'She's the sweetest girl I've ever met': Lily Aldridge smoulders in topless shoot as she discusses BFF Taylor Swift and being a sex symbol

PUBLISHED: 17:53, 24 March 2015 | UPDATED: 22:03, 24 March 2015

She’s one of the hottest models around, and Lily Aldridge is smoking hot in her latest topless photo shoot for Maxim magazine.

The 29-year-old, who also appears on the cover of the April issue, sizzles in just a pair of nude knickers as she protects her modesty with nothing but her toned and tanned arms.

For the shoot, by photographer Gilles Bensimon, Lily also posed on the beach in her underwear and a pink cable knit jumper, with the wind whipping her chestnut brown hair around.

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Smoking hot: Lily Aldridge sizzles in a topless photo shoot for the April issue of Maxim magazine

And while she’s a huge star thanks to a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover and an ongoing stint as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, what’s really important to Lily is her family and friends.

One of Lily’s closest pals is Taylor Swift, and she gushed to Maxim about how down-to-earth the superstar singer is.

‘Taylor makes me dinner. And she’s the sweetest, most humble girl I’ve ever met,’ the model said when asked about her life in Nashville.

Lily told Maxim that when she isn’t hanging out with her famous friend, she enjoys ‘dancing at honky-tonks with 80-year-olds’ or binge-watching Homeland or Game Of Thrones.

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Cover girl: Lily poses for a profile shot for the magazine's cover, taken by Gilles Bensimon

And while the stunning brunette is considered a huge sex symbol, it’s not a title that fazes her or goes to her head in the slightest.

‘I don’t think of myself as an object of lust. I can’t even say that with a straight face. I’m more flattered when someone thinks I’m funny,’ she said.

Perhaps part of the reason for Lily staying so grounded about her good looks is that she was never asked on a date while growing up.

Although many men could only dream of dating her now, the star revealed that she never even went to her prom.

Best friends: The 29-year-old is seen with BFF Taylor Swift at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in December

Close knit: Lily says the singer makes her dinner and is the 'sweetest and most humble' person. The pair are pictured in March of last year

‘I know it’s an age-old story that no one believes, but no one asked me out in high school. I was in Paris working, but I would have rearranged my schedule,’ she admitted.

Lily, who started modelling at the age of 16, will celebrate her fourth wedding anniversary with Kings Of Leon frontman Caleb in May.

The happy couple met at Coachella Festival in 2007 and tied the knot at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, in 2011.

But Lily insists it’s not all about the glitz and glamour – and her loved ones always come first.

‘I don’t take this life for granted,’ she told Maxim. ‘That’s why I like social media. People see that I’m married, they see I have a family, they see that I’m human.’

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