The 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

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.