The days of emaciated models and waif-like film stars could be numbered after a poll to find the best celebrity bodies suggested that the fuller figure was more likely to set men’s pulses racing.

More than 5,000 people voted for the top 100 best celebrity bodies and it was the more curvaceous girls who topped the female list.

Hollywood babe Jennifer Lopez, famed for her ample bottom, came top with curvy Kate Winslet and voluptuous Kelly Brook also making the top ten.

But super slim Victoria Beckham barely scraped into the top 50 and waif like model Kate Moss managed only 43rd.

Toned former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell made the list at number 5 and new mum Catherine Zeta Jones proved she was back in shape after the birth of her son, reaching number 2.

In the male list England captain David Beckham proved he was hit off the pitch as well as on it, being voted best male celebrity body but only narrowly beating sporty royal Prince William.

The British featured well in the lists with six out of the top 10 men coming from this side of the Atlantic while five of the top women were UK born.

The poll was conducted for Celebrity Bodies magazine. Its editor Alison Hall said it proved that thinness as a look was no longer desirable.

“Jennifer Lopez has a sensational body, admired by men and women alike, and she proves that curves are more coveted than thinness.

“The fact that voluptuous Catherine Zeta Jones is second and the super curvaceous Kate Winslet and Kelly Brook are also in the top 10 Best Female Celebrity Bodies reinforced the message that curves are in and thinness is firmly on its way out,” she said.

“And Beckham at the top of the male body league clearly shows that the fit, muscly, sporty look wins women over, especially with the youthful broad-shouldered Prince William in second place and gorgeous hunk George Clooney in third. Women like their men to be all man,” she added.

Here are the male and female lists in full:

Male list

1 David Beckham

2 Prince William

3 George Clooney

4 Mark Wahlberg

5 Dougray Scott

6 Jude Law

7 Brad Pitt

8 Jamie Oliver

9 Robbie Williams

10 Ewan McGregor

11 Jamie Redknapp

12 Russell Crowe

13 Antonio Banderas

14 Matt Le Blanc

15 J from 5ive

16 Johnny Depp

17 Freddie Prinze Jr

18 Joseph Fiennes

19 Matt Dillon

20 Pierce Brosnan

21 Dermot O’Leary

22 Ricky Martin

23 Craig David

24 David Ginola

25 P Diddy

26 Heath Ledger

27 Ryan Philippe

28 Marcus Schenkenberg

29 Tom Cruise

30 Jay Kay

31 Billy Zane

32 Vernon Kay

33 James Gooding

34 Noah Wyle

35 Max Beesley

36 Richard Blackwood

37 Leonardo Di Caprio

38 Jared Leto

39 Keanu Reeves

40 Martin Kemp

41 Andre Agassi

42 Ralph Fiennes

43 John Cusack

44 Cris Judd

45 Mel Gibson

46 Will Smith

47 Bruce Willis

48 Jamie Theakston

49 Jade from Damage

50 Johnny Vaughan



Female List:

1 Jennifer Lopez

2 Catherine Zeta Jones

3 Elle Macpherson

4 Angelina Jolie

5 Geri Halliwell

6 Naomi Campbell

7 Kate Winslet

8 Kelly Brook

9 Jennifer Aniston

10 Cameron Diaz

11 Britney Spears

12 Denise Richards

13 Louise Redknapp

14 Salma Hayek

15 Liz Hurley

16 Kylie Minogue

17 Beyonce Knowles

18 Gisele Bundchen

19 Tamsin Outhwaite

20 Estelle Warren

21 Penelope Cruz

22 Reese Witherspoon

23 Cindy Crawford

24 Halle Berry

25 Nicole Kidman

26 Uma Thurman

27 Mariah Carey

28 Yasmin Bleeth

29 Sarah Michelle Gellar

30 Heidi Klum

31 Liv Tyler

32 Janet Jackson

33 Caprice

34 Rachel Stevens

35 Lisa Snowden

36 Mel B

37 Helena Christensen

38 Cat Deeley

39 Jenny McCarthy

40 Emma Bunton

41 Denise Van Outen

42 Charlize Theron

43 Kate Moss

44 Dannii Minogue

45 Julia Roberts

46 Martine McCutcheon

47 Nell McAndrew

48 Gwyneth Paltrow

49 Rachel Hunter

50 Victoria Beckham


By Martin Evans, Showbusiness Correspondent, PA News

2001-10-29 11:39:00

©2001 The Scotsman Publications Ltd.