--- description: Sandra Bullock has been named the most beautiful woman in the world by People Magazine, but she considers it a dubious honor. title: Sandra Bullock Is People's 'World's Most Beautiful Woman' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdeea18813ad3be1/6987ec4f06f2c1097f337dba/sandra-bullock-cover-768.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sandra Bullock Named _People_ Magazine's 'World's Most Beautiful Woman'  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2015 1:41 PM CUT  People  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2015 1:41 PM CUT Sandra Bullock has been named the most beautiful woman in the world by _People_ magazine_._ But the actress, 50, [told _People_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20913899%5F20915288,00.html "undefined") that despite her glamorous cover photo shoot, real beauty isn’t based on looks. “Real beauty is quiet. Especially in this town, it’s just so hard not to say, ‘Oh, I need to look like that,'” she said. “No, be a good person, be a good mom, do a good job with the lunch, let someone cut in front of you who looks like they’re in a bigger hurry. The people I find most beautiful are the ones who aren’t trying.” Accordingly, she said this was her response when she heard she was named the most beautiful woman: “I just said, ‘That’s ridiculous.’ I’ve told no one.” [_Read more at People.com_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20913899%5F20915288,00.html "undefined") _Read next:_ [_Sandra Bullock Called Police From Closet When a Stalker Entered Her Home, a Court Hears_](http://time.com/3816886/sandra-bullock-stalker-trial/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/"},"headline":"Sandra Bullock Named People Magazine's 'World's Most Beautiful Woman'","datePublished":"2015-04-22T13:41:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:34:50.978Z","description":"\"I've told no one\"","url":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/","keywords":["celebrities","Sandra Bullock","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdeea18813ad3be1/6987ec4f06f2c1097f337dba/sandra-bullock-cover-768.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdeea18813ad3be1/6987ec4f06f2c1097f337dba/sandra-bullock-cover-768.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"sandra-bullock-cover-768","caption":"","creditText":"People","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/","name":"Sandra Bullock Named People Magazine's 'World's Most Beautiful Woman'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sandra Bullock Commencement Speech to Recent Grads","description":"Sandra Bullock Commencement to Easton Grads","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9XGQtIvl/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-20T15:29:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9XGQtIvl.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/","duration":"PT3M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3831191/sandra-bullock-people-most-beautiful/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```