A British actress joined supermodels in a list of the world’s five most desirable women, determined by a poll by askmen.com.

Kate Beckinsale came third in the poll which ranked reality TV’s Emmanuelle Chriqui of Canada as the most desirable woman in the world.

American model Marisa Miller came in third, while Brazilian Alessandra Ambrosio, who also models for Victoria’s Secret, came in fourth. Jessica Alba came in fifth, while Miranda Kerr of Australia finished 10th.

Chirqui said: ‘It absolutely stunned me. I laughed because I thought that is so crazy! It’s such a massive compliment. Hearing what that vote is made of is the biggest compliment of all – because it’s not just about being considered ‘hot’ but also about being a well-rounded woman. That’s really empowering. That is a massive compliment – people recognize that I care about other things.’

Australia was the third most represented country in the annual askmen.com 99 Most Desirable Women list behind the US and the UK. Australian models Emily Scott (No. 44), Megan Gale (No. 48), Myer rival Jennifer Hawkins (No. 64) made the list along with singer Sophie Monk, who came in at 71.

AskMen.com’s Australian editor Emma-Kate Dobbin said it was great to see so many Australians in the poll. ‘It’s clear that men around the world love Aussie women,’ she said.

Kate Beckinsale worries about her looks.

The British actress – who was recently named the Sexiest Woman Alive by the US edition of Esquire magazine – insists she has the same insecurities about her appearance as every other woman.

She said: “I’ve always had doubts about my looks. Most women have body issues and I’m no different.”

In 2004, Kate was plagued by rumors she’d had a boob job after she had to gain 14lbs for her role as Ava Gardner in the movie ‘Aviator’.

The 26-year-old actress admits she let the rumors get to her and regrets ever getting sucked into the Hollywood machine.

She added to Reveal magazine: “We were suddenly talking about breasts – not brains. At one point I felt as though everyone was out to get me. I was having everything examined from my cellulite to my choice of films. I had allowed my self to be flattered when all this talk of breasts started because I assumed it meant I looked good. But when I found out it meant I had horrible boobs I was taken aback. I began to wonder why I cared about things which, essentially, don’t matter at all.”

Kate Beckinsale and Zooey Deschanel will be featured in Absolut ads to be introduced on Thursday at a party in New York. The ads are part of a campaign by the New York office of TBWA/Chiat/Day, part of the TBWA Worldwide unit of the Omnicom Group.

In keeping with an Absolut tradition, the ads are being photographed by a well-known fashion shutterbug, Ellen Von Unwerth.

The ads carry the theme “Every drink is an exceptional experience,” extending a recent campaign for Absolut that carries the theme “Doing things differently leads to something exceptional.”

All the ads are part of an ongoing effort to portray what TBWA/Chiat/Day calls “an Absolut world” of special, offbeat or unusual events, people and things.

Among the drinks featured in the ads are the Absolut Bloody Mary, the Absolut Cosmopolitan and the Absolut Crush (made with fresh-squeezed juice).

The ads may represent the first time that actors have appeared in an Absolut campaign. The brand, sold in this country by Pernod Ricard USA, is planning in the new year to introduce ads in collaboration with the director Spike Jonze.

Last week, we asked you which actress you’d like to see slip into a catsuit to play Batman’s feline-fixated nemesis, Catwoman — and now the votes are in!

While much of the comic book movie world is concentrating on a different cat-themed character lately, there was certainly no shortage of readers willing to weigh in on who they’d like to see play Selina Kyle next in the Batman film franchise.

With over 20 percent of the final votes, “Underworld” actress Kate Beckinsale ended up the top choice among fans, with a pair of notable actresses following along in her wake, and a host of write-in candidates with a lot of support.

Here’s how the voting breakdown looked:

Poll Results
Kate Beckinsale: 22%
Emily Blunt: 13%
Angelina Jolie: 12%
Rachel Weisz: 10%
Eliza Dushku: 9%
Megan Fox: 9%
Natalie Portman: 7%
Rhona Mitra: 5%
Vanessa Hudgens: 1%
Reiko Aylesworth: 1%

Other answer: 11%
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KATE Beckinsale has to wear wigs in movies — because her daughter doesn’t like it when she changes her hair!

The Whiteout star says Lily Mo Sheen — her child with former flame Michael Sheen — rules the roost when it comes to fashion.

“My daughter gets upset if I do anything different with how I look,” Beckinsale said. “If I come into the room looking any different — like if I change my hair, she’ll tell me straight.

“She tells me when I look horrible. Which is partly why I haven’t cut my hair — I wear wigs in my movies. She really tells me when I get it wrong – but she tells me when I get it right too.”

Kate, 36, recently revealed that it’s unlikely she’ll be slipping back into her rubber catsuit for another Underworld movie because she doesn’t want Lily to see her mom in rubber.

“I was only ever going to be in the first one but if they came up with an amazing script I wouldn’t be averse to it,” she said. “I don’t think my daughter needs to see my bottom in rubber for another ten years. “But I don’t know — I heard they’re talking about a fourth one but I don’t know if that’s officially happening.”

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Kate Beckinsale was mortified after she was branded the Sexiest Woman Alive – and she hates admitting she’s the owner of the title.

The Underworld star was handed the honour by Esquire magazine earlier this year, knocking beautiful Halle Berry off the number one spot.

But the bashful Brit insists she has struggled to cope with the alluring name – and finds it hard when people quiz her over her new sexy status.

She says, “It’s such a nice thing to happen and then immediately it’s mortifying.

“Somebody came up to me in the street and went ‘are you the sexiest woman alive?’ And I went ‘yes,’ and then I thought, ‘Errrggh I can’t say yes to that!’

“I should be shot on sight for that, it’s awful!”

Hey Guys! I just ran across another cute photo of Kate Beckinsale as a young child. Doesn’t she have cute pinch-able little cheeks? Hope you enjoy!

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The lovely Kate Beckinsale’s popular and most well known character of Underworld, Selene has been pumpkin-fied! Every year at FEARnet celebrates 31 days of Horror, Thriller, and suspense movies. One of their main events is Pumkin Palooza where each day of the 31 days, Russ Leno carves a pumpkin of a specific horror, thriller, or suspense movie icon character. And us lucky Kate fans, today he carved out Kate’s lycan slaying death dealer Selene. Check it out below and a big thanks to Allie from FEARnet for emailing me this info.

Kate Beckinsale is declared the Sexiest Woman Alive by the popular men’s magazine, Esquire. Earlier in September the site left clues and hints as to the cover girls identity. Some of the clues were such as:

She is emetophobic.

She is multilingual.

She has been in the same room with Michael Bay at least once.

She hates wearing underwear.

She shares a birthday with three notable actors, two of whom have starred in a film together.

She is not Channing Tatum.

An if you do a little searching an a little digging all the clues above pointed to Kate Beckinsale. On Esquire, you can view the video made and directed by the famous photographer Greg Williams. The November 2009 Esquire issue hits stands everywhere October 10th. Make sure you go and buy your copy when it hits news stands in your area!