( CNN ) -- Gwyneth Paltrow and BeyoncÃ© can now claim to be the most beautiful BFFs in the world . On Wednesday , People magazine named Paltrow the World 's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013 , a year after Paltrow 's pal BeyoncÃ© held the title . `` I honestly thought someone was playing a joke on me , '' Paltrow told People about her reaction when she first heard she landed the top spot . `` I had to reread the e-mail three times . I was like , 'This ca n't be true , I 've developed dyslexia -- I 'm not reading this right . ' It 's a very iconic cover in American culture , so it 's just amazing . '' For the `` Iron Man 3 '' actress , her beauty is most evident when she 's just being herself . `` Around the house , I 'm in jeans and a T-shirt . I do n't really wear makeup , '' Paltrow told the magazine , adding that that 's how her two kids , Apple and Moses , are used to seeing her . The star 's husband , Coldplay 's Chris Martin , even teases her about it . `` If I 've gotten fully dressed up , he 'll be like , 'Oh , wow ! You 're Gwyneth Paltrow ! ' Because he 's used to seeing me in like baggy shorts and frizzy hair , '' she said . But at 40 , Paltrow said her definition of what it means to be beautiful has changed . `` I feel my most beautiful when I am truly myself . Meaning , when I accept exactly where I am in time and space , and I 'm not judging myself in any way , and I feel that I have the peace that comes with loving yourself and all of your flaws , '' she told People . `` I see so much now how beauty really does , as clichÃ© as it sounds , emanate from within . '' The actress credits the Tracy Anderson Method for helping her `` look younger and feel strong , '' but she 's more focused on helping her daughter Apple , 8 , build a healthy body image . `` When we 're home sometimes , she 'll put on mascara . And sometimes I 'll let her wear something out to dinner -- but just a little dab , '' Paltrow told People . `` Also having a father who adores you the way that he adores her is very good for your body image . The more we can love her and let her be who she is , the more confident she 'll feel . '' People magazine 's Most Beautiful issue , which also includes Kerry Washington , Drew Barrymore , Jennifer Lawrence and Jane Fonda , arrives on newsstands Friday . CNN 's Breeanna Hare contributed to this report .
People magazine names Gwyneth Paltrow the World 's Most Beautiful Woman . The 40-year-old actress tells the magazine she keeps it natural at home . `` I honestly thought someone was playing a joke on me , '' she says of her reaction to the cover . She tells People she wants to pass down a healthy body image to her daughter , Apple .