Jessica Alba in Lucky Magazine: Success Secrets Revealed

Jessica Alba covers Lucky Magazine for a blockbuster new September issue article where she spills the beans about her successful life. The shopping mag calls the Alba article "Beyond Sexy" with good reason. The lovely actress wears a fashionable black Marc Jacobs dress accessorized with gold Chanel bracelets and gorgeous white teeth in her cover shot styled by Elizabeth Stewart. In the new Lucky interview the "Spy Kids: All The Time In The World" star lets Lorraine Ali in on the magic behind the beauty that really makes her tick.

A Few of Jessica's Lucky Secrets

Jessica says: "I don't need a man!"

There's a video of Miss JA as a determined child at Disneyland saying, "This is a woman's world and I don't need a man for nothin'!" Our girl seems to have changed her mind with her happy marriage to producer Cash Warren. By all accounts the two are madly in love . The couple wed in Los Angeles in 2008.

Jessica says: "I'm a sex symbol!"

One would be crazy to dispute the fact that the half Mexican bombshell exudes sensuality. The "Dark Angel" says "I've never been perceived as anything other than a sex symbol, so I can't say that I want something else, because I don't even know what that means." One thing is certain. The young mom has brains and g! ood look s as she sets to launch her own production company.

Jessica says: "I'm a hustler!"

The 30-year-old mother to 3-year-old Honor feels that she has had to work hard for all of her success. She says that she learned her go-get-it ways from her French-Canadian mother. The "Fantastic Four" heroine says, "Why am I here? Sheer will and determination, dammit... And I hustled like crazy."

Brava, Jessica. The September issue of Lucky Magazine is on newsstands now.

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