Eva Longoria has a serious dose of brains to go with all that beauty. She's a Bachelor of Science, specializing in kinesiology, which is the theory of how the body moves from a mechanical perspective. She supported herself through school by working in fast food restaurants, which she credits for giving her a high work ethic. Whilst at Texas A&M, she won the Miss Corpus Christi beauty pageant, which led to her being spotted by a talent agent, and her acting career began. Without that, she'd probably be working in a science lab right now. Her success wasn't immediate; she spent four years working in recruitment before she was finally able to make acting pay the bills full time.
Longoria never lost her interest in the sciences, more recently returning to study for a masters in Chicano Studies at California State University. Her final thesis focused on Latina representation within science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.