Selena Gomez Covers Cosmopolitan March 2012

The beautiful Selena Gomez is on the cover for the magazine’s March 2012 issue.Selena talks inside about her childhood, her big dreams and strong work ethic, her friend Demi Lovato, career, about love and relationships.Selena said that she likes to work “I love to focus and work really hard. I’ve always wanted to do everything right. And I constantly want to be better.”

About her childhood and how she grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas “I’d have a 3-year-old child by now if I’d had a baby at the same age as my mom did – that’s terrifying to me.I don’t think I would have gotten out of the mind-set of Grand Prairie if it hadn’t been for my mom.”

Demi Lovato is her best friend and Selena said that she was living with her to share expenses when she moved to Los Angeles.”We didn’t have that much money coming out here, so we were living together to share expenses. There were seven of us girls living in one loft, including sisters and moms and everything. It was really interesting. There was a point when she and I were going our different ways, because we were figuring out who we were. Now, we’re better than ever.”

Selena admits about the industry that she works that “It’s a very vain industry, and I want to make sure I don’t get caught up in that. So far, knock on wood, I’ve done a good job,” she says.

Selena Gomez also confesses that “You just instantly root for her and love her. And she works incredibly hard – she reminds me of a racehorse in that way. She knows what she wants to do, and she’s happiest when she is completely immersed in her work. And she has a sophistication and emotional intelligence that is way, way beyond her years.”

Selena wants to evolve and therefore she said  that she choose music and roles a little different.”I am choosing roles and movies and music that might be a little different and might kind of freak people out. But it’s just me evolving and growing and taking baby steps.I’m gradually working my way toward it – not necessarily toward being a sex symbol or anything, but becoming more confident in being a woman.”

About relationship , love and family Selena confesses that “I was in a relationship previously where I had to hide everything and it wasn’t my choice. I had to go through different exits and take separate cars and do the craziest things, and it just really wasn’t worth it. It was like a year of my life completely wasted.”

Selena admits that, “I’m just like every 19-year-old girl. If you’re in love, you’re in love to the fullest, and you just want to go to the movies, hang out, and be as normal as possible. I’m fortunate that I’ve found someone who has that philosophy.”