Forget about (maybe) being the future Mrs. Derek Jeter.It's all about being Minka Kelly.
The brunette bombshell has officially been crowned 2010's Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine, a title she seems proud to sport.
Following in the footsteps of beauties ranging from former Jeter flame Jessica Biel to Halle Berry, Kelly appears in a sexy spread for the mag's November issue and dishes on her upbringing.
She recounts growing up with an exotic dancer for a mom and later working in a surgeon's office to save money for breast implants. Though she eventually decided to stay au naturel, Kelly did stay in the field of medicine, working as a surgical assistant until striking gold at 26 with a role on the critically-acclaimed "Friday Night Lights."
Now 30, the actress is positively thrilled to be entering a new stage in her life.
"I'm so excited to be a woman. Done with the twenties," she tells the mag. "I'm confident — confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff. It just feels nice to be at peace with yourself."
