can do things on my own. I like being professional. I like showing up on time. I like being good to people, and I know that I&amp;apos;m reflecting her at the end of the day.&amp;quot;\r\nThough her schedule keeps her busy, Gomez notes that texting helps her to keep in touch with both her pal Swift and her on-again/off-again beau Bieber. And sometimes she just hops on a flight to get her fix. &amp;quot;I actually did talk to Taylor last week, and we were like, &amp;apos;I don&amp;apos;t even remember the last time I saw you,&amp;apos; which is really unfortunate,&amp;quot; Gomez shares. &amp;quot;But if it gets too dire, I fly to Taylor or I fly home or I fly to Justin.&amp;quot;\r\nAs for the Beliebers, who would likely prefer their favorite heartthrob to be single, Gomez says she can relate to them. &amp;quot;I adore his fans,&amp;quot; she tells the mag. &amp;quot;I would never, ever want to disrespect them. You know, I get it: I was obsessed with Jesse McCartney growing up! He was my world. My high school crush. So I respect it, and if anything, I admire it.&amp;quot;\r\nWe&amp;apos;ll have to stay tuned to see what happens between Gomez and Bieber as rumors are in overdrive that they&amp;apos;ve ended their relationship. Further fueling the fire? Gomez celebrated Halloween solo, and didn&amp;apos;t don a couples costume. (Gasp!) Meanwhile, Bieber tweeted a photo of himself yesterday with the caption &amp;quot;Lingse,&amp;quot; which some of his observant fans (with too much time of their hands?) pointed out is an anagram of &amp;quot;single.&amp;quot; He then deleted the pic, but posted another self-portrait which said, &amp;quot;Just me.&amp;quot; Add that to the fact that he was photographed dining at Hooters this week, and you&amp;apos;ve got one heckuva of breakup story brewing, whether it&amp;apos;s true or not.\r\nFor more of Gomez&amp;apos;s interview, pick up the December issue of Glamour, on newsstands November 6.\r\nMore celebrity features on Yahoo!:\r\nDemi Lovato is back to brunette &amp;#xF3; and looks just like she did during her &amp;apos;Camp Rock&amp;apos; days\r\nMarissa Jaret Winokur drops 60 pounds!\r\nThe 10 creepiest celebrities of 2012 (photos)\r\nFollow omg! on Twitter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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