The Top Ranked Sexiest Women in the World 2008

#1. Karolina Kurkova

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Born February 28, 1984 is a Czech model, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels, and an aspiring actress. Mario Testino said of Kurková, "The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit

#2. Bar Refaeli

Born June 4, 1985 is an Israeli model, known for her modeling work and for her relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Bar Refaeli was born in 1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel, where her parents, Tsipi and Rafael own a horse ranch. She began

#3. Angelina Jolie Voight

Angelina Jolie Voight born on June 4, 1975 is an American film actor and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has been cited as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. Jolie has received thr

#4. Gisele Caroline Bundchen

Born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian model and occasional actress. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, having earned $33 million in 2007 and $35 million in 200

#5. Scarlett I. Johansson

Born November 22, 1984 is an actress and singer of American and Danish citizenship. Johansson rose to fame with her role in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation (for whi

#6. Adriana Francesca Lima

Born June 12, 1981 is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and took second place the followi

#7. Heidi Klum

Born June 1, 1973 is a German-American model, actress, TV presenter, business woman, fashion designer, television producer and occasional singer. Klum has also been the Emmy Award-nominated hostess of Project Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel, and i

#9. Manuela Arcuri

Manuela Arcuri (born January 8, 1977) is an Italian actress and fashion model.Raised in Latina, Italy from an early age, after high school she enrolled in the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica (Academy for the Dramatic Arts) in Rome but she dropped out and

#8. Penélope Cruz Sánchez

Born April 28, 1974), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a two-time Golden Globe, two-time SAG, BAFTA and Academy Award nominated Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos an

#10. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Born: February 2, 1977 known simply as Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. She is a native Spanish spe