People's Sexiest Men Alive 2012

It's officially the year of Channing Tatum! The Magic Mike star was just crowned People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. Channing's wife of three years, Jenna Dewan, was excited for him, but she stressed that his beauty isn't skin deep. She said, "People know him to be fun and sexy, but they don't know how emotionally deep and spiritually open he is. He is such an open-hearted person; what you see is what you get."

There are plenty more attractive men on People's list of the hottest of the year. Chris Hemsworth, Ben Affleck, and Paul Rudd are in their group of 12 honorees, which also includes Denzel Washington, Max Greenfield, and Olympian Oscar Pistorius. Click through to see some of the year's most beautiful, and congrats to all the winners!