Salma HayekSalma HayekWhat an exciting time for Salma Hayek...

She's freshly pregnant and engaged.

(And not to mention her success as the executive producer of the hit programme Ugly Betty.)

Talking about her impending role as mom, she told Marie Claire in their May issue: "Motherhood is not for everyone.

"It is for me, but there's no reason women should feel rushed to have a child.

"Society thinks if you don't have children, you've failed as a woman, even if you are CEO of a company.

"You've got to be beautiful, smart, skinny, tall, rich, successful at your job, married to the right guy - and have genius children. And by the way, you also have to be a nun!"

Salma with Francois-Henri PinaultSalma and Francois-Henri Pinault Salma is definitely one to encourage her fellow ladies not to become consumed by all the pressure.

"We have to stop this obsession that starts when we're teenagers: 'Am I pretty enough?' "