(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Snooki has professed that she is actually a really "smart" young woman.

The Jersey Shore star real name Nicole Polizzi says that she is using her high profile to make a long-lasting business and impact in the entertainment industry.

She says that there is a little unknown fact about her that a lot of people aren't aware of.

"I know and that's my secret," she told Perez Hilton. "No one knows that I'm smart."

"I am going to start filming a spin-off with Jenni [Farley] soon and I want to have my own business and have my own brand."

Snooki, 23, has made a lot of money from the hit MTV show, her two best-selling books, fragrance and lucrative personal appearances.

She says that she is being very careful with her money so that she doesn't end up frittering it away like how her castmate Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino reportedly has.

"Now I am a strong woman!" the pint-sized television personality maintained. "The new season starts January 5 and we are back in Seaside and back in the normalness not all the drama like in Italy. I would rather be home at the Jersey Shore." (C) Cover Media