Esquire magazine has named Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive in its November issue.

Despite the honour, the 42-year-old actress is unsure about the title.

“I don’t know exactly what it means, but being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it,” says Berry, who gave birth to her daughter, Nahla, in March.

“Sexiness is a state of mind — a comfortable state of being,” she says. “It’s about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.”