Kim Kardashian Goes Au Natural

"I don't get why everyone is always going on about my butt," she tells the magazine. "I’m Armenian. It’s normal. My butt is probably not as big as you might think, because I have small legs and a small waist, which makes it appear bigger."

The reality show star says that although now she embraces her curves and imperfections ("I might have a little bit of cellulite. I might not be toned everywhere. I might struggle in this area or that. But accepting that just empowers me," she says), she was once uncomfortable in her own skin.

"I was wearing a C cup by the time I was 11," she says. "I would go to bed and pray, ‘Please, Lord, don’t let my boobs grow any bigger. I hated what was happening."

But now she's happy to be a role model for girls who don't have stick-thin bodies.

"I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, ‘I’m curvy, and I’m proud of it now.’”

Check out the new issue of Harper's Bazaar, on stands April 27, where actress Joy Bryant also goes au naturel and talks about the insecurities she had about her body growing up.

"It was not cool to be so skinny," she says. "My ‘best friend’ would tell me I looked like a boy. I wore my cousin’s hand-me-downs -- who was a boy."

Published 4/16/10 by