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Pix: The Hottest Women in the World

Last updated on: May 5, 2011 12:53 IST
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Popular men's magazine Maxim has released it's annual list of the hottest women in the world. Here's a look at the top 10.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has topped the Hot 100 list this year.

Rosie, 24, came up trumps on the list, which saw last year's winner Katy Perry slip down into third place, reports the Daily Mail.

Olivia Munn

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Olivia Munn

Coming in second on the list is American actress Oliva Munn, 30, who recently starred on her second cover for the magazine. She had come eighth on the list last year.

Katy Perry

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Katy Perry
The I Kissed A Girl singer Katy Perry, who had claimed the number one spot last year, has slipped to number three.

Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Diaz

Actress Cameron Diaz is a regular on the list and has moved up a spot from last year's fifth to fourth this year.

The Charlies Angels actress is a certified hottie and is currently dating the New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

Mila Kunis

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Mila Kunis

Actress Mila Kunis has acted in movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and more recently, the critically acclaimed Black Swan.

Mila appears fifth on the Maxim hot list.

Bar Rafaeli

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Bar Rafaeli

Victoria's Secret model Bar Rafaeli takes up the sixth slot.

The Israeli model is a hot property in the fashion industry and is rumoured to be dating Hollywood hottie Leonardo DiCaprio. She even appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine's Swimwear issue in 2009.

Anne Hathway

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Anne Hathway

Bride Wars actress Anne Hathway is seventh on the list.

Looks like all the criticism for her performance as one of the hosts at the recently concluded Academy Awards has done absolutely no harm to the pale-skinned actress' hotness.

Natalie Portman

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Natalie Portman

The Harvard educated Natalie Portman appears at number eight on the list.

The actress has everything going for her -- she received the Oscar nod for her Black Swan performance, she's engaged to ballet dancer Banjamin Millipied and is expecting a baby.

Cobie Smulders

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Cobie Smulders

The How I Met Your Mother's Robin Scherbatsky is hot and she knows it!

Actress Cobie Smulders is number nine on the hottest list. And we can see why.

Jennifer Lawrence

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Jennifer Lawrence

At 20, actress Jennifer Lawrence has achieved what few can even dream of.

She recieved an Oscar nomination for her performance in Winter's Bone and now, rounds off the top 10 list of the hottest women in the world.