text: Pink had the best reaction when she learned she would be on the cover of PEOPLE’s 2018 Beautiful issue. 
   
   Speaking with Ellen DeGeneres for her episode airing Wednesday, the Beautiful Trauma hitmaker, who graces this week’s issue with her 15-month-old son Jameson Moon and 6½-year-old daughter Willow Sage, joked, “I feel more beautiful and I’ve decided that for the whole week that the magazine is out no one is allowed to look me directly in my eyes.” 
   
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   The mother of two, 38, also recalled that she “laughed out loud” after finding out about the title. “I immediately turned to whoever was in the room and said, ‘Did you ever think this was as good as it gets?’ ” she said. 
   
   “I think, honestly, it was Jameson and Willow that secured that deal for me. I’m wondering if in 20 years if Jameson’s gonna be upset about his first cover. I mean, it’s pretty good,” Pink admitted before reenacting her son’s facial expression. 
   
   For more from our Beautiful issue, pick up the magazine when it hits newsstands on Friday and check out all of our coverage on PEOPLE.com. 
   
   Watch the full episode of People Cover Story: Pink – How I’m Raising Strong Kids, streaming now on PeopleTV.com, or download the PeopleTV app on your favorite device. 
   
   While her younger child has yet to understand the true meaning of his famous mother’s cover, Willow now has another example of what beautiful means — even if she’s still not that impressed. 
   
   “She actually just said to me, ‘You know that part on your show where you talk about that time you talked about me?’ She’s talking about the MTV speech,” Pink said when asked about Willow’s reaction, referring back to her viral August 2017 MTV VMAs speech about body image inspired by a time Willow said, “I’m the ugliest girl I know.” 
   
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   “She goes, ‘Yeah well I still feel that way.’ I was like, ‘For what? That you’re ugly?’ She’s like, ‘Yup, I just want you to know I still feel that way. Nothing you did helped.’ I was like, ’Thanks, babe. Well you know we all feel that way sometimes.’ She’s like, ‘We do?’ I’m like, ‘We’re not doing this again. I have to go,’ ” Pink told DeGeneres. 
   
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   As for what beautiful means to her, the singer revealed a lot has changed from her teenage perspective. 
   
   “I don’t think my 13-year-old self would listen, but I love the way things are changing. And I love that our perception of beauty has completely been knocked on its head,” Pink explained. 
   
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   “There’s nothing wrong with beautiful and there’s nothing wrong with beautiful on the inside, beautiful on the outside. It’s all different shades, it’s all different sizes. It means whatever it means to you,” she said. “I think on one hand my sense of humor is the best part about all of it and on the other hand, it’s a wonderful time that we’re celebrating all different kinds of people.” 
   
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   The Ellen DeGeneres Show airs weekdays (check local listings). ||||| FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Pink performs "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pink is on the cover of People magazine’s... (Associated Press) 
   
   FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Pink performs "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pink is on the cover of People magazine’s... (Associated Press) 
   
   LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pink is on the cover of People magazine's beauty issue, and she's got some adorable company — her young children. 
   
   The magazine has rebranded its "Most Beautiful" issue as "The Beautiful Issue" and features dozens of celebrities, including some posing with their best friends, their rescue pets and without makeup. 
   
   People Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle says the magazine adopted the approach to "make clear the issue is not a beauty contest." Cagle says Pink was chosen after editors saw photos of the singer with her children, 15-month-old son Jameson Moon and 6-year-old daughter Willow Sage. 
   
   Pink offers her thoughts on parenting in the issue and says she believes in giving affection and letting her son and daughter know that they can count on her and her husband, motocross racer Carey Hart. 
   
   "My parents obviously did not believe in that and I worked out okay," the singer told the magazine. "I always tell Willow, 'I'm going to teach you the rules so that you'll know how and when to break them.'" 
   
   Several stars who have been featured on the cover of the magazine's "Most Beautiful" issues in the past are included in the 2018 edition, including Courteney Cox, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts, who has been featured on the cover of the "Most Beautiful" issue a record five times. 
   
   Among the men featured in the issue are Jimmy Kimmel, Drake, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon. 
   
   The issue is on newsstands Friday. 
   
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   Online: www.people.com/the-beautiful-issue/ ||||| To celebrate PEOPLE’s upcoming Beautiful Issue, we’re showcasing some of the most glamorous ladies on TV as you’ve never seen them before. We asked the cast of every Real Housewives franchise to pose makeup-free — and they happily ditched their glam squads and shared natural selfies. 
   
   We kicked things off with the ladies from Dallas and today we’re heading to Beverly Hills to see what the cast looks like without mile-long lashes, contouring and professional blowouts. Check out their barefaced photos below, and read on to find out what makes them feel the most confident and beautiful. 
   
   Watch PEOPLE Now every day for more makeup-free Housewives and don’t miss the cover reveal of PEOPLE’s Beautiful Issue on April 18th. 
   
   Kyle Richards 
   
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   How have you learned to embrace features you’re self-conscious about? 
   
   I tend to feel self-conscious about my body, as my weight fluctuates. As I’ve gotten older, I’m not as hard on myself and more accepting of my “flaws.” As long as I’m eating healthy and exercising regularly, I feel more confident. 
   
   As you’ve gotten older, how has your beauty routine changed? 
   
   As I’ve gotten older, it takes me a lot longer to get ready for bed at night. I’m very diligent about my skin and my routine takes more time. However when it comes to makeup, as I get older, I think less is more. Often on RHOBH I would wear more makeup and fake lashes. I would always watch the show and think it actually made me look older, so I made a point to wear less. Plus, my husband likes me without makeup on. 
   
   If you were only going to wear one beauty product, what would it be? 
   
   One beauty product would be moisturizer with glycolic acid and one makeup product would be lip gloss. 
   
   Lisa Rinna 
   
   Courtesy Lisa Rinna 
   
   What physical feature have you always loved to play up? 
   
   My lips! 
   
   If you were only going to wear one beauty product, what would it be? 
   
   Sunscreen! It’s the most important product you can use. 
   
   Teddi Mellencamp 
   
   Courtesy Teddi Mellencamp 
   
   When do you feel most beautiful? 
   
   After a long run, a hot shower and cuddling in sweats with my family. 
   
   As you’ve gotten older, how has your beauty routine changed? 
   
   I’m getting a lot more facials and laser treatments. Oh, and Botox. 
   
   If you were only going to wear one beauty product, what would it be? 
   
   An all-natural spray tan because I have a lot of redness in my skin and that’s the easiest way for me to look like I have an even complexion. 
   
   Dorit Kemsley 
   
   Courtesy Dorit Kemsley 
   
   What physical feature have you always loved to play up? 
   
   My legs, for sure! 
   
   How have you learned to embrace features you’re self-conscious about? 
   
   I’m most self-conscious about my breasts since having children. I try and find the right bras and clothes, sometimes it’s a struggle. 
   
   Camille Grammer 
   
   Courtesy Camille Grammer 
   
   What does being make-up free mean to you? 
   
   Being makeup free means less time getting ready. It’s freeing in a way. 
   
   How have you learned to embrace features you’re self-conscious about? 
   
   For years, I was self-conscious of my smile. My left incisor never grew in so it made my smile off-center. I had braces to pull my teeth together and four veneers to make my teeth look more unified. ||||| She might be a Grammy-winning pop star known for her brazen attitude and tomboyish style, but Alecia Moore — professionally known as Pink — admits she’s just taking it “day by day” when it comes to being a mom to her two kids Jameson Moon, 15 months, and Willow Sage, 6½, with husband Carey Hart. 
   
   “The thing about parenting is you never know if anything you’re doing is working,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “That’s been the most humbling thing for me. In my head, I sound amazing and then I turn around and her eyes are completely glazed over. I have no idea. We’ll see.” 
   
   Currently on her Beautiful Trauma tour, Pink, 38, describes her own upbringing in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, as “free range, I guess.” 
   
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   “My mom worked full time and went to school full time. My dad was an insurance salesman,” she says. “My brother and I rode bikes to school and played in the woods all day. Lots of rescuing animals, tree climbing, sports, gymnastics. I had a good childhood.” 
   
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   With her own kids, she has embraced more of an attachment parenting style. “Yeah, I believe in affection,” she says. “I believe in needs being met and faith being implemented, and I believe in letting your kids know they can count on you, and that you’ll be there. My parents obviously did not believe in that and I worked out okay. I always tell Willow, ‘I’m going to teach you the rules so that you’ll know how and when to break them.’ ” 
   
   Watch the full episode of People Cover Story: Pink – How I’m Raising Strong Kids, streaming now on PeopleTV.com, or download the PeopleTV app on your favorite device. 
   
   The singer also strives to create a gender-neutral environment for her brood. “Absolutely. [But] I feel like gender-neutral is in itself a label and I’m label-less,” she says. “I don’t like labels at all so I believe that a woman and a girl can do anything.” 
   
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   More than anything, Pink says she believes in “fairness and justice. And I believe that a boy can do anything. So I have boys that flip dirt bikes and I have boy friends that wear dresses. It’s all okay to me. It’s whatever floats your boat. So that’s the kind of house that we live in.” 
   
   For more from our Beautiful issue, pick up the magazine when it hits newsstands on Friday and check out all of our coverage on PEOPLE.com. 
   
   Peggy Sirota 
   
   RELATED VIDEO: Pink Gives Daughter Willow Touching and Empowering Dating Advice After 6-Year-Old Asks About Boys 
   
   
   
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   As for her children’s future, Pink is more concerned with “just the world that we live in,” she says. “I have so many worries and fears as a parent. I’m such a worrier. They’re going to be fine. They chose this family. They know what they’re doing. But the world, I don’t know if the world’s going to be fine, and so I pray a lot. I cry a lot. I talk to them a lot. I hope a lot. I curse a lot.” 
   
   For now, she and Hart, 42, “try not to take life too terribly seriously,” Pink adds. “We laugh a lot. It’s all about our family unit and time spent together, and much less about external stuff.”
target: – Pink is on the cover of People magazine's beauty issue, and she's got some adorable company—her young children. The magazine has rebranded its "Most Beautiful" issue as "The Beautiful Issue" and features dozens of celebrities, including some posing with their best friends, their rescue pets, and without makeup. (See the cover here.) People Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle says the magazine adopted the approach to "make clear the issue is not a beauty contest." Cagle says Pink was chosen after editors saw photos of the singer with her children, 15-month-old son Jameson Moon and 6-year-old daughter Willow Sage. Pink offers her thoughts on parenting in the issue and says she believes in giving affection and letting her son and daughter know that they can count on her and her husband, motocross racer Carey Hart, reports the AP. People reports that Pink spoke with Ellen DeGeneres in a segment that will air Wednesday, and admits she "laughed out loud" when she learned of the news. "I immediately turned to whoever was in the room and said, 'Did you ever think this was as good as it gets?'" Several stars who have been featured on the cover of the magazine's "Most Beautiful" issues in the past are included in the 2018 edition, including Courteney Cox, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, and Julia Roberts, who has been featured on the cover of the "Most Beautiful" issue a record five times. Among the men featured in the issue are Jimmy Kimmel, Drake, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon. The issue is on newsstands Friday.