Jessica Simpson is confident in her skin as she turns make-up free cover girl... but wishes she was taller

Make-up free: Jessica Simpson appearing on the cover of the U.S. edition of Marie Claire magazine, minus her make-up

Jessica Simpson is one brave beauty.

The singer has gone where few other starlets would dare - appearing on the front of a magazine without any make-up or retouching.

Make-up on: Jessica on her reality show The Price of Beauty, seen here about to have salt water through her nostrils in Mumbai

Wishing she was taller: Jessica pictured at the Oscars in LA last month

Simpson's cover for this month's American edition of Marie Claire comes after she did her TV show The Price Of Beauty about female looks around the globe.
But in an interview the star revealed that although she is more confident about her looks, she wishes she could be taller and that there is 'always something' about her appearance that she would like 'to fix'.

The 29-year-old singer-actress recently travelled to India to witness the extent some women will go to in the name of beauty and admitted that she has become more confident since taking the trip.

She told OK! magazine: 'There's always something that I've wanted to fix because there's always somebody who looks better; that's what we always compare ourselves to.

'So I think the journey really was finding what was beautiful inside of me and knowing that it's unique and rare. And it was a very powerful journey. It has definitely changed my life.'

Asked if she would change anything about her appearance, the 5ft 3in Dukes Of Hazzard star said: 'I just wish I was taller, so all those dresses would fit! I like the bump in my nose. It's an imperfection, but to me it's perfection.'

She added: 'I'm not against reconstructive surgery if it is for a woman to have more confidence.'