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"For the record, I love everything about Dove, especially since they launched that amazing &amp;#39;Real Women&amp;#39; campaign back in 2004. It&amp;#39;s nice to see a mega brand take such a strong stance on uplifting everyday women&amp;#8212;and bringing celebs on board with them. Like Mandy Moore, who serves as the spokesperson of their newest campaign, &amp;quot;Women Who Should Be Famous&amp;quot;, which introduces new real women role models that girls can (and should) look up to. I chatted with the singer-actress-designer-philanthropist about her involvement with the initiative&amp;#8212;learn more about it here&amp;#8212;and of course I snuck in a few beauty questions too!\nPinterestFacebookPHOTO: 2012 Getty ImagesHow does it feel to be the spokesperson for Dove&amp;#39;s Self-Esteem Movement? What inspired you to sign on?\nI&amp;#39;ve always loved Dove&amp;#39;s focus on real women and really share in their spirit and commitment to inspiring all women and girls to reach their full potential. Dove believes that all real women who are positive role models should be famous and I&amp;#39;m proud to be a part of movement that offers a different POV on &amp;quot;celebrity&amp;quot; by widening the definition of who we consider famous.\nWhat are your thoughts on the real women &amp;#39;Who Should Be Famous&amp;#39;? What do you find inspiring about them?\nI was so struck by not only how poised and accomplished each of the women are in their respective fields but also how grounded and approachable they were. What they&amp;#39;ve done is definitely extraordinary and they more than deserve the attention and recognition this campaign is honoring them with.\nBack when you were starting your career as a young singer and actress, with all of the competition and auditions, did your self-esteem ever take a dive? How did you recover?\nGrowing up, I definitely had insecurities about my height&amp;#8212;I&amp;#39;m 5&amp;#39;10. I went through a big growth spurt and for a period of time, was taller than a lot of my friends. I used to hunch over and complain to my parents about sticking out or feeling awkward in my body. My mom, who is about 8 inches shorter than me, never failed to mention how envious she was of my height and that it was a beautiful quality. She reminded me to embrace what I was given and stand tall with my shoulders back... I guess the grass is always greener.\nSo many women look to celebrities as inspiration on how they think should look, and their happiness is often tied to their own physical appearance. What&amp;#39;s your best advice to women for boosting their self-esteem regardless of their own perceived flaws/outer appearance?\nEveryone, everywhere, no matter who you are or what you do with your life, has days where they feel insecure about one thing or another when it comes to our physical appearance. I try to remember that I&amp;#39;m not an anomaly, I&amp;#39;m only human and not to beat myself up for feeling down. Trying to highlight the positive aspects that you LOVE about yourself is always the healthier way to go. Why waste any of your energy on negative, if you can help it?\nAre there any beauty products that you won&amp;#39;t leave home without putting on first?\nI&amp;#39;ve only recently (oops) become very diligent about sunscreen so now that is a MUST-HAVE.\nWhat&amp;#39;s the one beauty product that makes you feel most confident?\nA dab of blush or color on my cheeks seems to wake my whole face up!\nWhat&amp;#39;s your go-to beauty look?\nI&amp;#39;m pretty simple and also not really &amp;quot;gifted&amp;quot; at applying makeup, so a little concealer under my eyes, some rosy blush, a creamy eye shadow in a shimmery taupe, mascara and a lip-stain.... Oh and definitely a tiny bit of powder to fill in my brows. In my makeup bag is organic rosewater to mist on my face before and after so I look/feel fresh, and an eyelash curler. I love mine...\nWhat is the one beauty product you don&amp;#39;t mind splurging on? What is the one product that you&amp;#39;re happy to buy at a bargain price?\nI LOVE fragrance so I&amp;#39;m never afraid to splurge on a quality perfume or oil. I also equally love drugstore brands like Aquaphor. I can NOT get enough of that stuff. I have little tubes of it in every purse, in my car, etc...."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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