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Glee star Lea Michele wows in sexy gold mini-dress on talk show

Glee star Lea Michele flaunted her yoga-toned, tan legs in a sparkly gold mini-dress while appearing on the Tonight Show Dec. 7, 2011.

Michele, 25, drew an admiring stare from host Jay Leno, who joked about the shortness of her dazzling outfit.

Vegan Diet + Yoga & Strength Training

The 5'2" Lea is a vegan who does yoga, runs, dances, hikes and strength-trains to maintain her fit size 2 physique.

Michele, who received intense pressure from Hollywood agents to get a nose job early in her career, changed her surname when she entered show business.

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"Sarfati, that's my real last name," Michele recounts. "It's Sephardic, which is Spanish/Jew.

"I don't use it a lot because I got (teased as) Lea So-fatty, Lea So-farty at school. So when I was little and I went on my first audition they were like, 'May we have your name?' and I was like, 'Lea Michele.' And I've been Lea Michele ever since."

Lea next appears in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve, which co-stars Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Biel and Halle Berry.

New Year's Eve hits theaters Dec. 9, 2011.

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Samantha Chang is the executive editor and co-owner of TheImproper.com, an arts and entertainment website in New York City. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Samantha is a former financial journalist who enjoys running, cycling and music. Contact her at schang@theImproper.com.

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