WINNER. I've only ever seen her in one movie myself... as the Queen in The Three Musketeers... but she was preposterously hot in it. And the almighty Google says she still is:
Overall, a good list (I've always thought hot 40 year olds were hotter than hot 20 years olds) but one you all have missed is Padma Lakshmi who just turned 40 and has never looked hotter. (and I wasn't a big fan of hers as recently as 5 years ago.) <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Ozc-h-29M0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Ozc-h-29M0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
Christie Brinkley is still beasting it up in the beauty Those Charlies Angels age well. Jacklyn Smith still looks swell for being 63 Generally some older women look good from a distance but flawed up close. I guess the qualification is to not be an eyesore from 3 feet in
Honestly, a hot 40 year old typically looks better at 60 than most 20 year olds look at 40. If you're hot at 40, you'll probably age quite well.
I can see Salma and definitely Monica but I have never seen what is so great about Jennifer Tilly. She looks like Renee Zellwegger but with a fatter face, IMO.
Monica and Selma would actually be 1 and 1A on my list. Jennifer Tilly is no where close to either, but here are two good reasons I wouldn't kick her out of bed either.
If somebody said she was pretty for a forty plus year old....I can kinda see that. But as the "hottest old chick"?