Eva Mendes is the cover girl for August’s Marie Claire UK. I just checked Eva’s IMDB page, and it doesn’t look like she’s out promoting any film, so perhaps she’s just promoting her modeling contracts and her new linen line (more on that in a second). What Eva lacks in film roles, she makes up for with buzz worthy side projects, so kudos to her.

This interview excerpt (via the Daily Mail) is a bit strange, which only confirms my one opinion of Eva: she’s a very pretty girl, but she’s weird. Not in a bad way, she’s just kind of out-of-it and off in her own little world. A little eccentric or a little flighty, perhaps. But other than that, she seems harmless and nice. She talks a little bit about going to rehab last year, and how she’s in therapy, and how she loves “peaceful” cemeteries. The biggest headline out of the interview is her complaint about her curvy body. Eva says that she has to be careful about how she dresses, because her curves can make an outfit “go distasteful in a second.”

Eva Mendes is known as one of the world’s most beautiful women, with her dark Cuban hair, sultry smile and full lips. So it may come as a surprise to learn that the star of 2 Fast 2 Furious worries about her voluptuous body looking ‘distasteful’.

The U.S. beauty says that she has to ‘walk a fine line’ when choosing her clothing. Last year Eva had an advert banned from U.S. TV screens for showing a flash of her nipple, and earlier this year starred in a sultry campaign for CK Underwear.

But she told Marie Claire magazine: “I love my curves and I embrace them, but I have to walk a fine line. There are certain dresses that are like: ‘Oh, this is really feminine. This isn’t sexy at all’, but then I’d try it on and it just turned.”

“I think it comes down to being voluptuous, and if your body’s a certain way, then things can go distasteful in a second.”

The 35-year-old, who spent a short spell in rehab last year, also revealed that she credits four years of therapy with changing how she deals with fame.

“[I’m] a woman who has been through life experiences, thank God, and therapy. I love therapy!” she said. “I’m very into it. I’m very in touch with my feelings, so I’m a completely different person. Not that different but you know… I gotta tell you, there’s nothing like going in and sitting down and talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. Just to talk to someone. It’s amazing.”

Eva also makes the unusual revelation that she likes nothing better than visiting cemeteries.

“I love cemeteries. They’re so beautiful and peaceful.” She has visited Oscar Wilde’s grave in Paris and London’s Highgate Cemetery, the burial place of Karl Marx. “The older the better,” she says.

[From Marie Claire UK via Daily Mail]

I tend to agree with Eva – my curves are a big more hardcore than hers, and I have real problems finding blouses that don’t make me look like a hooker. A simple V-neck sweater on a girl with B-cups looks fine, but on me, it looks like I’m trying to be provocative.

Beyond her Calvin Klein contract, one of Eva’s other side projects is her line of linens, Vida by Eva Mendes. Vida is sold in Macy’s, and take a look at this bedding! To me, this stuff is totally fug. Like cheap stuff you would see in a college freshman’s dorm room. But Eva is all over it, sending out a press release that read in part: “Vida is about easy luxury — the colors, fabrics and textures that I live and love, brought to life in a stylish, comfortable and affordable way… I’m excited to partner to see my passion for design come to life.” Well, she got one thing right – this stuff is pretty affordable. Macy’s is slashing the prices at a steady clip, even offering 50% markdowns. Poor Eva. Next time expand the color palette. Maybe some greens and blues – people like those colors for their bedroom.

Photos thanks to Million Looks.