TOP 50 list of the hottest women of the world, September '98 ============================================================ (Numbers within parenthesis indicates last month's positions) 1 (3) Madonna, singer/actress, USA 2 (1) Cameron Diaz, actress/model, USA 3 (4) Calista Flockhart, actress, USA 4 (Re) Cindy Crawford, supermodel/TV hostess/actress, USA 5 (2) Gillian Anderson, actress, USA 6 (5) Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, USA 7 (13) Jenna Elfman, actress, USA 8 (12) Shania Twain, musician, Canada 9 (6) Denise Richards, actress, USA 10 (28) Catherine Zeta Jones, actress, UK 11 (8) Neve Campbell, actress, Canada 12 (7) Shirley Manson, singer, UK 13 (11) Helen Hunt, actress, USA 14 (10) Jennifer Lopez, actress, USA 15 (19) Jennifer Aniston, actress, USA 16 (17) Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, USA 17 (9) D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, musician, USA 18 (Re) Laetitia Casta, model, France 19 (15) Anne Heche, actress, USA 20 (35) Katie Holmes, actress, USA 21 (16) Meg Ryan, actress, USA 22 (30) Liv Tyler, actress/model, USA 23 (21) Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress/singer, USA 24 (24) Mariah Carey, musician, USA 25 (14) Kate Winslet, actress, UK 26 (33) Christina Ricci, actress, USA 27 (20) Tea Leoni, actress, USA 28 (26) Andrea Corr, singer/actress, Ireland 29 (32) Anna Kournikova, tennis player, Russia 30 (23) Celine Dion, singer, Canada 31 (-) Mel B, singer, UK 32 (27) Melissa Joan Hart, actress, USA 33 (Re) Ashley Judd, actress, USA 34 (29) Janet Jackson, musician/actress, USA 35 (18) Natalie Imbruglia, actress/singer, Australia 36 (38) Salma Hayek, actress, Mexico 37 (41) Isla Fisher, actress, Australia 38 (36) Lisa Kudrow, actress, USA 39 (25) Kim Basinger, actress, USA 40 (31) Caroline Corr, musician, Ireland 41 (37) Sharon Corr, musician, Ireland 42 (22) Nicole Appleton, singer, Canada 43 (Re) Courteney Cox, actress, USA 44 (40) Sharon Stone, actress, USA 45 (44) Mira Sorvino, actress, USA 46 (Re) Jenny McCarthy, actress/model, USA 47 (Re) Patricia Kaas, singer/actress, France 48 (-) Samantha Morton, actress, UK 49 (34) Jada Pinkett, actress, USA 50 (46) Heather Graham, actress, USA Bye to: Tori Amos, musician, USA Angelina Jolie, actress, USA Shazney Lewis, singer, UK Christine Lahti, actress, USA Helen Baxendale, actress, UK Sarah McLachlan, musician, Canada Demi Moore, actress, USA Martina Hingis, tennis player, Switzerland The list is as usual based on qualities such as beauty, sex appeal, charisma, intelligence, recent efforts and charm. Newcomers in this month's chart: - Cindy Crawford sure knows how to get some publicity. For a while there we almost forgot about her, but now she's back, stronger and more beautiful than ever. Her new show, "Sex with Cindy" will be focused on the topic sex and to top it off, Cindy decided to do a celebrity pictorial for Playboy, something which both parties realized they would benefits from. Cindy posed for Playboy ten years ago, that time the photos were taken by the excellent photographer Herb Ritts. This time it looks like the photos were taken by one of Playboy's own photographers because they are pretty boring and unimaginative. And the way Playboy retouch their pictures does not really help either, I can't help but think that what we get to see is not really Cindy, it is Cindy made to some kind of ideal woman by means of camera angles, perfect lighting and computer picture editing tools. Boring if you ask me and I have always felt that being boring is a far more worse crime than being bad. Cindy is however not boring nor bad, so make sure to watch her show... - While on the subject of supermodels, I think there really only is one of the models that has become popular in recent years that has qualified to be called a supermodel and that is Laetitia Casta. Laetitia recently was on the cover to Rolling Stone magazine's Hot issue, so the French beauty truly is one of the top 50 hottest women of the world. - The Spice Girls have been regular visitors on the list, so far Geri, Victoria and Emma all have had high positions on the list. This month is it time for the fourth of the girls to enter the list, Mel B, a.k.a Scary Spicy. The question is if there is a future for the spicy ones now. First, Geri left and now it has been reported that both Victoria and Mel B are three months pregnant. I guess that they at least have to take a break in about six months time. Meanwhile, the latest gossip about the girls is that after Geri left the group did no other than Louise Nurding volunteer to join the group. Louise is nowadays is a solo artist, but used to be in the British girl group Eternal. The Girls turned down her offer, I guess they did not want to split their income five ways... - I started a new feature last month, you were all given the opportunity to vote for who should enter the list. The woman who received the most votes was Ashley Judd, the American actress who nowadays is one of the most requested actresses in Hollywood. The other two girls that were most popular in this first voting session were Courteney Cox and Jenny McCarthy. Neither one of these three women are by the way newcomers on the list, so I'd like to say welcome back to all of them. Let's see if you will vote for some fresh, new talent this month or if it will be well-established actresses that will win again. - I think there really is too little European talent on the list right now, so therefore it is nice to welcome a couple of the most interesting women that Europe has to offer right now. Patricia Kaas is probably the most popular singer in France and has been that for several years now. With a combination of good looks, a great, dark voice and a very down-to-earth attitude, Patricia has conquered the hearts of millions of fans. - Samantha Morton is a very talented young British actress who has been getting lots of good reviews for her acting in Carine Adler's debut movie "Under the skin", a feminine movie, made by real woman for real women. Now, that may seem a bit pretentious, but I really always has thought that most movies aren't really about real people, so it's nice to see that someone tries to do something a bit different. See "Under the skin" if you have the opportunity, I bet it will give you a more long- lasting impression than the latest Hollywoodian action movie. Movers: - Madonna hit the big four-oh (40) last month, a destiny she shares with both Prince and Michael Jackson this year. Madonna has done it all and been the most important female musician in the last 15 years, so she really deserves to be celebrated. Madonna's latest video to "Drowned world/ Subsititute for love" is considered controversial since it contains several references to the car crash in which princess Di was killed one year ago. All I have to say about that is that the day Madonna stops to be controversial is probably the day she dies. Sorry, too much talk about death there for a while, what I meant to say was that the fact that Madonna is controversial is the one thing that makes her most interesting. - I really don't have much else to say about the movers this month. It's been kind of a slow month, but I'm pretty sure that next month will be a whole lot more interesting. Almost made it into the list (we'll see next month): - Alicia Silverstone, actress, USA - Julia Louis- Dreyfus, actress, USA - Natalie Portman, actress, USA - Drew Barrymore, actress, USA - Gabrielle Reece, athlete/model, USA - Alyson Hennigan, actress, USA - Jeri Ryan, actress, USA - Karen Mulder, supermodel, Holland - Brandy, actress/singer, USA - Izabella Scorupco, actress/model, Sweden - Alison Sweeney, actress, USA - Meredith Brooks, musician, USA - Niki Taylor, supermodel, USA - Sandra Bullock, actress, USA - Charlize Theron, actress/model, South Africa - Michelle Williams, actress, USA - Minnie Driver, actress, UK - Jennifer Connelly, actress, USA - Monica, singer, USA 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