Maria Menounos, Taraji, Debra Messing N*des for Allure May 2012

Allure magazine's May 2012 issue special "n*de" feature was back by popular demand.

Among the beauties baring all this time around were Maria Menounos, Debra Messing, Taraji P Henson, Leslie Bibb and Morena Baccarin.

Highlights from each ladies brief interviews are as follows

MARIA MENOUNOS

On her teen beatuy pageant low swimsuit scores:

"I was hippy and I didn't diet for contests. And it didn't bother me."

On not being comfortable baring all:

"I have some serious issues here," she admitted. "But I want to get over that. This was definitely challenging, but I feel so much better having done it."

DEBRA MESSING

On her decision to pose nude coming from a natural process of self-acceptance:

Once you have a child, once you pass 40, you have a different relationship with your body. I love my body in a way I never have before."

On the parts she loves the most:

"My shoulders, clavicle, and chest. I started out in dance—there's something beautiful about a dancer's upper body. I love strapless dresses."

LESLIE BIBB

On going on a four-day juice cleanse to get ready for her shoot: "It was an angry four days. Sam [Rockwell, her boyfriend] was like, 'Thank God I'm not with you right now. You are not nice on the juice cleanse.'"

TARAJI P. HENSON

On what her friends will think:

"My friends won't be surprised by this shoot. Whenever we go to the beach, I'm like, 'Is this a n*de beach? Can I take my top off?'"

MORENA BACCARIN

On wanting to take a more subtle approach to nudity for this shoot:

"I didn't want it to be an overload, like 'That girl is always taking off her clothes.' This is for the art of it. It's beautiful."