40-Year Old Penelope Cruz Named Sexiest Woman Alive By Esquire Magazine

40-Year old Spanish bombshell, Penelope Cruz has been named the Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire Magazine. The sexy goddess who has two children with husband Javier Bardem, certainly lives up to the title on the magazine cover, posing in just a plunging black bathing suit with her hair in tousled waves over her shoulders. Penelope inherits the title from Scarlett Johansson, who last year won the accolade for the second time. She has become the 11th woman to be given the title by the magazine. Previous honourees include Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Rihanna and Charlize Theron.

The sexy cover shot shows Penelope gazing seductively into the camera, showing exactly why Esquire chose her for the coveted honour this year. The Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Vanilla Sky actress told Esquire she had 'an attraction to drama' in her teens and 20s, but 'could not be less interested now'.

But Penelope, 40, is keeping quiet about her personal life. She declined to comment about her actor husband Javier , as well as their two children. 'That is for us,' she said. The star gave birth to daughter Luna on July 22, 2013,  in Madrid. She and her 44-year-old Spanish actor husband also have a son Leonardo who was born in 2011 in Los Angeles.

Penelope and Javier starred together in 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona and were married in July 2010. She will next be seen in the Spanish-language film Ma Ma and in Grimsby, with Sacha Baron Cohen.

Credit: Esquire Mag