Well, it’s been a while since we last did a TEN From GEM here on the site – so we’re well overdue for another fun list!

You know the drill by now – we come up with a topic – be it Songs, Books, Films or Men – and then I list my favorites… and you offer up your suggestions too!

So this time around I’ve put together my list of Hot Moms – those yummy mummies who prove that just because you’ve had kids it doesn’t mean you can’t be sexy! These women are smoking…

Now before I go on, let me clarify; this is about much, MUCH more than just flat abs and a perky butt.  I think the thing that makes women hot is their confidence and sometimes you have to be beat up a bit before that comes out. So check out my list of Hot Moms, in no particular order – and start sending over your own…

*MEREDITH VIERA: I love Meredith because she’s smart and funny but not in an over-the-top way. And while she knows she has a good gig at the Today show, she also has her priorities straight. Plus check out this girl’s bio – this woman knows all about adversity.

*GWYNETH PALTROW: We all practically watched Gwyneth grow up onscreen in movies like Seven, Emma and Sliding Doors. But the woman we see now in photos and on screen is not the same one who seemed afraid of her own shadow early in her career. Gwyneth married Coldplay front man Chris Martin in 2003, had a couple of babies and settled into marriage and motherhood. She works hard to maintain her figure on her own terms and in her own way.

*MERYL STREEP: I have always loved me some Meryl Streep. She’s at the top of her game professionally but I just love the tenderness I see in the photos of her with her children. Beautiful, sexy and only getting better with age.

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*JADA PINKETT SMITH: Strong marriage, check, strong body, check, strong opinions, check. Yep, Jada’s pretty much got it all, though personally, I could do with less of the sex talk from her and her husband, Will Smith. We get it. You’re both hot and you both have sex. With each other. We know.

*SALMA HAYEK: Well, this lovely Latina was probably born hot but the sex-o-meter shot through the roof after she had her baby. Salma quickly whipped her body back into shape and has never looked back. She always looks amazing – and totally her own person. She’s fierce!

*MICHELLE OBAMA: We saw the “guns” in her official White House photo but it’s the brains, not the brawn, that I admire most. There’s no denying Michelle’s bright – but she’s also compassionate (just witness her work with military veterans and their families). Obama is the epitome of the working mother who does it all and looks great at the same time! Bravo!

*JAMIE LEE CURTIS: I put her on my list after I saw her in that green dress at the premiere of her latest movie You Again. But I became a forever fan after she posed in a sports bra and shorts for MORE magazine to show what real women look like. Jamie has readily embraced her natural (and gorgeous) gray hair and isn’t ashamed to let the world know that real women also get constipated!

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*SANDRA BULLOCK: Well talk about grace under fire. We watched the very public and painful implosion of Sandra’s marriage to that dirtbag Jesse James, RIGHT AFTER she publicly thanked him for ‘having her back’ during her Academy Award acceptance speech. Then we found out what he was doing behind HER back! Sandy lay low for a few weeks, only to return triumphantly to center stage with adopted baby Louis. She’s only getting started!

*ANGELINA JOLIE: Wow, what to say. Angelina has always been a stunner but there’s something about her, now that she has 6 kids and a stable relationship with Brad Pitt, that is so clearly grounded that she appears to be glowing each time we see her. I do wish Jolie didn’t look so painfully thin in photos but she seems to be holdin’ it down all right!


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*HALLE BERRY: Let’s be honest – this woman is STUNNING! I remember interviewing Halle years ago and she was quiet and shy. I don’t see that woman now. Halle had a daughter Nala a couple of years ago, from one of her high profile relationships. But I look at her now and she seems to have it all together. Her body is bangin’ and you never hear about her running around and carrying on in nightclubs, showing her butt as she drunkenly falls into a bush. Like all of these women, she has her priorities straight – and it shows.

So those are my picks – but what do you think? Start commenting everyone – I’d love to hear your suggestions!