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" With her flowing blond waves and traffic-stopping curves, 30-year-old Marisa Miller is playing a huge role in bringing sexy back to modeling. Watching her stroll into a New York City hotel bar looking goddesslike in jeans, a gray tee shirt, and a black scarf (and as she points out later, zero makeup), it&amp;#039;s easy to see why famed fashion photographer Mario Testino became mesmerized by her back in 2001, when he stopped by a California beach to take pictures of the then-little-known model, who was running a surf school with friends. The encounter launched Marisa&amp;#039;s Sports Illustrated modeling career \u2014 she&amp;#039;s appeared in every swimsuit issue since meeting Testino, and in 2008, she landed the coveted cover. That same year, she was named Maxim&amp;#039;s Hottest Woman in the World, edging out fellow bombshells Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel. It&amp;#039;s no surprise that Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret also came calling \u2014 Marisa embodies the sex-kitten vibe they&amp;#039;re so famous for. As a VS Angel, she appears in their commercials and on their runway, and she was recently named the face of the company&amp;#039;s new workout line, VSX. Meanwhile, her personal life also hit a high note: She married music producer and talent manager Griffin Guess, whom she met on an airplane in 2006. Actually, it was her mom who was first sitting near him during that fateful trip. But when Griffin got up to go to the bathroom, Marisa swapped seats with her (&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always had this thing for mohawks,&amp;quot; she admits). The two hit it off, and Marisa says Griffin&amp;#039;s friends later told her he had been using a photo of her as his computer screen saver even before they met. We don&amp;#039;t doubt it \u2014 Marisa&amp;#039;s incredible figure is admired by men and women alike. That&amp;#039;s why we decided to grill her about how she stays in such tip-top shape. The friendly Santa Cruz, California, native gave Cosmo her best fitness and eating tricks...and even agreed to model some of her no-gym-required exercises. Reading this interview will feel like being handed the keys to the look-hot vault. Did you always dream of becoming a model? No. I&amp;#039;d get approached by agents, and I&amp;#039;d do little jobs here and there, but I didn&amp;#039;t like the business. If you&amp;#039;re blond and have boobs, they want to put you on something like Baywatch, and I wanted nothing to do with that. But when Mario Testino came to take pictures of me, he was really focused on my face. I was 22, and he told me, &amp;quot;You know, this is going to change your life.&amp;quot; Are those exotic Sports Illustrated shoots as glamorous as they seem? There&amp;#039;s actually a lot that can go wrong. Last year, we were shooting in Turks and Caicos, and it started to rain while I was wearing a painted-on swimsuit that hadn&amp;#039;t been waterproofed. It literally started dripping right off my body...and I had to streak back to the hotel! Lots of models these days have second careers. Do you have one in the works? I&amp;#039;m designing a line of swimwear because I&amp;#039;ve tried on so many over the years, and it&amp;#039;s a big part of my personal life. The line is simple, sexy, and all about accentuating what you have and covering up what you want to cover up. Some models are exceedingly thin. Have you ever felt pressure to look like that? When I first started modeling, the whole androgynous look was in. I remember going to castings in Paris, and they wouldn&amp;#039;t see girls who had over a B-cup. For one shoot, they taped down my boobs with duct tape. I always wanted to represent the natural, healthy girl, and I didn&amp;#039;t care if it was cool or trendy to look like you hadn&amp;#039;t eaten in two weeks. Do you diet? I don&amp;#039;t starve myself. Anyone who knows me will tell you I have an appetite. I&amp;#039;d much rather work out and not diet than not work out and have to diet. A lot of models don&amp;#039;t eat and smoke cigarettes all day because they don&amp;#039;t work out. I eat mostly organic, but I love macaroni and cheese, Mexican food, and egg-and-cheese croissants. So when I indulge, I eat protein and veggies for the rest of the day. It really is all about moderation and balance. What&amp;#039;s your best stay-slim trick? For breakfast, I have steel-cut oatmeal with a couple tablespoons of maple syrup, a little milk, and sliced bananas. When I start out with something a bit heavier like that in the morning, I eat better for the rest of the day. People say you shouldn&amp;#039;t eat carbs, but that&amp;#039;s crap. I just try to stay away from white ones. What are your favorite healthy snacks? I&amp;#039;ll have an apple with some wedges of Laughing Cow cheese, and I also like Flavor and Fiber bars. For dessert, I&amp;#039;ll melt some chocolate and drizzle it over bananas or strawberries. Living with a guy can wreak havoc on your diet. Is your husband a bad influence? Griffin eats terribly, and I gained a lot of weight when we first met. I hadn&amp;#039;t had soda in about five years, and I came home one day to find this thing in the fridge that rolls soda cans out like a dispenser. I&amp;#039;m like, What are you doing to me? How do you stay fit? My body is like a science project.... I&amp;#039;ve tried everything. I grew up surfing, and I love boxing and Spinning \u2014 my legs get so tight when I Spin. But I travel all the time and can&amp;#039;t make classes, so I have moves that I can do in my hotel room. I love resistance bands because you can toss one in your bag, and they work your muscles without bulking them up. When I have a big shoot or show coming up, I work with a trainer for an hour a day. I tell her, &amp;quot;I want to keep my curves but look toned. I want things to bounce but not jiggle!&amp;quot; WATCH MARISA&amp;#039;S COSMO COVER SHOOT!       Marisa Miller&amp;#039;s Official Site   Find out more about the Cosmo cover girl! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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