This is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Elle UK cover for October. It’s terrible, right? I’ll admit that Rosie is far from my favorite model, but I really don’t think Elle did her any favors with this drag queen wig and drag queen styling. She’s much prettier than this. The whole thing is very drag-tastic, right? The turtleneck even covers her would-be Adam’s apple. I wonder why she agreed to this? Maybe she didn’t realize how the wig would drastically change her look. As for the Elle UK interview, Rosie does have some interesting stuff to say:

On her relationship with Jason Statham: ‘Many models are in long-term relationships for stability. Admittedly, not always with great men, but it gives them something to come home to, something grounding. That’s how I see my relationship. Well, I see it in many ways but one of the most beautiful things is that I feel at home whenever I am in the world because of him. You’ve got someone special to go back to when the s–t hits the fan.’

On starting out as a model: ‘I can see why people think models come across as a little cold. When you start out you’re so young you don’t have a voice. Everyone just tells you what to do and you can end up abroad in the middle of nowhere, with no one speaking English. It is very lonely. …You develop a thick skin to protect yourself. Now I am 26, when I come on a set, I can say what I think and my opinions are noted. I’ve grafted hard to be here.’

She used to read everything on the internet: ‘I read everything on the internet and I got destroyed by it. I panicked. I was unhappy because I was nervous and insecure, so I cut it off. Today I am in a healthier and happier place.’

Girl power: ‘I like the idea that it’s time for women to stop bashing other women. Certain things have happened in the last few years that have humbled me and made me less judgmental of other women – particularly other women in my position. I’m a real girl’s girl and, the older I get, I become more pro women doing what they need to do to achieve their ambitions…We need to celebrate each other more – everybody fails and makes mistakes.’

[From RCF and Metro]

I don’t really have a problem with what she says about women standing up for women, and I guess I sort of respect her honesty about internet trolls, reading her own press and how women turned on her and that’s what made her believe in women standing up for women. I’m not sure if she means to be so confessional or she just doesn’t realize that she’s basically saying that she used to be a judgmental mean girl until the judgmental mean girls turned on her, and that’s why she’s all rah-rah-sisterhood now.

Also: I was confused as to what “I’ve grafted hard to be here” means, so I looked it up. “Graft” is a Britishism for “work hard”. It’s like saying “I’ve hustled hard to be here.”

Last thing (because this came out after I had written all of this out): The Daily Mail says Rosie and Jason are on break. Wow. Apparently, their age difference and his commitment-phobia were to blame. She wanted a ring and he wanted to keep banging a Victoria’s Secret model who didn’t nag him, I guess.

Photos courtesy of Mariano Vivanco/Elle UK.