Eleven PEOPLE editors decided to put out a list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, taking submissions from readers, fellow staffers and casting directors and modeling agents. Pfeiffer, then 32, received the top honor, though PEOPLE editors wrote they learned three things from the process: "That there is no such thing as perfect beauty. That people have blessedly different ideas about what's beautiful. And that most people are beautiful in some way, and that's about as beautiful as anybody really needs to be."To get more news about 国产精品v日韩精品v欧美精品, you can visit our official website.

Editors called the 23-year-old "a Botticelli beauty," and model maven Eileen Ford seconded that superlative. ''She is one of the few new great beauties," she said. "She doesn't look like she's been dragged through the mud like a lot of them now do.''

The actress, then 29, was fresh from her second Oscar win (for Silence of the Lambs) when she appeared on PEOPLE's Most Beautiful issue. Sharing the honor were Mel Gibson, Elizabeth Taylor and Denzel Washington.

Revlon model Crawford was a mere 27 — and married to Richard Gere — when she appeared on the cover. Her fellow cover models were Whitney Houston, Andrew Shue and Catherine Deneuve.

The actress, then 32, was still married to Dennis Quaid and promoting the film When a Man Loves a Woman when she made the cover of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful issue. Daniel Day-Lewis, Toni Braxton and — whoa! — Joey Lawrence (then on Blossom) also appeared on the cover.

He was the king of the world at 23, starring in the mega-hit Titanic and on the cover of the Most Beautiful issue. Sharing the cover were Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

The actress was 41 when she graced PEOPLE's cover a second time. Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck also shared it.

Fresh from three hit films — Notting Hill, Runaway Bride and Erin Brockovich — Roberts was only 32 when she appeared on the 2000 cover, alongside George Clooney and Faith Hill.

The new mom (to son Dylan, then 9 months old) was 31 and the star of Traffic when she landed the cover of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful issue, alongside Katie Couric and Benicio Del Toro.

One year after her divorce from Cruise, Kidman, then 34, had just won a Golden Globe Award (and scored an Oscar nod) for Moulin Rouge. Her fellow cover stars were Josh Hartnett and Jennifer Aniston.