Selena Gomez Named Woman Of the Year by Glamour Magazine

Selena Gomez has been named the Woman Of the Year by Glamour Magazine and talks to the magazine about what she was like when she was smaller, boyfriend Justin Bieber and best friend Taylor Swift

Gomez might be only 20 years old, but that hasn't stopped her from going after her dreams. The successful actress and youth icon has been named the Woman Of the Year by Glamour Magazine 2012. In an interview with the magazine whose December issue cover she graces, she reveals how she evolved from a shy 15-year-old girl to a brilliant and confident actress.

"I was so scared and so shy back then," Gomez tells the magazine. "I mean, I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that's the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each other or not liking each other, and it was exhausting, and I was the shy one in the corner."

And now?

"I'm so opinionated, and I don't have time for the cattiness," she said. "I have good people around me, and I'm glad I'm at the place I'm in. I wish I was there back then."

"If I had let all of the negative stuff affect me, I don't think I would be satisfied with the person I am now," Gomez tells Glamour. "That's what I tell my fans: If you're miserable with everything going on in school, that is so not going to matter the moment you leave. My mom always told me, 'Just turn the other cheek and keep moving forward.' That's something I've always done, and now I look back and I have no regrets."

Gomez also reveals that whenever she's tired and misses her boyfriend Bieber or bestie Taylor Swift, she catches a flight and goes and sees them.

"I actually did talk to Taylor last week, and we were like, 'I don't even remember the last time I saw you,' which is really unfortunate," Gomez shares. "But if it gets too dire, I fly to Taylor or I fly home or I fly to Justin."