Berry named world's sexiest woman

New mum Halle Berry has been named the Sexiest Woman Alive by men's style magazine 'Esquire'.

The Oscar winner poses in little but a T-shirt for the pages of Esquire's upcoming November issue, and admits she's baffled by the honour.

She says: "I don't know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I'll take it.

"Sexiness is a state of mind, a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.

"I share this title with every woman, because every woman is a nominee for it at any moment."

Berry gave birth to her daughter, Nahla, in March.