Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio was the runner-up and actress Kate Beckinsale rounded out the top three. The remaining top ten encompassed a slew of actresses - including Eva Mendes, Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel - while singer Rihanna, and supermodels Marisa Miller and Adriana Lima completed the top ten.

Unlike many other lists, the Top 99 Most Desirable Women challenges AskMen.com readers to choose women from the worlds of music, fashion and entertainment that they feel best represent the full range of the qualities that today's man desires most in a modern female. Every year, voters from all over the world are asked to look beyond sex appeal and beauty to pick women who have the characteristics they value in a potential companion, like intelligence, humor, charisma and ambition. The result is a list far more telling than the common "Most Sexy" or "Most Beautiful" lists published elsewhere.