Angelina Jolie and the People Most Beautiful List: Every Cover Star
In 2006 Angelina Jolie topped People magazine’s most beautiful list, appearing on the cover as the World’s Most Beautiful. This article looks back at that issue, Jolie’s career since, and every cover star of the People most beautiful list from 1990 to 2025.
Quick answer: Angelina Jolie was the cover star of People’s World’s Most Beautiful issue in 2006, the year the list grew from 50 to 100 names. People has published the list every year since 1990, and since 2018 it has been called the Beautiful Issue. The 2025 cover star was Demi Moore.
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Angelina Jolie and the 2006 most beautiful list
The May 2006 issue of People featured Angelina Jolie on the front cover as the World’s Most Beautiful. The cover story described how Hollywood’s most dedicated humanitarian stayed gorgeous inside and out, with no makeup required, and an online photo gallery showed more of the year’s most beautiful people.
That year People doubled the list from 50 to 100 Most Beautiful. Jolie was pregnant with her daughter Shiloh at the time, and the magazine also called Jolie, Brad Pitt and their children the World’s Most Beautiful Family.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
Angelina Jolie is an American actress and filmmaker. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted and has won three Golden Globe Awards. Her big blockbuster role came as Lara Croft in the video-game-based film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
She is also known for her humanitarian work. Jolie was a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, from 2001 to 2012, then served as its Special Envoy until she stepped down in December 2022.
Every People most beautiful list cover star
People started the list in 1990 as the 50 Most Beautiful People. In 2018 it was renamed the Beautiful Issue, focusing more on inner beauty and inclusiveness. Here are the lead cover stars by year:
| Year | Cover star |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 1991 | Julia Roberts |
| 1992 | Jodie Foster |
| 1993 | Cindy Crawford |
| 1994 | Meg Ryan |
| 1995 | Courteney Cox |
| 1996 | Mel Gibson |
| 1997 | Tom Cruise |
| 1998 | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| 1999 | Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 2000 | Julia Roberts |
| 2001 | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| 2002 | Nicole Kidman |
| 2003 | Halle Berry |
| 2004 | Jennifer Aniston |
| 2005 | Julia Roberts |
| 2006 | Angelina Jolie |
| 2007 | Drew Barrymore |
| 2008 | Kate Hudson |
| 2009 | Christina Applegate |
| 2010 | Julia Roberts |
| 2011 | Jennifer Lopez |
| 2012 | Beyoncé |
| 2013 | Gwyneth Paltrow |
| 2014 | Lupita Nyong’o |
| 2015 | Sandra Bullock |
| 2016 | Jennifer Aniston |
| 2017 | Julia Roberts |
| 2018 | Pink |
| 2019 | Jennifer Garner |
| 2020 | Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and Rani Rose Fujikawa |
| 2021 | Chrissy Teigen |
| 2022 | Helen Mirren |
| 2023 | Melissa McCarthy |
| 2024 | Sofia Vergara |
| 2025 | Demi Moore |
Julia Roberts has led the list more times than anyone else, with five covers.
Where to see the latest list
People announces the Beautiful Issue each spring on People.com with photo galleries and interviews. Beauty lists are subjective, of course. Back in 2005 we wrote about Aishwarya Rai being called the most beautiful woman in the world, and you can play with famous faces using our list of celebrity face morph tools.
FAQ
When was Angelina Jolie named World’s Most Beautiful?
People magazine put her on the cover of its World’s Most Beautiful issue in 2006.
Who has topped the most beautiful list the most times?
Julia Roberts, with five People covers.
What is the People Beautiful Issue?
It is the new name, used since 2018, for People’s annual most beautiful list.
Is Angelina Jolie still with UNHCR?
She stepped down as UNHCR Special Envoy in December 2022 after more than 20 years with the agency.
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Everyone is entitled to t heir opinions and i do not think angelina is the most beaautiful woman in the world because true be auty comes from within a person and not from the outside of a person because this kind of beauty is fleeting and will not last.
Angelina is not as hard-core looking as she used to be, however she is a far cry from being the most beautiful woman in the world. Shouldn’t the women most imitated be considered…such as the darker skinned women and the women who have naturally full lips and high cheek bones?
How can Angelina win this? may be coz she does risky Un stuff!cuz ppl see both things and ash may be failing to realize
Well not even Angelina can win that coz even she’s not the undisputed one!I myself think Catherine zeta-jones has more feminine face and hence she’s prettier
Umm the one who sliipped tot he 9th rank, aishwarya rai is more beautiful than her… heh i am not saying it, the world thinks so. she even won miss world.
Angelina Jolie is a Beautyqueen.
Nobody can be so beautyfull like
Angelina!!