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David Beckham Voted People's Sexiest Man Alive

(AP) — British soccer star David Beckham has been an international sex symbol for nearly two decades, but he says he's still flattered to be named People magazine's 30th-anniversary Sexiest Man Alive.

"It's a huge honor," the 40-year-old Beckham told the magazine, which announced its choice on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night. "I'm very pleased to accept," he said.

#2 - David and Victoria Beckham
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And his famous fashion designer wife, Victoria Beckham, approves, too, Beckham said.

"I would hope that she feels this way about me all the time anyway!" he said.

David Beckham & Sons
David Beckham and sons Brooklyn Beckham (L), Cruz Beckham (2nd R) and Romeo Beckham (credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

But the father of four insists he doesn't think of himself as being all that hot. "I never feel that I'm an attractive, sexy person," Beckham told People — presumably with a straight face.

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