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Let's face it: Christina Applegate is not the most beautiful person in the world.

But the Samantha Who? star might have the most inspiring story of any celebrity this year, making her an easy choice for People to include atop its annual 100 Most Beautiful list.

The actress was diagnosed with breast cancer last March. She underwent a double mastectomy, followed by reconstructive surgery. While crediting her boyfriend, Dutch bass player Martyn Lenoble, for making her feel so pretty, Applegate joked about the silver lining to her procedure.

"I don't have to wear a bra! They don't hang down to my knees like they did before. And the gals look good in tank tops."

Who else did People cite as seriously having it going on?

There's the obvious (Angelina Jolie, Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson), the underrated (Freida Pinto, Julianne Hough) and the really, really thin (a quartet of 90210 actresses). We've got a healthy sampling of sexiness below.

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Some great celebrity news to kick off the day:

Not long after a terrible diagnosis, actress Christina Applegate says she's now free of breast cancer following treatment.

"I'm clear," Applegate, 36, told Good Morning America.

"Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. ... They got everything out so I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer."

In an interview airing Tuesday, the star of Samantha Who?, who was diagnosed just a month ago, says the cancer was discovered in the second of two MRI tests done as a follow-up to a biopsy performed last year.

"I was so mad and I – I just remember I was – I was just shaking," Christina Applegate said. "And then also immediately, I had to go into ... 'take-care-of-business-mode,' which was ... I asked them, 'What do I do now? What – what is it that I do? I get a doctor, I get a surgeon, I get an oncologist? What do I do?'"

Samantha Who? Emmy nominee Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a rep for the 36-year-old actress said late Saturday.

"Christina Applegate was recently diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening," the spokesperson's statement said.

"Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement will be issued at this time."

Last month Applegate signed up with the likes of Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron and more the September 8 telethon, Stand Up to Cancer - to be simulcast on CBS, NBC and ABC.

We hope Christina makes a full and speedy recovery.

Lee Grivas, the 26-year-old boyfriend of Christina Applegate, was found dead in his apartment on July by a neighbor.

He was discovered, alone, in the living room of his Hollywood apartment, and was pronounced dead at 5:25 p.m.

Although the autopsy has not been completed as of yet, sources report there were no visible signs of trauma.

Christina Applegate and Lee Grivas dated on and off for years after they met through a mutual friend, a dancer in her Broadway show "Sweet Charity."

"I am profoundly saddened," Christina Applegate said in a statement.

"Lee was an incredible human being who was an extremely important and beautiful part of my life. He is missed beyond words. He touched so many and I feel much sadness for his mother, father, brother, and all of his family and friends."

Christina Applegate is following in the bare footsteps of Holly Madison nude, along with a slew of other celebrities that love animals.

The star of Samantha Who? apparently hates wearing fur almost as much as we enjoy gawking at her wearing nothing at all in the PETA ad below.

A naked Christina Applegate poses for PETA.

As Kyla Ebbert poses naked in the name of fame and money, Applegate does so in the name of animals around the world. Hey, to each her (sexy) own!