Jolie 'most beautiful woman alive'

Angelina Jolie has been voted the most beautiful woman in the world.

The actress won a landslide victory in an online poll from Vanity Fair with 58% of the votes.

She beat off competition from a shortlist that included supermodel Gisele Bündchen and fellow actresses Halle Berry, Jennifer Connelly and Scarlett Johansson.

The magazine said: "Of the billions of women on this planet, only 19, we believe, could start wars.

"These modern-day Helens of Troy come from both hemispheres and include legends and ingenues, a Queen and a First Lady, and at least two bedmates of Leonardo DiCaprio."

Jolie recently topped a list of Yummy Mummies from MSN, winning nearly 30% of the public vote.