Madonna reckons that she’s hotter now than at any other time in her life.
The singer insists she feels fitter, more toned and more attractive than ever as she approaches her 50th birthday in August.
"I like the way I look better now. My thighs aren't as chubby. I'm not kidding. I'm being perfectly honest," says the 4 Minutes star.
But Madonna - who stole the show when she hit the red carpet with Sharon Stone at Cannes this week - insists she has never thought of herself as a natural beauty: "I see myself as practical and handsome, and useful.
"I don't think of myself as a great beauty. But I think of myself as stylish."
Despite her professed contentment at her looks, the Material Girl reveals that she never looks at her old photos.
"I don't look at old pictures of myself. I don't look at pictures of myself from last week. Once I've approved of them, they're gone," she confesses
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