Hudson named 'most beautiful person'

Kate Hudson has topped a poll to find the world's most beautiful person.

The 29-year-old beat country singer Carrie Underwood and actress Vanessa Hudgens to grace the cover of People's '100 Most Beautiful' issue.

Miley Cyrus, Christina Applegate, Isla Fisher and the cast of Gossip Girl also appeared on the annual list, along with Rumer Willis and comedienne Sarah Silverman.

The magazine's senior editor Galina Espinoza told The Early Show: "[Kate] just embodies such an incredible natural beauty that is in vogue right now.

"We've got so accustomed to celebrities getting breast implants and nose jobs, and she will talk about being flat-chested and having a little bit of an offbeat look."

Hudson said she was not always as concerned about her looks, saying: "I was a tomboy [as a child]. I had three brothers. I was the girl with the dress on that always came back in the house filthy with scrapes and bruises.

"But I was always very girly. I had to be able to twirl so that my underwear showed."