Mila Kunis’ smoldering brown eyes and down-to-earth personality have garnered her Esquire’s title of “Sexiest Woman Alive.”
I will gladly second that. The 29-year-old actress inherited the award from 2011 winner Rihanna and graces the November issue of Esquire bare-back.
Kunis began as a child actress and later received her big break on the Fox sitcom “That ’70s Show” playing air-head beauty Jackie Burkhart.
Through eight seasons, viewers watched as Kunis cultivated a “love-to-hate” teen character with a penchant for superficial advice and narcissism. While the persona gained her professional success, it could not be further from Kunis’ surprisingly normal self. She is the rare beauty that has remained true to her pre-fame self. Even with the growing buzz behind Kunis, she appears to have a firm grasp on reality.
“I think that if I bought into the hype, I would lose all sight of who I am, and so much of who I am is what my parents went through and instilled in me. And I never want to lose that. Ever. Because I would be so disappointed if I didn’t make them proud,” Kunis said in an interview with Esquire.
Kunis carried on an eight-year, headline-free relationship with Macaulay Culkin during her rise to fame. Though she has since upgraded to dating former “That ’70s Show” castmate Ashton Kutcher, and rightfully so, Kunis does not seem to show a shade of Hollywood pretentiousness.
Sgt. Scott Moore invited Kunis to a Marine Corps Ball last November via a YouTube video filmed while still on duty in Afghanistan. The video went viral and the starlet attended the event with respect for the military and no pretense of superiority.
Part of Kunis’ desirability stems from the fact that she’s inherently relatable. She is a self-proclaimed video game fan and played World of Warcraft before having to “quit cold turkey” as it was eating into her increasingly busy schedule. The secret to the sexy nerd’s girl-next-door image may lie within her personal philosophy.
“What I do and who I am are two different things. And they always will be. What happens with people is they lose sight of who they are, and they become either who they want to be or who they are perceived to be,” Kunis told Esquire.
But Kunis didn’t win the award just for her alluring personality. The silver screen has taken a liking to Kunis since her TV sitcom days and a litany of films have featured the bombshell. One such movie, 2010’s “Black Swan,” had fans flocking to the movie theaters for the promise of a steamy girl-on-girl scene with Natalie Portman.
The eyebrow-raising scene produced a Golden Globe nod for Kunis. But more presciently, Kunis and Portman won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, the first all-female win.
With a stunning outer appearance to match an inner grace, Esquire has made official what I have believed for years – Mila Kunis is the sexiest woman alive.
