Maxim has dubbed Taylor Swift 2015's hottest and most talented woman alive, which comes as no surprise to anyone alive in 2015. The singer has had an exceptionally banner year, with 1989 topping the charts and her name making headlines daily for her posse of celebrity best friends.
Swift, it seems, is aware that this is her time, telling Maxim, "This year has been my favorite year of my life so far."
Swift's quirky and relatable style is somewhat of a departure from Maxim's usual risqué (or supermodel) picks of previous years -- Candice Swanepoel (2014), Miley Cyrus (2013), Bar Refaeli (2012), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (2011) and Katy Perry (2010).
Maxim also spoke to Swift about recently becoming a champion for the feminist cause. Swift says she owes it to finally having "an accurate definition of feminism."
[When I was younger] I didn’t quite see all the ways that feminism is vital to growing up in the world we live in. I think that when I used to say, “Oh, feminism’s not really on my radar,” it was because when I was just seen as a kid, I wasn’t as threatening. I didn’t see myself being held back until I was a woman. Or the double standards in headlines, the double standards in the way stories are told, the double standards in the way things are perceived. A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is oversharing or whining. Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it’s just basically another word for equality.