London, January 17
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai has been voted the most attractive woman in the world in an international online poll conducted by the “Hello” magazine.
Rai (30), who received some 33 per cent of the votes in the poll conducted by www.hellomagazine.com to select the most attractive face of 2003, beat upcoming actress Keira Knightley and Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Catherine Zeta-Jones to notch the top spot.
The green-eyed beauty was the first Indian actress to sit in the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 2003 and is now set to star opposite Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep in the thriller “Chaos”.
Knightley (19), who came a close second at 31 per cent, made her debut with “Bend It Like Beckham” in 2002 and has since taken Hollywood by storm.
The other most attractive women were Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie, Shakira, Queen Rania, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cindy Crawford.
Readers also chose “Lord Of the Rings” star Liv Tyler as the most elegant woman in the world in another category announced by the celebrity magazine.
— UNI
