4 25 Charlotte Rampling
8 24 Lori Singer
10 23 Barbara Hershey
14 22 Angie Dickinson
18 21 Sean Young
22 20 Diane Franklin
24 19 Lisa Bonet
28 18 Stephanie Seymour
32 17 Uma Thurman
34 16 Phoebe Cates
38 15 Tina Turner 42 14 Greta Scacchi 46 13 Anne Archer 48 12 Rosanna Arquette 52 11 Rebecca De Mornay 56 10 Amanda Pays 58 9 Theresa Russell 62 8 Vanessa Williams 66 7 Emma Samms 68 6 Diane Lane 72 5 Debra Winger 76 4 Madonna 82 3 Cindy Crawford 88 2 Vanity 92 1 Kathleen Turner 98 Back Issue Ad 99 Special Offer
EDITORIAL
THE SLEUTHSAYER
They say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". . . so think of this
issue as celebrating "sexiness in the eye of Sleuth."
Fourteen months ago we published our "25 Most Beautiful Women in the World" extravaganza, and a great deal has happened in the world since then: Communism has surrendered most of its capitals, America has surrendered most of its capital to Japan, and Noriega has just plain surrendered. About the only thing that hasn't changed, it seems. is that none of our "25 Most Beautiful" has grown any less lovely. Thus, it seems silly to select a different set of 25 women as most beautiful—ever wonder how Mel Gibson was "the Sexiest Man Alive" one year, only to be buried by Mark Harmon the next?—so we've decided to look at this annum's most awesome anatomies from another perspective all together: "The 25 Sexiest Women of 1990."
Allow me to explain the distinction by citing the only holdover {I wish!} from
last year's rankings: supermodel Cindy Crawford. In my opinion, Cindy's clearly more sexy than beautiful—there are lovelier models like Carol Alt, Iman, etc., but none more sensuous—so the position she assumed earlier, #17 {again, I wish} has been upgraded to #3 for this repeat rendezvous {I'm now out of wishes}.
Interestingly, Webster's Thesaurus lists more than two dozen easily recognizable synonyms for "beautiful"... but none for "sexy." The closest it can come is "risque," "racy," or "off-color'--none of which really approximates what we're after {at the moment... }. Webster's Dictionary,
however spells it out better: "1. Exciting or intended to excite sexual desire. Erotic; 2. Concerned to a large extent with sex." To which we can only add: who isn't?
Therefore, each year I'll select and rank in descending order of allure the 25 sexiest women at that particular moment in time. Naturally these ratings are subjective . . . but far be it from me to regard such gorgeous women as objects. Every few months a new movie or TV show will inevitably thrust another sensuous siren into our midst, and it'll be my job to keep on top of 'em! This year we've endeavored to bring you a truly broad cross-sextion: one of the selectees { Uma T. } is just leaving her teens, ten are in their twenties, nine in their thirties, three in their forties, one in her fifties, and one {Angie al just about to enter her ever-sexy sixties. This compilation, we hope, is truly one for the ages. . .
As Lisa Hartman {vol. 1, no. 4} observed recently: "A star who objects to
attention is ungrateful. Whether the media portrays you favorably or otherwise,
the fact remains that being written about at all is a measure of your success." Similarly, we think, being selected for inclusion in this blockbuster issue is truly a measure of your sexcess.
Congratulations!
Features in This Issue
Covergirl Cindy Crawford
The World's Hottest Bods in th World's Hottest Mag!
