Most Beautiful 2009

Beautiful at Every Age

With the help of a few famous faces – Vanessa! Halle! Christie! – these gorgeous gals prove true beauty is timeless. By Karen J. Quan

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JESSICA ALBA, 28

When the actress (who turns 28 on April 28) learned she was expecting her first child with now-husband Cash Warren, she hoped the newborn would have her skin tone. "I'm excited for my baby to be brown," she told Latina magazine in February. Having a dad who's Mexican-American and a mom of Dutch and French descent, Alba told the magazine, "I always took pride in being Latina, it's something I always embraced. I like that I look different; I like having flavor."

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