Heroes star Ali Larter (yes, she’ll be back for season three) is on the cover of the latest Allure.

In the issue, the actress opens up about her struggles with weight and the insecurity her profession can create within a beautiful woman.

“I think that’s where insecurity comes from, because it starts with being celebrated for the way you look… and it’s weird that it’s something you did nothing to get,” Larter said, referring to the “Hot Girl Syndrome” that fiance Hayes McArthuer claims she possesses.

The 32-year-old New Jersey native (famous ever since her whipped cream bikini in Varsity Blues) revealed she once had to have her thighs duct-taped before a photo shoot because “they were a little too round.”

Larter said she remembers “sitting in my trailer hysterically crying from the embarrassment I felt about myself, my body - and that no one could talk to me directly.”

Now, fortunately, Larter has found the perfect balance in her life.

“I’m an indulger, but then I have to be good… When I’m in really good shape, I like my butt. It’s juicy.”

Heroes star Ali Larter graces yet another cover of Lucky Magazine for its May 2008 issue (she was also on the March 2007 cover).

Here’s what she had to say regarding fashion:

On her style: “I like my clothes to be able to take on my mood rather than tell me my mood. When something looks great on me, I don’t even question it. I just buy it, because who knows when I’ll find the next just-right thing?”

On wearing a gigantic new engagement ring to the cover shoot: “I’ve never been a huge jewelry girl, but I’m never taking this off.” (She’s engaged to longtime boyfriend, actor Hayes MacArthur.)

Heroes may not return until the fall. But we just can’t wait that long to stare at the beautiful Ali Larter.

Therefore, here’s a photo montage of this lovely, talented actress. Click on the thumbnails below for larger versions of each picture…

This month, Ali Larter is in Shape… magazine.

The actress - who is rumored to be returning for Heroes season three in some form - graces the cover of this fitness publication. And she looks mighty good doing it…

As Hayden Panettiere fights for whales’ rights, Ali Larter is fighting for an equally important cause: chocolate!

Showing off a brand new hairdo, the Heroes star spent Tuesday helping to unveil the Godiva Decadence Suite, a hotel room designed with chocolate from top to bottom at the Bryant Park Hotel in New York City.

“It’s the perfect bit of sin,” Larter said, adding that Godiva chocolate pearls are her “private daily indulgence.”

Of course, reports that the actress is the face of the Belgium-based chocolatier’s annual Valentine’s Day promotion may have helped her become a big fan of the brand.

Meanwhile, a handful of Heroes spoilers suggest that we may have seen the last of Niki, but Larter will be back on the series. We can’t wait to find out if that’s true (hear that, writers?!?).

We’re happy to announce that Ali Larter and Hayes MacArthur are engaged.

No wedding date has been set, but Larter’s rep says the couple is “thrilled” about the announcement.

“I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow,” Larter recently said. “I look forward to that time when I’m home with babies.”

Don’t get so excited, guys. There are no Ali Larter naked pictures in any issues of Playboy.

But there was a question and answer feature with the Heroes star in the most recent magazine. Here’s how it went:

Playboy: Is Heroes a hit because it’s a metaphor for modern times or a mirror of the human condition?
Ali Larter: It’s struck a chord because people want to believe. The fantasy element gives people hope that there’s something out there that can make things right. On the other hand, most of the characters are very real-life, and viewers can relate to people who struggle to pay the bills, get their kids to school. I guess you could read the human condition into it, go into Jungian theory, the shadow self.

We try to rise above ourselves yet can’t let go of the animal side. We repress stuff; we black out that which we don’t want to remember. Do they really go away or do they stay inside of us and manifest themselves in different areas of our life?

All this deep talk… Don’t make me sound silly!

In anticipation of the Heroes season two premiere, “Four Month Later,” TV Guide set up a photo shoot with three actresses from our favorite show.

You can see the finished product here.

But how did Kristen Bell, Hayden Panettiere and Ali Larter get to the cover of this publication? Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots…

We didn’t see Kristen Bell in the season premiere. But this former Veronica Mars star has signed on for at least 13 episode.

Hayden Panettiere stares into the camera.

And all three actresses together. Ali Larter looks beautiful as always.

The Heroes PR machine is in full swing.

Masi Oka is in the latest cover of Entertainment Weekly.

And now, three of the beautiful actresses from the show are featured on TV Guide. Check out Kristen Bell, Hayden Panettiere and Ali Larter below:

Ali Larter is not shy.

Listen to this story the Heroes actress relayed recently to Cosmopolitan magazine.

“I told my boyfriend after three weeks that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow,” the actress said.

And while the pair isn’t hitched yet, Larter and actor Hayes MacArthur (who appears in the upcoming film The Game Plan) have enjoyed a steady two-year relationship.

“Now that I’m actually in love, I know that what came before wasn’t real,” she said. “It’s about being there for each other through the ups and downs of life.”

Overall, one might wonder where this brazen attitude comes from? The answer: Ali’s native state. She grew up far away from the Hollywood spotlight.

“I’ll always be a Jersey girl,” Larter said. “I don’t always get my way, but you’ll know exactly how I feel about it.”