Sandra Bullock — Celebrity

Sandra Bullock has been named the most beautiful woman in the world by People magazine and rightfully so.

Despite being the oldest person to do so in the list's 25-year history (three-time winner Julia Roberts was 42 when she last took the top spot) Bullock insists she just laughed when she heard about the honor. "No, really. I just said, 'That's ridiculous,' " she tells PEOPLE. "I've told no one."

"Real beauty is quiet. Especially in this town, it's just so hard not to say, 'Oh, I need to look like that,' " Bullock tells the magazine. "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."