Photo SpecialThe Women: Who's Most Beautiful?

Get a sneak peek at 10 of PEOPLE's Most Beautiful Women of 2005 before our special issue hits newsstands April 29. By Serena Kappes

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JESSICA SIMPSON, 24

"Obviously," says Nick Lachey of wife Jessica Simpson, "there's a lot of physical beauty ... but what would surprise most people is that she's really a very deep, intellectual person." In other words, don't be fooled by her ditzy Newlyweds moments: Simpson is savvy. And now that their MTV reality show has wrapped, she's making her next move – as Daisy Duke in the summer movie The Dukes of Hazzard.

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