While speaking at The Weather Channel’s Forecast Earth Summit, Hayden Panettiere took a minute to address the pressures young girls face regarding body issue. She made mention of the unflattering remarks made about Jennifer Love Hewitt’s bikini photos.

“Did you see TMZ the other day where I bent over and they took a picture of me, and there was a whole converstaion on whether I had cottage cheese thighs or not? It makes me feel awful. I’m sorry, but no woman looks good under overhead lighting. It was not good lighting.” she said.

Hayden blames remarks like these for causing girls to become obsessed with body issues. “I’m a teenage girl and I have the same body issues. There are parts of my body that I do not mind, and there’re parts of my body that I absolutely can’t stand. And I don’t need somebody pointing them out to me, because trust me, I know they’re there. You don’t need to tell anyone else about it. It doesn’t need to be strewn across a magazine. It’s my business. And the fact that you don’t have anything better to talk about than my thigh fat is absolutely absurd. It just goes to show you the pathetic people in this world.”

Umm, thigh FAT? Where?

You see her face everywhere these days. The paparazzi love to catch her. But they won’t catch her acting like some other female celebs these days.

Hayden Panettiere wants to make it clear that she’s in a different class. “For God knows what reason, they compare me with Lindsey Lohan, ” she says. She wants to prove otherwise.

Hayden wants to show a better image to young women who she knows will look up to her. She says, “I think that, now more than ever, young girls need a good role model.” She hopes she can be that good role model.

Good for you - watch for Hayden’s upcoming album to hear how talented this young role model is!