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100 Sexiest Women in Comics List 100 sexiest women in comics list Continue As of 2017, Israeli actress Gal Gadot is the latest winner of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women. FHM's 100 Sexiest Women is an annual list compiled by the monthly British male lifestyle magazine FHM, on the basis of which women they consider sexy. As of 2017, each year the list is first announced through a section on the official FHM website, FHM.com. The first list was published in 1995 and was voted on by a group of 250 judges. The first winner was German supermodel Claudia Schiffer. From 1996 to 2015, the public voted for him, and at the peak of his growth, several million votes were cast each year. Then the winners were British singer Cheryl, American actress Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez. (nb 1) At 36, Berry was the oldest woman ever to top the listing, while Lopez was the first to top it up more than once. By the time FHM stopped publishing its print edition in January 2016, the list of the 100 sexiest women had been compiled 21 times. Currently, the winner of the title Sexiest Woman is the Israeli actress Gal Gadot. Along with the list of the 100 sexiest women, FHM also published the List of Most Suitable Bachelors in 2006 and 2007 to celebrate such qualities as talent, star quality and cash. These lists were topped by American actress Mischa Barton and American socialite Kimberly Stewart, respectively. To mark the 10th and 20th anniversary of the list of the 100 sexiest women, two one-off charts showing the sexiest women were compiled in April 2004 and May 2014. The winner of the 2004 list was English singer Louise Redknapp, who since 1996 has been on every 100 sexiest list, while the 2014 chart was the singer Rachel Stevens, who peaked at number two in 2001, 2002 and 2004. The First List of the 100 Sexiest Women was published in 1995 and was compiled exclusively by a panel of 250 judges; German supermodel Claudia Schiffer topped the inaugural chart. The following year, the poll was the first to be opened to the public, with a total of 10,000 votes cast, and American actress Gillian Anderson was declared the winner in September of that year. An FHM spokesperson described her as a thinking person in a crumpet and a surprise winner. Anderson posed half-naked on the cover of the magazine earlier this year. The 1999 survey of 100 Sexiest Women was launched by projecting a 60ft (18m) nude image of Gail Porter on the Palace of Westminster. In the following years, the popularity of the list continued to grow. The 1998 poll was voted by half a million readers, with its companion question being sold inside the plastic lid. Martin Dobney, former FHM function editor, said it added a sense of mysticism and reason to the release, which went on to sell 936,000,000 On the cover of the issue was the British TV presenter Kat Deeley, who took the seventh place; The 100 Sexy winner was Playboy model Jenny McCarthy. The following year, FHM publicists promoted the survey by projecting a 60ft nude image of British TV presenter Gail Porter onto the facade of the Palace of Westminster. An FHM spokesman said: We want to make the pre-vote madness for the poll... It's a cheeky way to boost interest. Porter peaked at number eight on the chart that same year, while American actress Sarah Michelle Gellar was number one. The first to occupy the first place in the list of the 100 sexiest women was the American singer Jennifer Lopez, who took the first place in 2000 and 2001. Speaking about being named the sexiest woman in the world for the second year in a row, Lopez said she was shocked and added, Any woman who says they don't like being called sexy, they lie. By 2002, the list attracted more than five million votes - the same year Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova was number one. Another five million votes were cast the following year when American actress Halle Berry was named the sexiest in the world. At 36, Berry was the oldest woman ever to be on the list. She said, Wow, that's a pretty cool name. I'm not sure I live up to it, but thanks anyway. The first British woman to become the first to become model Kell Brook, who was named the sexiest in the world in 2005, the most successful poll at the time. According to the 2017 version, Brooke is in the top ten sexiest women of FHM ten times, more than any other participant. The 2011 list was marked as the first to include transgender women. Andrei Pejic's androgynous model was ranked 98th in the survey. FHM caused controversy when an accompanying recording ad warned its readers to go through a sore bucket and described Pejic as a thing. After the backlash, FHM removed the text from their website, spoke directly to Pejic and issued a public apology, saying the online post was not subbed out before the live broadcast. The final poll of 100 sexiest women, voted for by the public, was published in 2015, before FHM went out of print in January of the following year. The list included his oldest entrant ever, 80-year-old writer Mary Berry, who was placed at number 74, while the sexiest woman this year was British actress Michelle Keegan. Speaking in November 2015, when FHM suspended its print publication, the spokesperson said the survey was what the magazine was best known for and that it had helped promote the careers of many famous actresses, musicians and models. The following 100 lists of sexiest women were compiled by the writers themselves and published in FHM.com. As of December 2017, the last last Gal Gadot. The 100 Sexiest Women were the winners of the 100 Sexiest Women of the Year Winner of the Top 10 Ref. 1995 Claudia Schiffer 2nd place: Uma Thurman 3rd place: Nastassia Kinski 4: Elizabeth Hurley 5-: Michelle Pfeiffer 6: Tabata Cash 7: Demi Moore 8: Daryl Hannah 9: Julie Christie 10th place: Sherilyn Fenn 1996 Gillian Anderson 2nd place: Louise Noting 3rd place: Cameron Diaz 4th place: Teri Hatcher 5th place: Sandra Bullock 6th: Jennifer Aniston 7th : Emmanuel Burt 8: Elizabeth Hurley 9: Demi Moore 10: Pamela Anderson 1997 Teri Hatcher 2: Jennifer Aniston 3: Gillian Anderson 4: Louise Nourdin 5: Jenny McCarthy 6: Yasmin Blyth 7: Cameron Diaz8: Geri Halliwell 9: Courteney Cox 10: Dannii Minogue (5) 1998 Jenny McCarthy 2nd place: Denise van Outen 3rd: Louise Noording 4th: Jennifer Aniston 5th place : Cameron Diaz 6: Carmen Electra 7th : Cat Deeley 8: Melanie Sykes 9th: Courteney Cox 10: Gillian Anderson 1999 Sarah Michelle Gellar 2: Louise Redknapp 3: Kell Brook 4: Katherine zeta-Jones 5: Jenny McCarthy 6: Jennifer Aniston 7: Cameron Diaz 8: Gail Porter 9: Cat Deeley 10: Melanie Sykes (10) 2000 Jennifer Lopez 2-: Britney Spears 3: Sarah Michelle Gellar 4 : Anna Kournikova 5: Kell Brook 6th : Shania Twain 7: Cat Deeley 8: Cameron Diaz 9: Louise Redknapp 10: Jennifer Aniston (Jennifer Aniston) 2001 Jennifer Lopez 2: Rachel Stevens 3: Britney Spears 4: Kell Brook 5: Denise Richards 6: Salma Hayek 7th: Cat Deeley 8th: Charlize Theron 9th place: Carmen Electra 10th place: Aison Hannigan 25th place: Anna Kournikova 2nd place : Rachel Stevens 3rd: Britney Spears 4th: Jennifer Lopez 5th place: Kell Brook 6th : Kylie Minogue 7: Carmen Electra 8: Holly Valance 9: Shakira 10: Kristin Kreuk 2003 Halle Berry 2: Holly Valance 3: Britney Spears 4: Rachel Stevens 5: Carmen Electra 6: Jennifer Lopez 7: Jennifer Love Hewitt 8: Anna Kournikova 9: Kylie Minogue 10: Jolene Blalock (14) 2004 Britney Spears 2nd place : Rachel Stevens 3rd: Beyonce Knowles 4th place: Carmen Electra 5th place: Holly Valance 6th : Halle Berry 7: Jennifer Lopez 8: Jordan 9: Angelina Jolie 10: Elisha Cuthbert (26) 2005 Kell Brook 2: Cheryl Tweedy 3: Angelina Jolie 4: Michelle Ryan 5: Elisha Cuthbert 6: Britney Spears 7th place: Abi Titmus 8:Sarah Harding 9th: Beyonce Knowles 10th : Charlotte Church (16) 2006 Keira Knightley 2nd place: Keelie Hazell 3rd place: Scarlett Johansson 4th: Angelina Jolie 5th: Kell Brook 6th : Cheryl Tweedy 7: Beyonce Knowles 8: Evangeline Lilly 9: Jessica Alba 10: Jessica Simpson (27) 2007 Jessica Alba 2: Keeley Hazell 3: Eva Longoria 4: Adriana Lima 5: Scarlett Johansson 6: Hayden Panettiere 7: Cheryl Cole 8 : Angelina Jolie 9: Emily Scott 10: Elisha Cuthbert (28) 2008 Megan Fox 2: Jessica Alba 3: Keely Hazell 4: Elisha Cuthbert 5: Hayden Panettiere 6th : Scarlett Johansson 7: Cheryl Cole 8: Hilary Duff 9th: Angelina 10th place: Keira Knightley (29) 2009 Cheryl Cole 2nd place: Megan Fox 3rd place: Jessica Alba 4th: Britney Spears 5th: Keelie Hazell 6th: Adriana Lee 7th: Elisha Cuthbert 8th: Christine Crook 9th: Anna Friel 10th place: Freida Pinto 2010 Cheryl Cole 2nd place: Megan Fox 3rd place : Marisa Miller 4th: Frankie Sandford 5th: Keeley Hazell 6th: Kristen Stewart 7th: Kell Brook 8th: Adriana Lima 9th: Jessica Alba 10th : Clancy Abbey 2 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 2nd: Katy Perry 3: Rihanna 4: Megan Fox 5: Olivia Wilde 6: Brooklyn Decker 7: Marisa Miller 8: Kell Brook 9: Nicole Scherzinger 10: Irina Shayk 2012 Tulisa 2nd : Cheryl Cole 3rd: Rihanna 4th: Rosie Jones 5th place: Georgia Salpa 6th place: Katy Perry 7th: Megan Fox 8th: Keely Hazell 9th: Mila Kunis 10th Place: Emily Atak (32) 2013 Mila Kunis 2nd : Rihanna 3rd: Helen Flanagan 4: Michelle Keegan 5: Kell Brook 6: Kaley Cuoco 7: Pixie Lott 8: Kate Upton 9 : Cheryl Cole 10: Georgia Salpa Rihanna 4th place: Emily Ratajkowski 5th place: Kaley Cuoco 6th place: Mila Kunis 7th: Beyonce 8th: Lucy Mecklenburg 9th: Nicole Scherzinger 10th place: Scarlett Johansson (34) 2015 Michelle Keegan 2nd place: Kendall Jenner 3rd place : Jennifer Lawrence 4: Kate Upton 5: Caroline Flack 6: Ariana Grande 7: Margot Robbie 8 : Lucy Mecklenburgh 9:Emilia Clarke 10: Kell Brook (21) 2016 Margot Robbie 2nd place: Scarlett Johansson 3rd place: Emily Ratajkowski 4th place: Beyonce 5: Jennifer Lawrence 6th: Taylor Swift 7th: Kendall Jenner 8th: Emilia Clarke 9th: Ciara 10th: Kim Kardashian 2017 Gal Gadot 2nd place: Emilia Clarke 3rd place: Alexis Wren 4th : Margot Robbie 5: Scarlett Johansson 6: Lais Ribeiro 7: Emily Ratajkowski 8-: Megan Fox 9th: Beyonce 10: Jennifer Lawrence (Jennifer Lawrence) Most Suitable Bachelors Along with 100 Sexy Women List, FHM also twice published the Most Suitable Bachelors list, which compiled women based on their rights and voted for the magazine.
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