Lauren Conrad: Topless in Glamour!

Reality star, fashion designer and best-selling novelist Lauren Conrad poses topless in the May issue of Glamour, revealing a beautiful body in white bikini bottoms. File this under:

• Things You Didn't See Coming This Morning
• Things That Should've Happened Years Ago

Ironically, Conrad admits she's normally shy about showing off her body, so much so that she doesn't even wear swimsuits to the beach. Modesty is overrated, LC:

"On the vacation to Cabo, I wore a bathing suit on the beach for the first time in years. Usually I'm just petrified," says the former star of The Hills.

"A couple of years ago someone zoomed in on my cellulite and it was so mean. I took it personally. I haven't worn a bathing suit in L.A. in years."

Although the California native and author of The Fame Game (on sale today) isn't planning a return to reality TV, she does spill some secrets about it:

"During shooting, the producers would send us quick texts telling us what to talk about ... They couldn't walk through the shot so they'd just text me, like, 'Hey, say something quick about this story line.' That's why we were always checking our phones!"

Surprisingly brilliant, Hills.

Lauren Conrad admits to Glamour that she doesn't keep in touch with many of her former co-stars, saying that "The show is what brought a lot of us together, and when it was all gone, we didn't have anything in common anymore."

Despite her fame, LC says she's still the same girl she was before MTV.

"The best way to stay grounded is to surround myself with friends and family who knew me way back when," she says. "There's nothing like cleaning my mom's dishes or taking out the trash to remind me that I'm no different than anyone else."

It's a nice sentiment, but we disagree. These Lauren Conrad pictures are quite different than those of the average person ... in a very positive way.