HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Actress Kate Hudson has topped People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful list for 2008.

The 29-year-old star tells the magazine that she's always been a guy's type of girl, even if it wasn't for her looks.

"I was a tomboy. I had three brothers. I was the girl with the dress on that always came back in the house filthy with scrapes and bruises," Hudson tells People. "But I was always very girly. I had to be able to twirl so that my underwear showed."

Hudson, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, first rose to fame after receiving an Oscar nod for her performance in 2001's "Almost Famous." She was previously married to Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, with whom she has a 4-year-old son named Ryder.

People's 100 Most Beautiful issue hits newsstands on Friday.