People magazine has named Jennifer Aniston as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for 2016, marking her second time earning the title.
The 47-year-old graces the cover of the publication’s May 2 issue, smiling at the camera in a low-cut floral top with a dazzling cocktail ring on her right ring finger.
Inside, the timeless stunner talks about her beauty secrets, her relationship with husband Justin Theroux, and the ‘bubble butt’ she had and hated when growing up.
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What an honor: Jennifer Aniston was named the World’s Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine
Glamorous: The 47-year-old actress posed for the cover and several beautiful pictures inside
Girls to look up to: She named Gloria Steinem, Brigitte Bardot, and Lauren Hutton as her beauty icons
In a video for PeopleTV announcing her cover, Jennifer said getting the news that she’d been named the World’s Most Beautiful Woman once again — the first time was in 2004 — was a surprise.
‘I thought, “Oh my God”,’ she said. ‘There was sort of very excited, sort of teenager-y kind of moment of feeling very, very flattered.’
So how has she managed to look so gorgeous in the public eye for over two decades? Jen, whose own beauty icons include Gloria Steinem, Brigitte Bardot, and Lauren Hutton, said it’s all about taking good care of yourself.
‘Oh yes, I’ve got a healthy bag of vitamins I take three times a day, like Viviscal and your basic omegas and vitamin C. Good stuff,’ she said.
She also makes sure to exercise for about an hour six days a week, doing a spin-yoga class three days, weight-training three days, and cardio at home — and insists she feels most beautiful after ‘finishing a great workout’.
That’s nice! Jen said she was ‘very flattered’ to earn the title and felt like a teenager being complimented
Staying fit: She talked a lot about her health routine and how it contributes to her beauty
Two-timer: The first time she earned the title was over a decade ago in 2004
That’s a lot! She shared that she has a ‘healthy bag of vitamins’ that she takes three times a day
‘Because I’ve taken care of my body, my endorphins are going, my blood is pumping,’ she went on. ‘I’m taking care of the one body I have.’
Those endorphins mean she’s happy, too, which she says is important — feeling good on the inside leads to looking good on the outside.
‘Inner confidence. Peace. Kindness. Honesty. A life well-lived,’ she said, listing what she believes are the keys to beauty. ‘Taking on challenges and not feeling shame for things that haven’t gone the way you felt they should have. And not feeling like a failure or allowing people to critique your life and make you feel like you’ve failed at something. That’s just toxic noise.’
Though Friends fans would beg to differ, Jennifer insists she didn’t always look so amazing, or even feel so great about herself.
How she does it: In the magazine, she opened up about her beauty secrets and insecurities
Double dose: In addition to speaking to the magazine for the current issue, she participated in a video interview
Looks good to us: The star said she was told she was ‘chubby’ at the start of her career
Pretty: She also said she needed contouring because her face was ‘almost a complete circle’
Tight: These days, she can’t believe bubble butts are a ‘trend’, because she worked so hard to get rid of hers
‘When I was in my 20s, my face was almost a complete circle. So I really needed contouring,’ she said, adding that what was happening ‘before’ was ‘unfortunate’. But, she went on: ‘Now I’m slowly chiseling away, wishing I had that round face back.’
She’s also lost weight since an agent told her she was ‘too chubby’ at the start of her career, which she attributes to a ‘terrible’ diet of ‘milk shakes and French fries with gravy’.
‘I used to be such a little round thing,’ she said. These days, she tends to start her day with hot lemon water, coffee, and a protein shake, before moving onto a salad for lunch and roasted chicken for dinner. She snacks on things like string cheese and hard-boiled eggs.
Even now, though, she has trouble accepting one area of her figure that’s always been a little rounder.
Engaged: She called husband Justin Theroux ‘easiest person’ and said he’s both interesting and interested
Those lovebirds! The two married in a secret ceremony in August 2015
