Beats Chopra, Padukone to the title.
By Prabhav Hiremath
MUMBAI: Hong Kong born model-turned-actress Katrina Turquotte, aka Katrina Kaif in film space, has been voted as ‘World’s Sexiest Asian Woman’ for the fourth consecutive year.
The survey, conducted by Eastern Eye, a British weekly magazine, crowned the former Hawaiian beauty contest winner with the title, defeating Daddy’s lil girl Priyanka Chopra, Bangalorean beauty Deepika Padukone and TV sparkle Drashti Dhami.
Kaif has maintained her position among the top three in the world’s most stunning Asian women for six consecutive years, in its tenth edition of Eastern Eye newspaper’s definitive Sexy List.
Asjad Nazir, Chairman of the judging panel and magazine’s showbiz Editor says that it was a close race this time too. This year too, the entry of TV actresses into this list, like Drashti Dhami in top three and her friend Sanaya Irani at sixth position; is the biggest surprise. The list saw ‘Aashiqui 2’ girl, Shraddha Kapoor, as a new entrant at 12th position.
On winning the title, Katrina Kaif expressed her delight by saying, “I didn’t know it was a record! That’s a nice surprise and a lot of fun to hear. I like it because Eastern Eye newspaper is the one my sisters see because they live in London. It’s lovely, but also people are reacting to what they see. And of course it’s very flattering.”
Kaif, one of the most beautiful celebrities in India, has been ranked as ‘World’s Sexiest Woman’ by For Him Magazine (FHM) India edition since 2008 to 2013. The Times of India has put her up amongst top five “Most Desirable Woman” from 2009 – 2012. This year too, Forbes has ranked her tenth in its ‘Celebrity 100’ league which is based on income and popularity of India’s biggest entertainers.
Kaif’s debut film ‘Boom (2003)’ actually bombed at the box office, but she has managed to maintain her glamorous image in Bollywood. Last seen in Yash Raj Films’ ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ (2012), she has no release in 2013 except the upcoming ‘Dhoom 3’.
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