People Mag's Most Beautiful Person is not . . .

Perhaps a good call.

April 30, 2010 at 6:17PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Who got booted off People's "Most Beautiful Cover"? You might not believe this: Julia Roberts. I say you might not believe it, because you may not think she belonged there in the first place. Not to say she isn't attractive, but some think she has 88 teeth and tends towards the equine. Matter of taste. May be a guy thing. No surprise, she's gracious:

Well, I think it has something to do with her looks, inasmuch as it's not the People Magazine Most Wonderful Personality and Good Dancer and Giver of Succor to Lost Cats issue. This year's cover features Sandra Bullock, for a variety of reasons: she's beautiful, looks clever and nice, got an Osar, has everyone's sympathy because her lummox-hubby was fooling around with someone with more ink than the Sunday comics, she adopted a baby, and isn't one of those pouty ninny-models who draw sustenance solely from Marlboros and photons from flash-bulbs.

More on the other actresses chosen - including promising newcomer, Jennifer Aniston! - here.

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