TOP 50 list of the hottest women of the world, September '96 ============================================================ (Numbers within parenthesis are last months positions) 1 (3) Liv Tyler, actress/model, USA 2 (2) Alanis Morissette, singer, Canada 3 (4) Salma Hayek, actress, Mexico 4 (7) Lauryn "L" Hill, singer/rapper, USA 5 (6) Teri Hatcher, actress, USA 6 (10) Alicia Silverstone, actress/model, USA 7 (1) Pamela Anderson Lee, actress/model, Canada 8 (30) Uma Thurman, actress, USA 9 (11) Jennifer Aniston, actress, USA 10 (33) Cameron Diaz, actress/model, USA 11 (12) Gillian Anderson, actress, USA 12 (5) Emma Thompson, actress/writer, UK 13 (16) Madonna, singer/actress, USA 14 (14) Juliette Lewis, actress, USA 15 (8) Sandra Bullock, actress, USA 16 (17) Neve Cambell, actress, Canada 17 (13) Susan Sarandon, actress, USA 18 (18) Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress/singer, USA 19 (9) Mira Sorvino, actress, USA 20 (24) Bjork, singer, Iceland 21 (19) Julianna Margulies, actress, USA 22 (15) Demi Moore, actress, USA 23 (21) Sharon Stone, actress, USA 24 (20) Tyra Banks, supermodel/actress, USA 25 (25) Julia Ormond, actress, UK 26 (23) Elle MacPherson, supermodel/actress, Australia 27 (22) Angela Bassett, actress, USA 28 (27) Elisabeth Shue, actress, USA 29 (26) Fran Drescher, actress, USA 30 (29) Lisa Kudrow, actress, USA 31 (28) Helena Christensen, supermodel, Denmark 32 (43) Shirley Manson, singer, UK 33 (-) Toni Braxton, singer, USA 34 (35) Heather Locklear, actress, USA 35 (32) Sherry Stringfield, actress, USA 36 (40) Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, USA 37 (45) Meg Ryan, actress, USA 38 (-) Ashley Judd, actress, USA 39 (34) Nicole Kidman, actress, Australia 40 (37) D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, musician, USA 41 (36) Cybill Shepherd, actress/model/singer, USA 42 (-) Janeane Garofalo, actress/comedian, USA 43 (31) Josie Bissett, actress, USA 44 (-) Andrea Corr, singer/actress, Ireland 45 (41) Naomi Cambell, supermodel/actress, UK 46 (38) Julia Roberts, actress, USA 47 (Re) Emanuelle Beart, actress, France 48 (42) Courteney Cox, actress, USA 49 (49) Claudia Schiffer, supermodel, Germany 50 (-) Jeri Halliwell, singer, UK Bye to: Daisy Fuentes, model/TV host, USA Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, actress, USA Nadja Auermann, supermodel, Germany Brett Butler, actress, USA Shalom Harlow, supermodel, Canada Elizabeth Hurley, actress/model, UK The list is as usual based on qualities such as beauty, sex appeal, charisma, intelligence, recent efforts and charm. Although it may not seem so, THE LIST IS BASED ON A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE OF THINGS. Newcomers in this months chart: - Toni Braxton is one of the world's most successful soul singers. With the new album "Secrets" out and a new stylish video to first single release "You're making me high", she should have no problems to continue to be a big hit. - Ashley Judd is one of the new up'n'coming actresses who is about to get her big break-through soon. With the last name Judd, the connection to Country Music is inevitable (yes, her mum is Naomi and her big sister is Wynonna Judd). - Janeane Garofalo is one of those support actresses that you recognize, but don't know the name of. She is now doing "The truth about dogs and cats", she is in the "Larry Sanders Show" and a lot of you have seen her in the Winona Ryder movie "Reality Bites". She is really funny and deserves some recognition. - Andrea Corr is one of four siblings that forms the Irish group the Corrs. The Corrs are getting more and more popular now and all three sisters in the group are equally astonishingly beautiful. The reason why Andrea was picked to be on the list is that she is also doing a bit of acting on the side. She starred in "The Comittments" and is now also in "Evita", that new Madonna movie. - Emanuelle Beart makes a comeback on the list, now as the leading lady in Tom Cruise movie "Mission Impossible". Rumours says that Tom's wife Nicole Kidman did not enjoy the more romantic scenes between Tom and Emanuelle and that she even insisted of them being removed from the film. That is kind of funny, considering what Nicole herself has done on the screen throughout the years... - Just when you thought the era of the boy groups were over (which it by the way isn't, MTV is even launching their own boy group now), in marches the first real girl group, the Spice Girls and gets instant success throughout Europe with their first single, "Wannabee". The question is are they cute and talented or just pure annoying? The Spice Girls are represented by Jeri Halliwell on this list, but it's still too early to tell which of the five girls that will become the most popular one. Movers: - The dark haired women have taken over this month's top of the list, with Liv Tyler at a well deserved #1 position and Alanis Morissette and Salma Hayek at positions 2 and 3. - Cameron Diaz seems to be everybody's sweetheart right now. Rolling Stone magazine has for instance picked her as the hottest actress in their "Hot" issue. Almost made it into the list (we'll see next month): - Linda Evangelista, supermodel with a hairy attitude. - Kyra Sedgwick, starring towards John Travolta in "Phenomenom". - Kate Winslow, "Sense and sensibility". Comments, nominations, etc. are as always welcome. Just remember that a nomination such as "Ms. x should be in because of her big hooters" hardly will be taken seriously. Until next month, //////////////////// // Mauvaise Honte // ////////////////////