People: Feb. 24, 1986

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She is young, she is single, and she moved to Manhattan to find success, love and happiness in the big city. You might say she is a cosmopolitan girl, but as it turns out, she is actually the Gentlemen's Quarterly type. This month the GQ editors named Maria Cuomo, 23, one of the 20 most eligible and "unalterably ideal ladies" on either coast of the U.S. "It's great fun," says the New York Governor's daughter, who was delighted to be chosen along with the likes of Singer-Actress Michelle Phillips and MTV Video Jockey Nina Blackwood. Cuomo, who has worked for the past three months as an advertising account manager at Town & Country, is modest too, saying, "I am certain there are many, many women who are far more eligible than I." Maybe so, but GQ's readers do not agree. Of all the women featured, Cuomo has so far elicited the most mail response. Perhaps it is not so surprising, since sex appeal seems to be a family trait. Five months ago, Playgirl picked her dad as one of the ten sexiest men in America.