Esquire Picks Cougar For Sexiest Woman Alive

Once again the great Esquire Magazine demonstrates its wisdom and good taste in selecting super cougar Halle Berry as its "Sexiest Woman Alive" for 2008. There is little question that Halle is among the most beautiful women in the world, but in this time of incessant focus on pop tarts and celebutantes, choosing a mature 42 year-old woman still takes a little courage. But it also shows how far we've come in valuing older women who take pride in their sexuality and wear their experience with confidence. We love Halle, congratulate her on her accolades and applaud Esquire for its intelligence.

In the interview, Halle shows why she's not just beautiful but also funny, insightful and far more interesting than all the Lauren Conrads, Lindsay Lohans, and Paris Hilton's put together. 

Following are few excerpts of the interview:

On being chosen Sexiest Woman Alive
I've been in the business for more than twenty years, and you decide now, at this particular time, that I'm the sexiest woman alive? Come on. I mean, you couldn't go with the Bond-girl year? You didn't like the orange bikini? I liked the orange bikini. That would have been a pretty good year. Or what about the Monster's Ball year? That was a sexy moment. Couldn't you have packaged that up with some list of the best movie sex scenes ever? That would have been very easy, very magaziney. But 2008? Well, I don't know exactly what it means, but being forty-two and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it. There are billions of women on the planet, but let's just say for shits and giggles that I am the sexiest woman alive. 

On being in control of her own sexuality:
What else? Ah, yes: the big O. You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms? That's all true. And in my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damned good orgasms these days. Much better orgasms than when I was twenty-two. And I wouldn't let a man control that. Not anymore. Now I'd invite him to participate. I'll tell you this: I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency. I favor intensity...

You see, the years  go by and you learn, and that just deepens your understanding of every experience. And then sex is better -- it feels like you're in control, and you're sort of not in control at the same time, and that is completely satisfying.


Congratulations, Halle! No question you deserve it. Oh, and did we mention that Gabriel Aubry is is urbancougar.com the luckiest man alive for 2008 and forever?



 
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