Penelope Cruz Named ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’

Penelope Cruz is a mother of two, 40, and now the “Sexiest Woman Alive”!

According to Esquire magazine, she’s literally flawless.

“[She] has no physical flaws…Her face contains no secrets, at least not about her. But her face tells you and the room plenty about you. If you want to feel like the world’s most judged man, sit down at a table in a restaurant with the Sexiest Woman Alive,” profiler Chris Jones wrote about the actress in Esquire.

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In the mag, Penelope explained that she was once dubbed a “drama queen.”

“I’ve played a lot of tricks on myself. I’ve made it hard for me sometimes, especially in my teens and 20s. I had an attraction to drama. Most of us have that, especially if you are an artist — you feel like you are tempted to explore the darkness,” she said.

The usually tight-lipped actress (when it comes to her personal life) stayed mum when asked about husband, Javier Bardem, 45, son Leo, 3, daughter, Luna, 1.

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“That is for us,” she simply said when asked about her family.

The Spanish actress follows in the footsteps of previous “Sexiest Woman Alive” honorees, including Angelina Jolie (2004), Jessica Biel (2005), Scarlett Johansson (2006 and 2013), Charlize Theron (2007), Halle Berry (2008), Kate Beckinsale (2009), Minka Kelly (2010), Rihanna (2011) and Mila Kunis (2012).

(Penelope Cruz’s ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ Esquire cover, 2014 – Esquire)

— Jesse Spero

 

 

 

 

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