She admits she refused to wear a swimsuit for years, due to being 'petrified' of people seeing her cellulite.
But judging by Lauren Conrad's stunning new photoshoot in U.S. Glamour magazine, she has nothing to worry about.
The star shows off her perfectly toned legs and derrière in a pretty bathing suit, and even poses topless on the cover of the glossy publication.
The tasteful cover sees the former Hills star protect her modesty by leaning forward on the ledge of a lake, wearing merely a pair of floral white bikini bottoms.
In another shot, the star the star poses in a mint green floral strapless swimsuit, wearing subtle make-up and showing off a a pair of pins with no sign of the dreaded tell-tale orange peel.
'On the vacation to Cabo, I wore a bathing suit on the beach for the first time in years,' she recalls to the magazine. Usually I'm just petrified.
'A couple of years ago someone zoomed in on my cellulite and it was so mean. I took it really personally. I haven't worn a bathing suit in L.A. in years because of that.'
She adds: 'I haven't met a woman without insecurities. You just have to learn to play up the positives.'
The star also models clothes from her own clothing line Paper Crown, looking stunning in a candy pink mini dress, teamed with a wide brimmed hat.
And despite Lauren's diminutive frame, she says she keeps curvy women in mind when it comes to designing clothes.
'There are certain things where, if you're curvy, you can't wear them,' she says. 'A lot of times I tend to design for girls with no boobs because I have no boobs, but then you go a sell it and that's one of the biggest comments: " I have really big boobs, what do I wear?"'
