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So maybe she’s no Kate Moss.

Know what? Hayden Panettiere is okay with that.

As she should be. Anorexia, heroin and Pete Doherty? Pass.

Hayden in 2019

“I don’t have a model’s body,” the Heroes actress, 18, tells Cosmopolitan. “But I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m okay with what I have. I can rock this body, you know.”

Gulp. We know, alright.

What keeps Hayden grounded? The talented young celebrity (and marine mammal rights enthusiast) says she skips out on the standard Britney Spears pursuits – 4 a.m. Starbucks runs, clubbing and wearing no underwear.

Hayden Panettiere and the word sex appear a combined four times above.

“I think people look at me as just another one of those girls who’s going to screw up, like, ‘She’s going to get into drugs, she’s going to get into parties,'” she says.

“I have an occasional glass of champagne when I’m celebrating something, but generally, I don’t drink. I’m a pizza-and-a-movie girl.”

When it comes to choosing a mate, the actress (who’s currently dating co-star Milo Ventimiglia, 30) wants a man who’s equally level-headed.

“I need somebody who is very secure,” Hayden Panettiere says.

“In this business, I’m constantly standing next to gorgeous people. My job is to make out with [attractive] men. Like, hello! Who wouldn’t be completely threatened by that? But, at the end of the day, you have to realize that it’s a job.”