Kate Hudson: '08's "Most Beautiful" Cover

Graces Latest People Magazine Issue With The List; Halle Berry Makes It For Record 12th Time

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THE NEW CLASSICS: The fab faces of 2008 put a twist on tradition:

Joy Bryant Age: 32, 'Choosing Beauty Over Brains'
Norah Jones Age: 29, The Crossover
Miley Cyrus Age: 15, The Phenom
Mary J. Blige Age: 37, The No-Drama Queen
Josh Groban Age: 27, The Crooner
Carrie Underwood Age: 25, The Country Sweetheart
Kate Beckinsale Age: 34, The Brit Import
Ashton Kutcher Age: 30, The Practical Joker
Sarah Silverman Age: 37, The Funny Honey
Christina Applegate Age: 36, The Comeback Kid

HEATING UP: These are the faces to watch -- the new talents, the rising stars and the next generation of Hollywood beauty:

Rumer Willis Age: 19, The It Girl
Sarah Larson Age: 29, The Newbie
Amanda Beard Age: 26, The Olympian
Anna Friel Age: 31, The Cult Favorite
Jason Taylor Age: 33, The Dancing Defensive End

THE CAST OF THE GOSSIP GIRLS: The Cool Kids

Blake Lively
Leighton Meester
Taylor Momsen
Chace Crawford
Penn Badgley
Ed Westwick
Jessica Szohr

Why is People so fascinated with them? "Because," replies Espinoza, "the public is always fascinated by young, sexy stars, and it's a young sexy cast. It's a good, old-fashioned teen soap, which we have seen a lot in the last few decades, for example, '90210' and 'The O.C.' The cast members are all beautiful and make good 'eye-candy.' "

AGE-DEFYING BEAUTIES: 30 is the new 18! The women on these pages look at least a decade younger than they really are:

Angie Harmon Age: 35
Carrie Ann Inaba Age: 40
Iman Age: 52
Racquel Welch Age: 67

MORE THAN SKIN DEEP: Doing good, and looking good: These stunners shine from within:

David Beckham Children's Rights
Jennifer Garner Education
Queen Latifah Scholarships
Rihanna Children's Welfare
Salma Hayek Healthy Mothers & Infants
Patrick Dempsey Cancer Support

MY BEAUTIFUL COSTAR: Exclusive! What makes these leading ladies so appealing? Their TV colleagues explain in three original essays:

Tina Fey By: Alec Baldwin
Vanessa Williams By: Michael Urie
Mariska Hargitay By: Chris Meloni

[keithle1]

Kate Hudson? WHAAAA----? I don''t get that. Puh-leeeze.
Gimme Beyonce any day. I bet most men would agree with me if given the choice. Kate Hudson is average & dull. No s e x appeal.

[tinaleann-2009]

Kate is so beautiful, shes is very worthy to be on the cover. she seems to be a all american girl, why not Kate? Awsome choice!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tbweb]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but I like women who are both beautiful inside and out, down to earth and not stuck up, which in my opinion makes them even more beautiful! In that context my top 10 list in alphabetical order includes:

Ingrid Bergman
Aaliyah Haughton
Scarlett Johanssen
Beyonce Knowles
Marilyn Monroe
Michele Pfeiffer
Shakira Ripoll
Elizabeth Taylor
Charlize Theron
Catherine Zeta-Jones
!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[telda_truth]

Of course Kate Hudson would be comfortable with everything about her body. She conforms to the Hollywood standard of beauty-i.e. having a prepubescent boy physique. God forbid People put Beyonce or Alicia on the cover,with their womanly curves. The criteria for Most Beautiful cover girl must be a BMI of less than 20. Your face must also look like it has been bashed in with a shovel to indicate that you have a hard time eating.

[marianned3]

Most beautiful please.... Have you seen her without makeup and in a tshirt and sweats? Ugh! Make-up artists can work wonders on anyone. Beauty is in the heart..

[missingamerica]

The problem with beautiful women is they make ya self-conscious about pickin'' yer nose...

[dogsoul]

...exactly - cute, sure... but ''most beautiful''??? Not on your life! I certainly don''t hang around any starletts, but I personally know MANY women much more beautiful than her. Besides, isn''t she some kind of wh*re that cheated on her husband & children with that suicidal nut case??? Not exactly beautiful on the inside either...

weak

[godseyesore-2009]

jlsv1618, are you actually lucid?

[aerodog]

You gotta be kidding here. What about Jaime Pressly??? She''s knock-down gorgeous. Kate is just cute-sy, whereas Jaime''s just plain lovely, with or without makeup.

[jetlizhan]

she is cute as a button and i really like her - but she should NEVER show her ears!!!!!!!!!!!!

[displeased]

She would be a little more attractive if she wasn''t wearing that shimmering sheet of essential makeup.

[jlsv1618]

MOST BEAUTIFUL OF WHERE... OF HER STREET .. OR WHAT .. I KNOW SOME GIRLS MOST BEAUTIFUL THAN SHE IS .. COME ON... MOST BEAUTIFUL OF WHERE .. *** THAT .... SHE IS UGLY .