Oscar winner Halle Berry appears on the cover of Vogue‘s coveted September fashion issue. Halle looks stunning, and is sporting a new chic bob. During her first interview in three years (WHAT?!?), the movie star opens up about everything from having a baby to breaking up with hottie Gabriel Aubry.

On her love for the female body:

“I love the naked female form…. I just feel like that’s the most empowered position you can be in. That comes with age. I’ve been slowly getting there. If the world wouldn’t persecute me, I’d take nude pictures every day of the week.”

On her public breakup with Aubry:

“It’s just that you realize you are not meant to go the distance with everybody. We were meant to bring this amazing little person into the world. And I think that’s why we came together. And because of that, we are going to be together forever, all three of us. We are a family until we are not here anymore.”

“We have always been friends, we’re still friends, we love each other very much, and we both share the love of our lives. And we are both 100 percent committed to being the best parents we can be. And while it was not a love connection for us, he was absolutely the right person to have this child with because she is going to have an amazing father. And that was really important to me. We’ll make sure we always do what is right for her and put her first. And she will see as she grows that we have a lot of love for each other.”

On the buzz surrounding the “Oscar curse”:

“Everybody talks about the Oscar curse. People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that’s partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day. I thought, If I’m going down, I’m going down taking chances and daring to risk. Hence…Catwoman.”

Vogue couldn’t have gotten a better cover for their biggest issue of the year. Halle is the epitome of class, elegance, and style; everything a Vogue reader aspires to be. I’ll definitely be picking up this issue. Will you?

[images: Vogue]