<p>Their &#8220;Hot 100&#8221; in Hollywood list is filled with <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/saweetie-slays-maxim-cover-in-sexy-summer-shoot-news.113102.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lust-worthy celebrities</a> have that taken over the entertainment industry, but <em>Maxim</em> reserved their top spot for <a href="/profile/TeyanaTaylor" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Teyana Taylor</a>. For the first time in the history of their publication, <em>Maxim</em> named a Black woman as their &#8220;Sexiest Woman Alive,&#8221; and to say that Teyana is excited is an understatement.</p>
<p>On Monday (June 7), the feature article was revealed along with Taylor&#8217;s cover and she penned a lengthy caption on Instagram regarding the less-than-sexy circumstances surrounding her photoshoot. &#8220;Somebody pinch me!!!!&#8221; she began. &#8220;Maxim Hot 100 to be named the ‘<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/wwes-mandy-rose-stuns-on-maxim-cover-in-nothing-but-a-bra-news.91149.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sexiest Woman alive</a>’ by literally living in the skin I’m in.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;As a entrepreneur, wife, a busy mother of two &amp; working behind the lens in my director bag I tend to hide behind my sweats &amp; vintage tees,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So I as you can see I don’t have much time to <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/maxim-hot-100-olivia-culpo-poses-nude-in-the-top-spot-news.82755.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">be and feel sexy</a>. This particular day was dope because it made me see another side of myself. I had just dropped JUNIE off at school before heading straight to the shoot; sweatpants a beanie and an army jacket. My hair wasn’t done for a &#8216;shoot&#8217; because I planned on throwing on a wig &amp; I didn’t have on any make up.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, the photographer, Gilles Bensimon, wanted to shoot her in exactly what she was wearing with minimal makeup and not much done to style her hair. &#8220;I say all of this to say in the true words of Audrey Hepburn… &#8216;The beauty of a woman is not in facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/maxim-hot-100-list-2018-j-lo-beyonce-cardi-b-the-kardashians-and-more-news.52641.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> reflected in her soul</a>. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.'&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Embrace and love yourselves for who &amp; what you are because only the purest heart shines through,&#8221; Taylor concluded. &#8220;Thank you @maximmag I am truly honored to have graced the cover.&#8221; Check out a few hot shots below.</p>
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