The 50 Most Beautiful Women of the year have been released from People with different approaches on what each of the female celebrities have done to make their way on the chart.

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The winner of the list is Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong'o. She won the Academy Award this year for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave. The actress told People that her mother always said that she was beautiful.

"And I finally believed her at some point," she said.

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The actress also dished on how great it feels to be on the magazine cover for this particular category.

"It was exciting and just a major, major compliment," she said. "I was happy for all the girls who would see me on [it] and feel a little more seen."

Nyong'o also admitted that her best compliments are "when I have been called beautiful with not one drop of makeup on," she said. "And also before I comb my hair or put on a pretty dress. Happiness is the most important thing."

Check out the slideshow for some other big names who earned themselves a spot on the list.

For a longer list of the "50 Most Beautiful," click here.