Kate Hudson has topped the World's Most Beautiful People list by People after landing the cover of the annual beauties issue.

People editors chose Hudson as their cover model for her natural beauty, pointing out the actress "doesn't owe her famous sun-kissed looks to thousands of hours logged at a spa".

Hudson beat Salma Hayek, Mary J. Blige and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's eldest daughter Rumer Willis, who poses provocatively on a picnic table, wearing a gothic dress and ankle-length dominatrix boots for her People picture.

Also named on the new World's Most Beautiful People list are comedienne Sarah Silverman, Christina Applegate, new mum Isla Fisher, the cast of TV phenomenon Gossip Girl and celebrity couples Jessica Alba and Cash Warren and Eva Longoria and Tony Parker.

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