Most Beautiful Women in the World

Angelina Jolie is a popular American film actress. She has been cited multiple times as one of the world’s most beautiful women. She’s transformed from Hollywood bad girl to a mother and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Her off-screen life is widely discussed, most notably her marriage to husband Brad Pitt — the couple has been dubbed “Brangelina.”

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Christy Turlington

Christy Nicole Turlington is an American model best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. She has also worked on various campaigns for Maybelline Cosmetics and Giorgio Armani, appeared in several films about the fashion industry, and co-founded the now defunct Fashion Café.

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Amber Valletta

Amber Evangeline Valletta is an American model and actress. She has been on the cover of magazines and in advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, and Versace in addition to hosting MTV’s House of Style with friend and fellow supermodel Shalom Harlow.

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Kate Moss

Katherine Moss is an English model who has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns.

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Alana Kuznetsova

Alana Kuznetsova is a Russian fashion model. She’s only 18, but her career is pretty impressive. She has appeared several times in Vogue editorials and walked in shows for Prada, Miu Miu, Giambattista Valli, Christian Dior, and Louis Vuitton.

Uma Thurman

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action thrillers. She is best known for her work under the direction of Quentin Tarantino. She is the face of Virgin Media in the United Kingdom and, along with Scarlett Johansson, has modeled handbags and other items for French brand Louis Vuitton.

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Cate Blanchett

Catherine Blanchett is an Australian actress and theater director. She has won multiple acting awards, most notably two SAGs, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, an Academy Award, and the Volpi Cup at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is an American actress and singer. Johansson rose to fame with her role in 1998′s The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation(for which she won a BAFTA), and Girl with a Pearl Earring (the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003). In 2008, Johansson debuted as a vocalist on her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, with cover versions of Tom Waits’ songs.

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Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is a world-known American actress. She began her career as a fashion model at 16 and started acting at 21. In 2007, People ranked her as the Best Dressed Female Celebrity. In August 2008, Forbes magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood.

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Natalia Vodianova

Natalia Vodianova is a Russian-born model, actress and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the U.K.  She has achieved considerable success as a runway, editorial, and advertising campaign model. To date, Vodianova has walked in more 175 runway shows for U.S. and European-based designers’ ready-to wear and couture collections, has appeared in editorial spreads in fashion magazines worldwide and has completed advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, L’Oréal, David Yurman, Marc Jacobs, Miss Sixty, Pepe Jeans, Diane von Fürstenberg, Chanel, and others.

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Gisele Bundchen

Gisele Caroline Bündchen is a Brazilian model and occasional actress. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world. She is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s richest supermodel. Bündchen has been the face of more than 20 brands internationally and has appeared on over 500 magazine covers.

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Beyonce Knowles

Beyoncé is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the girl group Destiny’s Child. The success of her solo albums has established Knowles as one of the most marketable artists in the music industry, and she has expanded her career to acting and product endorsement.

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Ziyi Zhang

Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is considered one of the Four Young Dan actresses in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun. With a string of Chinese and international hits to her name, she has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Chen Kaige, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall.

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Gwen Stefani

Gwen Renée Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock band No Doubt.

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Eva Riccobono

Eva Riccobono is an Italian supermodel. She was introduced to the fashion world by photographer Luca LoBosco when she was 16. Eva has appeared on magazine covers such as Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan,L’Officiel, and Vanity Fair. She works for top fashion photographers like Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel and Jeurgen Teller to name a few.

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese is an American burlesque artist, model and actress. She began her career in a local strip club when she was 18. Von Teese appeared on a number of fetish magazine covers, including Bizarre andMarquis and was featured in Playboy magazine in 1999, 2001 and 2002, with a cover-featured pictorial in 2002.

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Aishwarya Paradise

Aishwarya is a famous Bollywood actress and the winner of the Miss World Crown in 1994.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an world-known American actress, singer, model, and sex symbol. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.

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Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich was a German-born American actress and singer who remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was a Belgian-born, Dutch-raised actress of British and Dutch ancestry. In 1999, she was ranked as the third greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.

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Grace Kelly

Grace Patricia Kelly was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and fashion icon. Upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, she became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess Grace of Monaco. The American Film Institute ranked Kelly #13 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.

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Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren is an Academy Award-winning Italian film actress. She is widely considered to be the most popular Italian actress of her time and is also famous for being a major international sex symbol.

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Cindy Crawford

Cynthia Ann Crawford is an American actress and former model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, she has adorned more magazine covers than any model in history. She was named #3 on VH1′s 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s.

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Sharon Stone

Sharon Yvonne Stone is an American actress, film producer and former fashion model. She first achieved international recognition for her performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. She was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for her role in Casino, and has also been awarded an Emmy.

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Stephanie Seymour

Stephanie Seymour is an American model who has modeled for many notable fashion magazines and designers. She has been photographed by several well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.

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Catherine Zeta Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress, presently based in the United States. After starring in a number of UK and US television movies and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 1990s. She won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of Chicago.

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Megan Fox

Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles on the television seriesHope & Faith and in the live-action film Transformers.

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Jessica Biel

Jessica Claire Biel is an American actress and former model who has appeared in several Hollywood films, including Summer Catch, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Illusionist and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. She is also known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven.

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Ana Hickmann

Ana Hickmann is a Brazilian model who has worked for Victoria’s Secret, Nivea, L’Oreal, Clairol, and Bloomingdales. She has appeared in the South African version of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and graced the covers of Brazilian Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle. Hickmann was once listed in theGuinness Book of World Records as “the model with the longest legs.”

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at the age of 13 and rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series called Dark Angel. Jessica appears frequently in the “Hot 100″ section of Maxim and was voted AskMen.com’s number one on their list of “99 Most Desirable Women” in 2006, as well as “Sexiest Woman in the World” by FHM in 2007.

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Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canadian actress. She’s is known as the former co-host of the Canadian children’s television series Popular Mechanics for Kids. She had her first lead role in the 2003 feature film,Old School followed by The Girl Next Door. She has also had starring roles in the 2005 House of Wax film and the 2007 horror film Captivity. Her most prominent role is as Kim Bauer in the American action-thriller television series 24.

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Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her most commercially successful movies includeCheaper by the Dozen, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and A Cinderella Story. Hilary has expanded her repertoire into pop music, with three RIAA-certified Platinum albums with over thirteen million albums sold worldwide as of February 2007.

She has also launched a clothing line, “Stuff by Hilary Duff,” and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden.

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Tricia Helfer

Tricia Helfer is a Leo Award winning Canadian actress and former model. She has appeared in ad campaigns, including Ralph Lauren, Chanel, and Giorgio Armani. Helfer has walked for top fashion shows such as Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Claude Montana, Givenchy, John Galliano, and Dolce & Gabbana. Helfer has graced the covers of Flare, Amica, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Vogue, among others. She’s best known for her role as Number Six in the 2003+ Battlestar Galactica miniseries and Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), as well as her role as Carla on Burn Notice.

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Blake Lively

Blake Lively is an American actress. She stars in the book-based TV series Gossip Girl as Serena van der Woodsen. She has also appeared in several films including Accepted and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as well as its sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

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Kate Beckinsale

Kathryn Beckinsale is an English actress known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor, Underworld, Van Helsing, Underworld: Evolution and Click.

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Christina Milian

Christina Milian is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Milian moved to Los Angeles when she was 13 years old to become an actress. By the time she was 17, Milian had begun writing songs to help her obtain a recording contract. Milian has released three studio albums, and is currently recording a fourth album, Elope, which is due out in May 2009.

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Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley is a Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award-nominated English film and television actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2003 after co-starring in the films Bend It Like Beckham and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice.

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Tiiu Kuik

Tiiu Kuik is an Estonian model. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Kuik has walked the runways for more than 40 designers, including Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Paul Smith, Narciso Rodriguez, Paco Rabanne, Salvaore Ferragamo, Dsquared2, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Prada, Jil Sander, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana, Chloè, and many others. She is now representing CoverGirl cosmetics. She is noted and recognized for the mole on her left cheek.

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Stacy Keibler

Stacy Keibler is an American actress and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Keibler is known for her forty-two inch long legs.

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Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, model, and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisements and television commercials. Lohan’s personal life has been a frequent subject of celebrity and tabloid journalism.

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Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria is an American film and television actress. She rose to fame by playing Isabella Braña Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She now plays Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She has also become a nationally recognized model after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men’s magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM “Sexiest Women 2008″ poll.

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Tetyana Piskun

Tetyana Piskun is a Ukrainian Supermodel who is just getting famous. She has many fans all over the world and works for such agencies as Next New York, Fashion Milan, Next Paris, and Next London.

Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard is a French actress who has appeared in almost forty film and television productions since 1993. Born into an acting family, Cotillard started working on the stage as a child. During her teens she progressed from roles in television to cinema. Her portrayal of Édith Piaf in La Vie En Rose (2007) brought international acclaim, and multiple awards including a BAFTA, a César Award, and a Golden Globe. With this film, she became the first actress to win an Academy Award for a French language performance. Marion has expressed interest in environmental causes and has served as a spokesperson for Greenpeace.

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Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci is an Italian actress and fashion model. She’s also considered an Italian sex symbol. She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French ELLE, among others. In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.

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Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz is an Academy Award-winning English actress. She gained wide public recognition after her portrayal of Evelyn “Evy” Carnahan-O’Connell in the Hollywood films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. In 2001, she starred opposite Hugh Grant in the hit About a Boy and continued to garner leading roles in Hollywood productions. Her performance in The Constant Gardener won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, along with other major motion picture awards.

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Israeli American actress. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting. Her first role came in the 1994 independent filmLéon (known as The Professional in the U.S.). She became well-known when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.In 2005, Portman received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in the drama Closer. In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury.

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Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller is a BAFTA nominated American-born English actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Alfie, Factory Girl, and The Edge of Love. Prior to her professional acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model. She signed with Tandy Anderson, and modeled for Coca-Cola,Italian Vogue, and posed topless in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.

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Andrea Corr

Andrea Corr is an Irish singer, and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the frontwoman of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group, The Corrs. Andrea is involved in charitable activities. She has played charity concerts to raise money for the Pavarotti & Friends Liberian Children’s Village, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, the victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland and The Prince’s Trust in 2004. She is an ambassador for the Nelson Mandela’s “46664″ campaign, raising awareness towards AIDS in Africa.

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Nadine Velazquez

Nadine Velazquez is an American actress and model. Her first acting role was in a McDonald’s commercial as a drive-thru lady. She was nominated for an Emmy shared with Jaime Pressley for best supporting actresses. In 2006 she was ranked #54 in 102 sexiest women in the world, and was named #39 in the annual Maxim Hot 100 list.

Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum is a German-American model, actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and occasional singer. She is married to the singer Seal. Klum has also been the Emmy Award-nominated hostess of Project Runway and Germany’s Next Top Model, and is known for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel.

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Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil” competition and took second place the following year in the Ford “Supermodel of the World” competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

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Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroe is a Dutch model and currently one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels. Kroes has made the covers of Time, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Seventeen, and Numéro. She also appears regularly in the Victoria’s Secret catalog and walked the runway of the company’s fashion show in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Kroes’ campaigns include Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Escada, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Versace and Neiman Marcus. In August 2005, she was named spokesmodel for the Calvin Klein “Eternity” fragrance campaign, replacing American actress Scarlett Johansson, and in April 2006 she signed a three-year contract with L’Oréal Paris.

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Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress, and model. During her rise to fame with 1990s pop group the Spice Girls, she was dubbed Posh Spice, a nickname first coined by a British pop music magazine. She has had a career in fashion, designing a line of jeans for Rock & Republic and later designing her own denim brand, dVb Style.

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Katherine Mcphee

Katharine Hope McPhee is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the FOX reality show American Idol, eventually finishing as the runner-up.

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Miranda Kerr

Miranda Kerr is an Australian model, best known as one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels. She was the first Australian addition to the Victoria’s Secret campaign, and was the face of Australian fashion chain Portmans and now David Jones Limited. Kerr entered modeling in the fashion industry in her mid-teens after winning a 1997 Australian nation-wide model search hosted by Dolly magazine and Impulse fragrances.

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Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson is an American singer, actress, and television personality who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She has also be acted in several films. She is the older sister of Ashlee Simpson, an internationally known pop rock singer and actress. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.

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