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Esquire Magazine has declared Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive. The 42 year-old Oscar winning actress is featured on the cover of the latest issue in a pose that recreates an iconic former Esquire cover of President Bill Clinton - but sexy. Inside she’s featured wearing tanks tops with ironed-on scenes from other well known Esquire covers over a black lingerie tank and a pair of underwear. That’s sexy enough, but what’s even hotter is her written narrative about sex and taking responsibility for her own sexual fulfillment.
Before you read this and think she’s bragging, she damn near thanks just about everyone who helps her look good, including her makeup artist, trainer, stylist, hair dresser, and the photographer who gets the lighting just right. She also admits that there are “billions” of other women in the world and that we all have our sexy moments. Rolling with it, she describes sexiness and sex in a way that’s not too descriptive but still incredibly erotic. I started getting turned on just reading this:
Sexiness is also about knowing what’s sexy to you. To me, spaghetti is sexy, especially when it’s served off the tips of a man’s fingers. I like that. And I think wine is sexy, just before sex. It relaxes me. But if I want to get a serious groove on — if I want an out-of-body experience — I’m all about the sloe-gin fizz.
I think lingerie is sexy, and I’ll wear it, sure. But truth is, I’m good-to-go in a tank top and bare feet — although every woman should own at least one good pair of pumps. That’s really the only wardrobe you need for sex: a tank top and pumps.
When it comes to what I think is sexy about men, I like forearms. That’s my body part. They’re generally exposed, available, a little bit vulnerable. A forearm is different with every man, and when it comes to forearms, size matters. I don’t like them slight.
Ask me what’s the sexiest car in the world and I’ll just say my man’s car, because it smells like him, because his shape is pressed into the seat, because it’s littered with little bits of his life — his golf balls or his chocolate-bar wrappers — and it’s ripe with the smells of him. That’s the car I most want to ride in.
What else? Ah, yes: the big O. You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms? That’s all true. And in my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damned good orgasms these days. Much better orgasms than when I was twenty-two. And I wouldn’t let a man control that. Not anymore. Now I’d invite him to participate. I’ll tell you this: I’ve learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I’m not all about frequency. I favor intensity.There have been some men in my life who have been wickedly sexy and have taught me much about sexual pleasure. There are a few men I should thank, and others I need to forget. But I don’t regret. To hell with regret. I like what I am now. I like being a mother. I like my body better since I became a mother. I feel sexier as a result of becoming a mother.
You see, the years go by and you learn, and that just deepens your understanding of every experience. And then sex is better — it feels like you’re in control, and you’re sort of not in control at the same time, and that is completely satisfying.
So, yes, there are times when I feel like the sexiest woman alive, but would I ever argue that I am the sexiest woman alive? Of course not. I figure at one moment the sexiest woman alive is a waitress in Abilene, Texas. And in the very next second, it’s a woman in the bush of Vanuatu. Then, right away, somewhere else. Sex and sexiness. It’s all about the moment; it’s about what you know as much as it is what you offer. That’s why I share this title with every woman, because every woman is a nominee for it at any moment. Maybe that’s why there are so many women these guys love.
[From Esquire]
Excuse me while I try to close my mouth and stop staring into the distance after reading that. Of course Berry had editorial help with this, just as she has help looking amazing day after day. It’s still her, though, and she’s still fabulous. Now that I’ve read this I’ll be looking at Berry in a different light - and trying not to blush as scenes of her with Gabriel flash through my mind. That’s too much sexiness to compute.
Written by Celebitchy
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21 Responses to “Esquire calls Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive, and she damn near proves it”
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Yah, I think they should’ve angled the Haley cover photo more like the Willy one, and used the same lense. The angle/lense were what made that Bill Clinton picture iconic. Haley’s picture is just a Esquire paying a cheap homage to itself. No fault of her own; she looks amazing.
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Airbrushing and body makeup and weave can do wonders !!
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Wow! This was a very intelligent, sensitive, and mental–image provoking article; I appreciate that she says every woman can be the sexiest woman. How true! But it’s not only the sex appeal that makes me like her, it’s the intelligence behind the words.
**off to take a cold shower now!**
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Gorgeous. Deserving of the title.
@G - You don’t think she’s sexy?
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Halle is gorgeous. The sexiest woman alive is 42 ! I love that. And whoever wrote that copy, well done. The bit about the sexiest woman changing locations from moment to moment was great. I do think we all, men and women get sexier as we get older, gain life experience and figure out who we are.
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What men find sexy is a confident woman who likes sex and appreciates men. On the surface good looks and a dynamite body really have little to do with how much sex appeal a person has.
What men with decent self-esteem look at in magazines and what they want in their personal lives and beds are usually very different things.
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What an insulting testament to the sexism in our society– a president gets a professional and powerful looking shot while a woman gets a selazed out and purely physical shot for the cover.
Women are regarded as bodies; men are regarded as minds.Yes, halle- rub it in, propagate the current stereotypes and problems. Stupid Esquire, too! LOL We dont need that!!
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I love her hair (or weave, or whatever it is) in these photos. LOVE IT.
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I say da-hamn…….
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I’m just glad it wasn’t Jolie.
Not that I don’t think she’s sexy, she is but Halle needs some love as well. Halle looks great in these photos. I always thought she looked best with the very short haircut but her hair here looks gorgeous.
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No kidding. I’m off to take a cold shower.
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Right on, Baholicious. I’ve been saying for years that looks have nothing to do with sexy, it’s your attitude, and conveying that you like someone, enjoy being with him, and that you like sex.
Unfair that Halle Berry has the right attitude AND the great looks!
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Right Breederina!
And her hair was a short curly bob right before she popped. Weeks later it was longer so these are extensions. Good ones! She looks good.Am I the only one thinking of Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder looking at that Bill C. cover? BIG HANDS!
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there is no doubt she is gorgeous, but Personally i don’t think you can say who the sexiest women let alone person alive is. Some people say Angelina is the sexiest but i have seen a lot of women who look just like her, so how can she be the sexiest. I think it should be classified as sexiest female celeb in the world, but i’m sure there’s some gorgeous celebs in Europe who aren’t even looked at for this. But again Halle Berry is most certainly beautiful.
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i agree that it sucks she has her pants off on the cover. but i like that the sexiest women in the world of late have recently birthed children and that Halle is in her 40’s…. that’s something…. right??
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‘Sexy’ is entirely subjective, just like beauty. So what’s sexy for x isn’t sexy for y, and so on.
That said, I find her both sexy and beautiful - I don’t believe there’s one way to be sexy actually I think everyone is sexy in their own way.
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Ok, I think she’s beautiful, smart, has great range as an actress but sexy? No. Sexy to me is edgy/dangerous and she just does not have that. And of those two Esquire covers, Bill Clinton (with his giant hands) wins hands down on the sexy front.
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