It's out. And it's hot. The much-anticipated topper in India's 50 Most Desirable Woman list - collated and telecast on Zoom – India's premier glamour and lifestyle television channel. And it's no surprise really that India's hottest female alive is Bipasha Basu!
She's managed to beat out impressive blue-blooded competition from green-eyed beauties such as Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Lisa Ray and several heartbreakers. The final 50 zoomed into place with a combination vote based on online surfer's choice on Indiatimes.com and a secret celebrity and media jury.
Aishwarya Rai, a winner in online polls several times earlier still proved that she was a beauty of caliber with a much-envied second spot. Priyanka Chopra was voted third while oomph queen Mallika Sherawat and sensual beauty Sushmita Sen stood fourth and fifth respectively.
The only non-Bollywood bombshells in the top 25 were TV anchor Shonali Nagrani, supermodel Deepika Padukone and to an extent Kamal Sidhu (if one were to discount 'Boom' value) – proving that when it comes to desirability, Bollywood still has them panting.
Star of the show, Bipasha Basu was far too overwhelmed to articulate. All she could say was, "Thanks to all those who voted for me. It feels so good that the real people who matter – the fans and those in the know, have voted for me. What can I say? Thank you."
The 50 Most Desirable Woman list was a first in a series of such Red Hot Countdowns on Zoom; and will be an annual feature.
The Most Desirable Indian Male will be unveiled next weekend on Zoom and several such countdown lists will follow.
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