Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

• While married to impossibly handsome actor Brad Pitt, she campaigned to keep fave TV show Eastenders on American screens.


• In Friends, her acquaintance/flatmate/lover Joey stars in Days of our Lives. Her dad starred in the soppy soap in real life.


• She is half Greek, but hates the cuisine, and also doesn’t like Chinese, Indian or spicy foods – if you ever cook for her, best make it fish fingers.

When she was part of one of most successful sitcoms of all time, women wanted to copy her haircut and men wanted to steal her away from the chap who was a little too fond of dinosaurs. Since the demise of Friends, Jennifer Aniston and her tightly-toned frame are still in huge demand – movie producers will shell out $8m or more if it means she is smiling on the poster of their latest dreary rom-com.

She has been out with the full spectrum of men (chiseled actor Brad Pitt, thoughtful songwriter John Mayer, odd–looking funnyman Vince Vaughn, and even an Essex brickie), meaning there is truly hope for all of us to spend some time with one of Hollywood’s hottest commodities.

Jennifer Aniston

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere

• Made her first screen appearance at just 11 months. In a Playskool ad.


• Her surname means ‘baker’ in Italian.


• She’s a vegan. So no, she would not like to taste your sausage.

“In an age of conflict… in a world of uncertainty… a hero will arise.” TV trailers tell us this, but they didn’t say she’d be a button-cute New Yorker who’d debut in FHM’s very pages. Since her first men’s mag shoot, she’s split her time shooting a further two series of Heroes and campaigning with PETA to stop people beating up whales and dolphins. Yup – she’s the ethically-inclined nerd’s dream woman.

Hayden Panettiere

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

• She played MI6 agent Strawberry Fields in Bond film Quantum of Solace.


• In the remake of St Trinian's she appeared in school uniform as Head Girl Kelly.


• She started dating a Spanish stuntman while filming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

For once, an actress who wasn't put in front of the cameras by luvvie parents. The daughter of a welder (father) and a cleaner (mother), Arterton had a pretty normal life in Gravesend, Kent, though she did go to grammar school, so is still posh. After that she signed up for drama college and somebody realised she'd look good as a sixth former, so she made her big time debut as a head girl in St Trinian's, reportedly beating Sienna Miller to the part.

That lead to being Bond girl Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace, which in turn lead to a role in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. She has the sexiest back in showbusiness and slept with Mackenzie Crook in poorly received British comedy Three and Out.

Gemma Arterton

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto

This year's highest new entry, the Mumbai model made her film debut in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire last year and rocketed straight into number two on everyone's list of favourite Indians (Sachin Tendulkar remains strong in first position, but she nudged Gandhi down to third, who can only expect to drop further if he continues his stubborn refusal to contemporise his image like Madonna does). Now BAFTA-nominated, the 24-year-old had previously been presenting a television travel show and appearing in Skoda adverts.

Freida Pinto

Frankie Sandford

Frankie Sandford

• Beautiful, bequiffed Essex girl, one fifth of The Saturdays.


• Former member of the not-much lamented S Club Juniors.


• Once worked in a bar in an All Saints concession in House Of Fraser.

It’s OK, the police won’t stop you looking at Frankie, although her appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks did make you wonder if the Saturdays singer was ‘legal’ when she said, “I feel like I’m at school today, I’ve learned a lot of knowledge.” The singer swiftly scored a solo record deal after her kindergarten pop troupe imploded but the career went nowhere so she learned to play the guitar, took singing lessons, and signed up with The Saturdays. But with fame comes touring – something which may yet take its toll on that eye-popping figure: “We end up eating food from service stations en route to gigs,” she says. “I need to go to the gym.”

Frankie Sandford

Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes

• As seen in Training Day, Hitch and 2 Fast 2 Furious.


• Appeared topless for Italian Vogue magazine in May 2008.


• Once hired as the face of a sexy Calvin Klein underwear campaign.

As starts go, appearing in a video for long-haired American rock pensioners Aerosmith isn't a bad one, but it soon got even better for exotic Yank Miss Mendes when she landed a plum role as Denzel Washington's gal in ice-cool 2001 flick Training Day.

When she's not working, she's doing up her LA home, having become addicted over the years to interior design. Or she's out hiking in the Californian hills. Or she's in rehab – the actress recently spent some time in the exclusive Cirque Lodge in Utah for "personal issues", but emerged smiley, happy and ready for some "me time."

Eva Mendes

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

• Her nickname, given to her by Kevin Smith while filming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, is Duck Shoot.


• She once said "you have a better chance of seeing God than me naked" before appearing topless in the film The Alphabet Killer in 2008.


• Had she not got the role of Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she would have done an English degree at Suffolk University.

Before he became a politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger was an action hero, and one of his finer efforts was True Lies, which is where Dushku made her debut as his teenage daughter. After a short hiatus, she returned as a bad-ass rival slayer in Buffy. Then in 2009 Eliza co-produced Dollhouse, in which she played a sort of advanced sex doll. It can also fight or something; we’re not really sure, but she looks hot.

Eliza Dushku

Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Cuthbert

She's been beaten, kidnapped and shot at. Hell, she's even been chased by a cougar. But you can't keep a good girl down, so, come 'Day Seven', Kim Bauer's back, pouting provocatively and running chestily. And, fantastically, 24 isn't this coquettish, Top Ten stalwart Canadian's only showcase. No, the 27-year-old also stars in The Six Wives Of Henry Lefay, a 'comedy' where she juggles six stepmothers at her father's funeral. Hmmm, maybe you should stick to 24, or download The Girl Next Door - Elisha plays an ex-porn star.

Elisha Cuthbert

Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes

• Her first Victoria's Secret campaign as the brand's newest Angel was "Supermodel Obsession", alongside Adriana Lima.


• Her measurements at only 54kg and 5ft 11in are 35-24.5-35


• In April 2008, she reached fifth position in Forbes' World's Richest Supermodels, with an estimated income of $6 million.

The latest goddess to soar into Victoria's Secret's anatomically perfect angels brood is Doutzen Kroes. The 24-year-old Dutch masterpiece - who keeps her buttocks firm by skipping - became an Angel last summer and instantly went interstellar, with campaigns for the likes of D&G and Versace prompting earnings of over $6 million. All of which make her the globe's hottest supermodel. Conclusion? The future's bright, the future's orange.

Doutzen Kroes

Diora Baird

Diora Baird

• Is in the enviable position of having a 32DD bosom. Enviable if you're a girl, that is. More... loveable, if you're a man.


• Has been in Playboy, FHM, Stuff, Maxim, Toro and Esquire, making the most of her assets.


• Guest-starred in episodes of Big Day where her character was known for her large breasts. An inspired casting.

Ever since her appearance on the cover of Playboy in 2005, there have been more than two good reasons to want to spend some time with Diora Baird. A quick Google Image search, and you’ll be downright desperate. But for all the time she’s spent naked, half naked or appearing in films called Young People Fucking, she’s done her fair share of real films like Wedding Crashers and the new Star Trek, and offered her voice to the game Scarface: The World Is Yours as one of Al Pacino’s potential girlfriends. She’s a jack-of-all-trades. A really, really sexy one.

Diora Baird

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole

Nadine. Kimberley. Sarah. Nicola. The other members of Girls Aloud, in case you've forgotten. But it's a forgivable slice of amnesia, given that 2008/09 has been all about Cheryl Cole - never mind the bandmates. In the last 12 months, thanks to taking The X Factor by storm, the gorgeous Geordie has become Britain's most wanted star. And it's easy to see why. With her flawless skin, high cheekbones, wafer-thin waist, perfect pins and criminally underexposed cleavage, it's like God himself decided her native Newcastle was looking a bit dowdy, and needed a beacon of angel-like beauty at its centre. Add a dirty laugh and ability to repel Simon Cowell, and it's no wonder that the 25-year-old has usurped even the mighty Keeley Hazell as the UK's sexiest female. She's also been named Britain's Best Dressed Woman by Tatler, won a Brit Award, graced the covers of FHM and Vogue, climbed Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief and claimed the title of Heat's 'most fanciable female'.

And now, she accepts perhaps the ultimate accolade for womankind: the wide-eyed, reverential acclaim of FHM's readership. Such was the enormous surge in votes during the early weeks that, within a fortnight of the polls opening, she had an insurmountable lead. Seriously: at this rate of nationwide domination, it can only be a matter of time before the country converts en masse to a new religion: Cherylanity. We're imagining black and white Toon Army monk habits, and prayers that end in "howay". In fact, there may only be one question left: is she perfect? No, she has a flaw. His name's Ashley. Just say the word, Cheryl. Just say the word.

Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni

• In April 2008, a nude photograph of Bruni sold for £46,098 – 60 times the price initially predicted.


• After knowing each other just three months, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Bruni married in February 2008. You would too, to be fair.


• She is the heiress to an Italian tyre manufacturing fortune, so not only is she stunning, she’s minted too.

As a general rule, if you’re 5’ 5”, called Sarkozy, and president of France, try to avoid women anywhere near the six foot mark. Unless they’re Carla Bruni, in which case you’re stuffed. Buy some platforms and be done with it.

Before marrying France’s favourite little angry bear, Bruni has been connected with rock gods such as Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger, adding to a list that includes a former Prime Minister, a film director and more than a few high-profile French actors.

Once one of the world’s most highly paid supermodels, she gave it all up in 1997 to devote herself to music. Two albums have appeared since, and have been universally panned by critics. On the plus side, she’s 41 and still looks incredibly attractive, so it kind of evens out.

Carla Bruni

Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Like a slightly unhinged chameleon, Britney Spears can change her appearance at the drop of a hat. From schoolgirl to diva, through doting mother to... well, yes, there may have been a slight blip when she and K-Fed split, what with the hair shaving, bingeing and showing off the contents of her 'purse' to all and sundry. But Britney's stormed back up the list and - after a rumoured £60,000 makeover - she's looking, if not her best, then a pretty good approximation of what she once was.

Britney Spears

Anna Friel

Anna Friel

Crashing back into the Top Ten, the 32-year-old star of massive US series Pushing Daisies could never have expected how far she would go after finding fame while lezzing off in scally misery fest Brookside. After a dalliance with a m้nage เ trois alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in The Tribe, Hollywood came calling. Anna is now starring in this summer's big blockbuster Land Of The Lost alongside Will Ferrell.

Anna Friel

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

• Somewhat morbidly, she confesses to collecting knives, and has a keen interest in mortuary science.


• While shooting the 2001 Tomb Raider film, she performed all her own stunts.


• She scooped a mammoth $20million for her role in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the third actress to ever demand such a fee.

Debatably, she’s the world’s most physically faultless female, from her vivid bottle-green eyes to those flawless curves (recall her as Lara Croft?).

And then there’s her weakness for swinging both ways. “Am I bisexual?” she smiles. “Absolutely. Yes.” But it's not all fun and games – she’s also a serial mother with a flock of six children, three of whom were adopted following visits to Cambodia, Namibia and Vietnam.

Think along the lines of a Benneton ad. With Brad Pitt looking awkward in the corner.

Angelina Jolie

Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic

• Tennis star Ana Ivanovic won the 2008 French Open, reach the finals of the 2008 Australian and 2007 French Opens, and the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007.


• Growing up in Yugosalvia, Ana’s training was blighted by NATO bombings, and she was forced to train in an abandoned swimming pool as there were no tennis facilities.


• The FHM cover star studies finance in her hometown of Belgrade, and also enjoys basketball, shopping and sudoku.

Had five-year-old Ana Ivanovic not witnessed Monica Seles grunting her way through the French Open on television, the cover of the August 2008 edition of FHM wouldn’t have been graced by one of the sexiest and successful tennis stars ever to pick up a racket.

Having raked in nearly $6m in tournament earnings, a number one ATP ranking and a legion of male followers, one wouldn’t think there is much left to achieve for the thinking man’s Anna Kournikova, yet Ana may actually help deliver world peace in her new role as Serbia’s UNICEF National Ambassador.

All those Grand Slam titles and humanitarian exploits sound time consuming, but the sexy Serbian told us how she prefers to wile the way the hours: “Most of the time, I just dance the salsa and do the tango in my bedroom by myself.”

Ana Ivanovic

Amber Heard

Amber Heard

• Star of Pineapple Express and slasher flick All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Amber fell into our dreams and onto the cover of FHM in October 2008.


• A rebellious Catholic schoolgirl, Amber is proficient in American sign language and is a certified lifeguard.


• She tragically lost her best friend in a fatal car crash when she was 16 and now lives by the motto ‘Today is what I have.

Amber dropped out of her strict Texan Catholic school at the age of 17, disillusioned with religion after the death of her best friend.

She headed to New York to start a career in modelling, but soon packed her bags and moved to LA to get into acting. TV appearances, including a cameo as a salesgirl in The O.C. reaffirmed that performing – not posing – was where she wanted to be.

Her first title role was in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The horror film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, but it didn’t see the light of day until 2008. By this time, she was already well-known for her part in the gang comedy The Pineapple Express. Talk about taking on a fruity role to make you famous.

Amber Heard

Ali Larter

Ali Larter

• Best friends with red-hot blonde Amy Smart (Road Trip): the pair were briefly, wondrously, roommates.


• A former cheerleader who signed up with Ford Models.


• Starred in Final Destination, Varsity Blues, Legally Blonde, Bollywood flick Marigold and TV smash-hit Heroes.

Before we’d ever heard of her, American men’s mag readers were getting excited about Ali Larter in the guise of one Allegra Coleman, a spoof character which left readers baffled but helped propel the blonde to quite dizzying heights.

In no time TV came knocking, and soon the former model went serious with bigger roles in Final Destination, Legally Blonde and – alarmingly – a New York stage production of The Vagina Monologues, that strange, just-for-women play about fannies.

We, of course, know her best as Niki Sanders in the wondrous Heroes; she started the very first show posing in her undies for a sex-cam and then went a bit weird when her psychotic other self – Jessica – started appearing in the mirror. But the thought of two Ali Larters kept us glued to the end.

Ali Larter

Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima

Now entering her tenth year on the catwalk, Brazilian supermodel Lima is so perfect that her government uses her picture to make Brazilians not mind about all that City Of God stuff. A strict Catholic, she was believed to be the only 28-year-old virgin left on the planet until she married on Valentine's Day this year. Lima volunteers in an orphanage in her home town where the small boys ask her for cuddles, look down her top and then high-five each other the second that her back's turned.

Adriana Lima

Abbey Clancy

Abbey Clancy

• One of an elite group of women to have appeared on FHM’s cover three times.


• Before moving into lingerie modelling, Abbey was part of a (rubbish) girl band called Genie Queen.


• She is Peter Crouch’s girlfriend. Life isn't fair.

Before she shot to fame as the better half of Portsmouth’s Peter Crouch, the Liverpudlian queen of WAGs caught our eye as a lingerie model and star of Britain’s Next Top Model. Stretching her CV beyond “looking hot on telly” and “looking hot in magazines”, Abbey’s also put her name to ad campaigns for Matalan and Lynx, as well as an article on the state of changing rooms in the UK’s clothes shops.
Abbey Clancy