She hasn’t been featured on any magazine covers for a while, so it’s nice to see Hilary Duff as Nylon magazine’s first cover girl of the year.

Photo from Just Jared

The 22-year-old talks about her clothing line, Femme for DKNYJeans, her “rad” mom, and her role as Olivia Burke on Gossip Girl. “I was a little hesitant,” she said about her GG character. “It was kind of close to home… then I realized, I would never say something [that Olivia says].”

Notice that she’s looking a bit curvier—a refreshing change from her extreme weight loss the past few years.