"Woman of the Year" Lady Gaga graced the cover of Glamour's December issue and in her interview with the magazine talked about defying female pop star stereotypes, not being conventionally beautiful and her eating disorders.

The publication got Gaga's biggest "grown-up fan," Andy Cohen, to interview the singer. Glamour justified its decision of crowning Gaga with the "Woman of the Year" title very succinctly, borrowing visual artist Jeff Koons' observation of her:

"When you interact with her, you become bery aware of your life, your possibilities. You walk away thinking, OK, let's do it."

The publication saw the singer-singwriter as being worthy of various complimentary titles from singer to performance artist and "audacious wearer of parade-float-proportioned gown," to the leader of the Born This Way Foundation. The organization was set up to help put an end to bullying.

Pictures for Gaga's cover story were taken by photographer Patrick Demarchelier, whose the New York native is a huge fan of.

"I believe in him as a photographer so it's about pushing myself to inspire him on a shoot and make him feel excited about what he does," she said in the making-of video.

In the interview with Cohen, Gaga talked about various facets of her personality, her idea of beauty and making it as a female pop star in a male-dominated industry.

The singer-songwriter added that she is not "conventionally beautiful."

"If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don't know if I would be the algorithm. I've always been OK with that. I'm not a supermodel," she said. "That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside."

Cohen went on to prod this sense of insecurity a bit more by asking the Applause singer if she felt the need to hide underneath superficial layers, such as distracting costumes and face paint. Gaga agreed but suggested that her motivations were governed by the nature of the industry.

"I would say that I am. Maybe it's from the things I experienced in my past, you know? Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men," she said.

She also spoke about combating people's expectations from pop stars.

"So in some ways, the outfits-these creations are because I don't want to face the reality of what people want from a female pop star," she said. "Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be."

Gaga has battled eating disorders since she was 15 but she had no problem "leaving her house in a G-string," Cohen stated. When he asked her if she was conflicted about her body image, Gaga agreed saying that had always been the case.

"And some days are better than others, you know? Some days I feel fantastic," she said.

Gaga's new album, Artpop, releases on Nov. 11.

Watch the making-of video from Gaga's Glamour shoot.

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