Berry was ranked No. 1 on People’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” list in 2003 after making the top 10 seven times and appeared No. 1 on FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World” the same year. She was named Esquire magazine’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” in October 2008.
Berry began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986.Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992.
In the 1980s, Berry won the Miss Teen Ohio Pageant at just 18, and later that year was named Miss Teen All-American, according to People.com. "In 1986, she won the Miss Ohio title before coming in first runner-up at the Miss USA pageant. She then featured in the 1986 Miss World competition, where she was the first runner up.