Eva Mendes says that she can't understand why some women can't accept a compliment.
The 'Hitch' beauty, who happens to be dating a man who was voted the sexiest man on the planet aka Ryan Gosling, has been an underwear model for Calvin Klein and is one sexy mama, so it's not hard to get why it goes over Eva's head.
It's not like the Latin actress would be short of compliments these days - although, Eva does admit it wasn't easy accepting her body when she was younger.
"I went through my teenage years unhappy with what I was born with and complained about everything," she told Zest magazine. "But my older sisters and my amazing mum helped me realise I had to change my attitude towards myself.
"You have to learn to accept the things you can't change and be brave enough to change the things you can. That was like an epiphany for me - I suddenly realised I had a lot of power over myself."
The 37-year-old, who has been visiting her beau Ryan on his set in Thailand, revealed a few self-esteem tricks that she keeps up her sleeve: "I have this rule that when I look in the mirror, I won't say something about myself I'd never say to a friend. Never point out your flaws to anyone, ever, including yourself. Accepting compliments is really important, too - even if you don't agree with them. I've never understood why so many women struggle to accept compliments."
Eva, who is one of the sexiest Hollywood stars of today, insists that she prefers "the term sexy to beautiful".
"Because anyone can be sexy," she explained. "What makes someone really sexy - and you can feel it when they talk to you or even just when they walk into a room - in the sense that they know they have something to contribute. They might be funny, smart or really kind, but they know it and when someone has that strong sense of self-worth, it's really sexy."
Well she is all of the above, let's face it.
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