Salma Hayek hailed as 'one of the most beautiful women in the world' as she soaks up the sun in pink swimsuit

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By James Kay

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Salma Hayek has been hailed as "one of the most beautiful women in the world" - and with a recent swimsuit pic she uploaded, it's hard to disagree.

The 56-year-old actress is no stranger to compliments, but it's evident that she completely deserves them - particularly after being referred to as a "goddess" after celebrating National Bikini Day by posting a risqué snapshot sporting a multi-colored bikini that consisted of a tie-up top and matching bottoms.

Hayek has done it again as she continues to defy the effects of aging - demonstrated by a snap of herself enjoying time in the pool while wearing a stunning pink swimsuit.

Captioning the post, the 56-year-old penned: "Enjoyed the great blessings of sun - water - and love."

The pic clearly went down well with fans who couldn't help but swoon over the star, and some made pretty big statements.

One person wrote: "One of the most beautiful women [on] the planet and so proud to know that she's a Mexican like myself."

A second added: "Divine, fresh and natural! Perfect! I love seeing real people," while a third penned: "I’m pretty sure that angels like you are sent from heaven."

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Hayek recently sat down with Kelly Ripa on her podcast Let's Talk Off Camera, where she discussed her youthful looks and how she maintains her image.

After adamantly denying that she's ever had Botox, the actress revealed that the secret behind her beauty is meditation.

"Because of a lot of things in my body and health issues, somehow I developed this strange meditation that I keep evolving," Hayek said. "I can do it for hours because I don’t feel the time, and it’s so much fun."

She went on: "It’s actually feeling the energy. It moves and it dances inside of you, different feelings and sensations. So I do a lot of the frequency machines."

Hayek added: "Sometimes when I’m doing it, people tell me when I come out of the room, oh my god. Again, you look 20."

The actress revealed that she has to keep up her meditation routine for the rest of her life, because when she stops "the face starts to drop and everything starts to drop."

Even though her husband is skeptical of meditation, Hayek is living proof that it works!

Hayek also previously addressed how it felt to be pigeonholed into "sexy" roles, telling GQ earlier in the year: "I was typecast for a long time. My entire life I wanted to do comedy and people wouldn’t give me comedies.

"I couldn’t land a role until I met Adam Sandler, who put me in a comedy [2010’s Grown Ups], but I was in my forties!

"They said, 'You’re sexy, so you’re not allowed to have a sense of humor.' Not only are you not allowed to be smart, but you were not allowed to be funny in the 90s," she continued.

"I was sad at the time, but now here I am doing every genre, in a time in my life where they told me I would have expired—that the last 20 years I would have been out of business. So I’m not sad, I’m not angry; I’m laughing."

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