Angelina Jolie

Pillow-lipped actress Angelina Jolie graces the cover of People's "100 Most Beautiful People" issue. It's her 4th time on the list, but first as cover girl.

"She looks the most beautiful when she's in the field-- natural, no makeup, nothing,"the magazine quotes musician Wyclef Jean, who worked with Jolie on a relief effort in Haiti. "Because you see Angelina, the angel. It doesn't get any better than that."

Magazine didn't forget her boyfriend Brad Pitt, or her 2 children, either. People named the globe-trotting Jolie-Pitt clan the "World's Most Beautiful Family."

Also making the "Beautiful People" list, which until this year was limited to 50: Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Kirstie Alley, Ryan Seacrest and University of Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow was in news recently for her voted as Britain's best-dressed woman by Harper’s Bazaar magazine, although she’s American. 33-year-old actress was praised for her style which judges said had got more daring since she moved to UK.

"She has developed a less polished, more daring style that owes its origins to London street style. Gwyneth has also developed a very healthy appetite for our unbeatable High Street", said Harper’s fashion features editor Sara Buys.

Paltrow lives in London with husband Chris Martin, daughter Apple and newly born baby boy named Moses Martin.

Here is the complete Top 10 best-dressed British women list, which was compiled by a panel of British taste-makers and designers: 1. Gwyneth Paltrow, 2. Kate Moss, 3. Thandie Newton, 4. Liberty Ross, 5. Sienna Miller, 6. Laura Bailey, 7. Peaches Geldof, 8. Yasmin Le Bon, 9. Zadie Smith and 10. Madonna

Shakira & Karolina Kurkova

Latin pop star Shakira and Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova were in news recently for receiving awards for their humanitarian work and then watched a fashion show featuring clothes from nine developing countries partly made by women trying to escape poverty.

More than 400 fans and fashion Experts joined guests for the 2 events and a panel on Poverty, Women and Human Rights. It focused on the success of small micro-credit loans which hundreds of millions of women have used to start businesses and the need to help the 1 billion people who still live on $1 a day or less.

The nonprofit organization Women Together, which is currently concentrating on providing small loans so that low income women can produce textiles, sponsored the awards and the fashion show.

It honored 10 women and 2 organizations. Kurkova was honored for working for welfare of children through organizations such as The Beautiful Life Fund and Free Arts. She opened fashion show saying the designers were introducing fabrics from traditional weavers to Western world of high fashion.

The audience, which included Nane Annan, wife of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, applauded loudly for the high-fashion clothes from Colombia, Panama, India, Uruguay, Bangladesh, Mexico, Morocco, Peru and Brazil.

In addition, many others winners showed up to accept their awards. These included Ela Bhatt, founder of the SEWA Cooperative Bank in India which has provided micro-credit loans to 800,000 women; former Spanish Red Cross president Cristina Macaya; Brazilian writer Nelida Pinon; and Consuelo Ciscar who has promoted cultural and arts programs in Valencia, Spain.

There was disappointment in the crowd that several famous winners sent representatives to collect their awards including actress Angelina Jolie, Queen Rania of Jordan, US Senator Hillary Clinton, and Kerry Kennedy who founded a human rights center named after her late father, Robert F Kennedy.

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson was in news recently for being topped a list of the '100 Sexiest Women in the World', in a poll conducted by an online magazine. According to the website the elated Scarlett remarked, "one of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy".

Known for her performances in films like 'Match Point', 'The Perfect Score', 'The Island', 'Lost in Translation' and the kids' favorite 'Home Alone 3', this 21-year-old has beaten the likes of Angelina Jolie, Helle Berry. The closest competitor to her was Brad Pitt's sweet heart Angelina at No.2 on the list, followed closely by Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Keira Knightley, Helly Berry, Jenny Mc-Carthy, Maria Sharapova, CarmenElectra and Teri Hatcher

This year's poll results came quite as a surprise as last year the was quite different with Johansson ranking 9th whereas Jolie was the chosen one. "It's remarkable how Scarlett Johansson has caught the attention of our readers," said a spokesperson of magazine. "Her sultry voice and striking beauty certainly have a lot to do with that, but so does the confidence she exudes.