People Magazine recently named Jennifer Lopez as the “Most Beautiful” for their 2011 issue, but could Ashley Judd have been a more worthy candidate? Ashley, 43, is an actress and humanitarian, and the oft-forgotten daughter of singer Naomi Judd and half-sister to Wynonna Judd.


Beauty is more than skin deep. It also has to do with character, generosity and the nature of one’s beliefs.Ashley Judd is beautiful inside and out.


1. The base definition of beauty is typically physical. Ashley Judd is physically attractive even when she is photographed with dust on her face from a poor makeup job. Some allege she’s had plastic surgery, which would not be unheard of for a woman of 43. However, most would agree that if she has had cosmetic procedures, they have not ruined her face.


2. Ashley is articulate. How many stars do you listen to and then want to grab a piece of duct tape to slap over their mouths? Lately it seem that bad manners and profanity are the norm rather than the exception. Listening to Ashley, you realize that not every Hollywood type needs to go to charm school.


3. Ashley left acting in 2004 to start international feminist social justice work, prompted by a trip to Cambodia. She has transformed her talents to help the less fortunate around the world, and she’s been to 13 countries so far. Shocked by what she saw in brothels, slums, and in other areas, her book “All That Is Bitter & Sweet” is part of that spiritual process, with her personal story being in a couple of chapters.


4. For women who have been sexually abused in America, Ashley’s words serve as a source of comfort and support. She explores the issue of sexual abuse and incest, of which she was a victim, in her book “All That Is Bitter & Sweet.”


5. Ashley shows courage under fire, something that not all actresses and actors have. She came out with details about her family, but she has also taken flak for her comments about hip-hop.


“As far as I’m concerned, most rap and hip-hop music – with its rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as ‘ho’s’ – is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny,” wrote Judd.


Judd apologized extensively for her comments about rap and hip-hop at Global Grind. “I am deeply remorseful that anything I may have said in “All That Is Bitter & Sweet” would hurt adherents of genres that represent their culture. This book is an act of love and service. Insulting people of goodwill is the antithesis of its raison d’etre.”



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