Irish catwalk star Stella Maxwell has topped Maxim’s Hot 100 list – celebrating her exciting news with a racy photoshoot.
Thrilled with her news, Ireland’s first Victoria Secret Angel took to Instagram to share her achievement and admitted she wanted to share her acknowledgement with women around the world.
“Thank you to @maximmag for naming me No1 hottest girl 2016. Shot by the wonderful @gilles_bensimon in Joshua Tree ps: I want to share this with all the women around the world because we are all Number 1,” she captioned her cover photo.
Going from strength to strength in the fashion world, the model, who grew up in Belgium, talked about her experience in the modelling world and landing her coveted Victoria Secret contract.
“If I wasn’t a model, I don’t know what I’d do, but I would be working just as hard at whatever it was,” she told Maxim.
“You hope for these things and you are grateful to be given the opportunity, and then you just have to throw yourself into the work.”
Opening up about being name the world’s hottest woman, the 26-year-old insisted she only grew into her looks later in life.
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“I think those of us who have found success grew into ourselves in our 20’s,” she revealed.
“I know I was not the hottest chick at school! We all peaked a little later than the other girls.”
Meanwhile, Stella, who attended this year’s MET Gala, admitted that her dating life has been pretty lacklustre due to her busy career.
“Dating is pretty hard, since I’m always on the road,” she added.
