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"  Cosmo For Latinas: Tell me about your current role. Camila Banus: I&amp;#039;m the only Latina on the show, and I love that. My character is pregnant and giving birth soon to a baby whose father is gay. It&amp;#039;s a pretty controversial role.  CFL: How does it feel to play a Latina? CB: My heritage is very important to me. I&amp;#039;m Cuban-American but I feel very Cuban. Growing up, my family was very active in supporting Cuba. To be on the show and be the only person representing a Latina background is so amazing to me. I feel honored to fill that demographic. Even if it&amp;#039;s not my culture, it&amp;#039;s an amazing honor to represent any type of Latin background, because we are such a large group of people and we need to make ourselves known not only in Hollywood, but in every single aspect.  CFL: How did you get into acting? CB: I&amp;#039;ve been acting since I was really young, doing commercials, print jobs, magazines and eventually I felt like I needed to do more. I sent a tape to New York and they chose me. It was amazing. CFL: How does being Latina influence your career? CB: It&amp;#039;s a double-edged sword. I&amp;#039;m so proud, I use it to my advantage. I feel confident that I come into the room and I&amp;#039;m not a size 0, and that my loud voice attracts attention. But at the same time, there&amp;#039;s a selective amount of characters to play for my look, but I can say that about everybody, whether they&amp;#039;re white or Asian. It&amp;#039;s just a matter of showing we could be anything\u2014we could be a Latina Superwoman! Just be confident. \u00A0 CFL: Who&amp;#039;s your celeb crush? CB: William Levy. It&amp;#039;s a bit of a problem, actually. I saw him and said this man is beautiful!\u00A0 Then I found out he was Cuban and I was like ahhhh OMG!! This is good to be true!! CFL: Name some beauty products you can&amp;#039;t live without? CB: My Clinique facial cleanser and all Young Blood makeup products. Want more from Ariel? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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