And the world's sexiest woman is...

Reuters/FHM ^ | Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:09am ET

[sully777]

LONDON (Reuters) - British actress Keira Knightley was voted the world's sexiest woman in a magazine poll on Thursday, beating model Keeley Hazel and Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson into second and third place respectively.

The poll, which British magazine FHM said was based on two million votes, saw homegrown model and TV presenter Kelly Brook slip to 5th from first last year, while Angelina Jolie, expecting a baby in mid-May, came fourth.

Beyonce Knowles was the sexiest pop star at number seven and Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova the top sportswoman at number 56.

FHM said the poll was the only one of its kind voted for entirely by the British public.

[trashcanbred]

Keira Knightley is "cute" and she can be somewhat sexy but cmon.... she is not in the same league as others such as Beyonce. Then again... this is what the Brits think as hot so... whatever.

[William Terrell]

Please don't post pictures of Helen Thomas.

Oooooooo, too late. (retch)

[MotleyGirl70]

I don't know who she is but I Googled this picture of her. She needs to eat a sammich or two.

[EGPWS]

I trust that the pursuit of peace will create a huge amount of reply with the following:

"my wife of course"!

[EGPWS]

It's the hairdo that gets all the attention! ; - )

[Slings and Arrows]

I dunno... she is incredibly flat-chested.

Kiera or Helen?

[If the latter, please don't tell me how you know.]

[dfwgator]

Now that's what I'm talking about.

[EveningStar]

To the misc ping list :)

[EGPWS]

This is the worlds sexiest woman!

Brown paper bags are more affordable..... LoL!

[bonfire]

I'm so old I remember when Jean Shrimpton was the most beautiful/sexiest. (and she was!)

[cyborg]

She's cute but I could think of better.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The former.

[EveningStar]

Not bad. :)

[Slings and Arrows]

Congratulations - you passed the eye test.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

She's cute but I could think of better.

So could I:

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Does post #35 pass the eye test? ;)

[InterceptPoint]

I've been advising Freepers for some time that Keira Knightley is the designated "Next Big Star". She's very pretty but certainly not the sexiest woman in the world. She is, however, an excellent actress. Check out Pride & Prejudice and her small but terrific role in Love Actually.

[lawgirl]

Pride and Prejudice was great. And Mr Darcy was rather a hottie as well. ;-)

[King Prout]

she kicked ass in "King Arthur" - without her, that movie would not have had any pulse at all.
she did well in (a dead dog of) a movie called "Domino"
I think she does have potential to become a great actress - a respectable feat in what is admittedly a trivial profession.

as to "sexiest woman"?
she's still too much a girl to meet the requirements. give her another ten years and we'll see.

[Arrowhead1952]

Barf on that. I'll counter with this.