Beyonce hailed as People's Most Beautiful Woman for 2012

Beyonce Knowles is People Magahailed as People's Most Beautiful Woman for 2012.

Grammy-award winning singer and new mother Beyonce was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2012 on Wednesday by People magazine.

People Magazine described Beyonce as:

At 30, PEOPLE's 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman has many accomplishments on her résumé, including being a 16-time Grammy winner, an actress and a style and beauty icon. But none is more important than her newest role: playing mom to daughter Blue Ivy, whom she and husband of four years, Jay-Z, welcomed in January. "I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth," she says. "I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a sense of purpose on this earth."

Last year winner , 2011 was American Idol judge and singer-actress Jennifer Lopez. Beyonce top the 2012 Lists of Most beautiful Woman followed by Sofia Vergara,  Charlize Theron, Lilly Collins and Madeleine Stow completing the Top 5.