“I feel more beautiful than I’ve ever felt because I’ve given birth”
-Superstar (and new mom to Blue Ivy!) Beyoncé, on being named PEOPLE’s Most Beautiful woman of 2012
For more of Beyoncé’s exclusive interview – in which she shares her beauty secrets, reveals how she lost the baby weight and sets the record straight on all the rumors – pick up this week’s special issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday

