Halle Berry named Esquire's sexiest woman alive

It's been six years since Halle Berry was a Bond girl and four since she plastered herself in latex for her role as Catwoman.

But now, at age 42, only six months after giving birth, Esquire magazine has named the actress as their sexiest woman alive.

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"I don't know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby I think I'll take it," the Academy Award winner says about her new title in the November issue of the mag.

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Donning sexy T-shirts and little else in the photo spread, Berry says that sexiness isn't necessarily what is on the outside.

"Sexiness is a state of mind —