Tell it like it is, sister!

The lovely America Ferrera tells it like it is in the latest issue of Seventeen.

"I fear that when girls look at my picture in a magazine, they see something that is so unreal -- and they think, 'Oh, America must have it so easy,'" the glowing and healthy "Ugly Betty" star tells Seventeen. "They should know that I spent two-and-a-half hours with professional people doing my hair, doing my makeup, picking out my clothes, shooting with a professional photographer who has his professional lighting."

It is so refreshing to have a positive role model for young girls who think that every Hollywood starlet wakes up looking like they do in movies, TV shows and magazines.

Thank you America for being real!