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Beyonce named People's most beautiful woman for 2012

By Camille Mann

April 25, 2012 / 9:34 AM EDT / CBS News

Beyonce headed to "X-Factor?" — Beyonce hosts the screening of "Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4" at the Paris Theatre on Nov. 20, 2011, in New York. Jemal Countess/Getty Images

(CBS News) People magazine is naming Beyonce as the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2012.

But the 16-time Grammy winner says her proudest title is mom.

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"I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth," Beyonce told People. "I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth."

The 30-year-old singer and her husband rapper Jay-Z welcomed daughter Blue Ivy Carter in New York on Jan. 7, 2012.

"The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy," she told the magazine.

Beyonce covers the magazine's special double issue that hits newsstands this Friday.

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