In a decade when it has become daily ritual to witness our most famous, talented, and beautiful people in their gym sweats and flip flops at Starbucks, unaware of the long-lensed sniper in the bushes capturing them in exactly the angle of light and time of day that is maximally unflattering, we thought it'd be fitting to end the '00s with a glorious, glamorous look back at the 20 most beautiful people that have graced the pages of our magazine in the past 10 years. Sure, in an ideal world beauty would be nakedly apparent. But it doesn't hurt to have makeup, hair, wardrobe, and a talented, sympathetic photographer. And, in the tradition of this magazine, we encouraged them to speak freely—because the beautiful and famous are just dying to tell you something you didn't know about them.
20.ZAC EFRON
19.ASHLEY GREENE
18.COLIN FARRELL
17.NATALIE PORTMAN
16.CHACE CRAWFORD
15.ALICIA KEYS
14.ASHTON KUTCHER
13.SCARLETT JOHANNSSON
12.ROBERT PATTINSON
11.SIENNA MILLER
10.TOM BRADY
9.KATE MOSS
8.RYAN PHILLIPPE
7.EVA MENDES
6.PHARRELL WILLIAMS
5.JESSICA ALBA
4.MILLA JOVOVICH
3.JAKE GYLLENHAAL
2.DITA VON T
1.JAVIER BARDEM
EDIT: no special order
just how I listed them