Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port on Cover of Teen Vogue

The fabulous Lauren Conrad is featured on the cover of August's issue of Teen Vogue.

LC appears on the cover of the magazine with her fellow co-star on The Hills, Whitney Port.

Of course, fans know that Lauren and Whitney work together as interns ... at Teen Vogue.

Think that perhaps, this gives them a leg up on any possible cover competition? Just a little?

Then again, when you look at this pair of California cuties, you wonder why the magazine would ever need to go outside its own offices for cover girls.

Lauren, Whitney and the rest of The Hills cast return Monday, August 13, for the third (and likely) final season of the hit series, a spin-off of Laguna Beach.

Rumor has it that The Hills has been reportedly extended to 18 episodes by MTV, giving LC, Whit, Heidi, Audrina Patridge more air time than ever. Which is, like, totally sweet!

For now, though, here are a few pictures of Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port from behind the scenes of their photo shoot, which is featured in this month's Teen Vogue.

ABOVE, LEFT: Being a cover girl is hard work! Whitney looks a little worn out, but fortunately, her parents were there to support her throughout the ordeal. When she got the chills in between shots, her folks kept a white robe handy.

ABOVE, RIGHT: Lauren Conrad is considerably shorter than Whitney, so LC had to wear heels or stand on a crate to make up the difference in some of the Teen Vogue photos.

Follow the jump below for more terrific pics of Lauren and Whitney ...

BACK TO SCHOOL: During this chalkboard / schoolhouse shot, Whitney Port actually spelled "school" wrong. Hey, nobody's perfect, girl. As for our celebrity news team, we wouldn't mind going back to school if Whitney and Lauren Conrad were our teachers!

ORANGE CRUSH: Whitney said her favorite look was the orange Luella dress. Apparently Lauren agreed - Whitney looked so fabulous that she had to take her own picture!

FLOWER CHILDREN: Laid-back California girls at heart, LC and WP felt at home in this photo. They're so cute, we're sending an intern to go buy the issue this instant.

That's all for us. Check out a video of the photo shoot with Whitney and Lauren. Then follow this link for the full slide show of LC and Whitney at the official site of Teen Vogue ...