Cameron 'among 100 sexiest men'
Russell Crowe may have wowed women film lovers in his Gladiator battle armour but he has lost out to David Cameron in a vote on the world's 100 sexiest men.
Mr Cameron was 92nd in the poll, just ahead of You're Beautiful singer James Blunt and Hollywood star Crowe.
He was the only politician to feature in the top 100, chosen by more than 10,000 New Woman magazine readers.
Deputy editor Cath Rapley said Mr Cameron was "young, dashing" and promising things for the future.
The poll was topped by Brad Pitt, just ahead of Jake Gyllenhaal, star of gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain, and actors Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp and Clive Owen.
Mr Cameron has been accused of being a "rip off" of Tony Blair in his younger days and the poll result apes one of the prime minister's more glamorous vote successes.
Mr Blair came 44th in a Cosmopolitan poll of the sexiest men in 1998.
'Power attraction'
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said recently that Mr Cameron's focus had so far been all on image. If the poll is right, it must be paying off.
Explaining her readers' choice, Ms Rapley said the Tory leader had probably benefited from being the "new kid on the block" in British politics.
"Power is quite intoxicating for women," she said. "He is obviously on our readers' radar because they are quite celebrity obsessed and news media savvy."
She said Mr Cameron's sex appeal could possibly prove a vote-winner.
"If you trust somebody and think they are a good person that does play a part in whether they can win your vote," added Ms Rapley.
Mr Cameron's looks won him one high-profile backer during the Conservative leadership contest - ex-Big Brother housemate Derek Laud.
During the Tory conference last October, the gay former Conservative speechwriter assessed how the leadership contenders might fare in the Big Brother show.
"A very significant number of women vote in the Big Brother contest," he said. "Good looks are very important and David Cameron is very attractive."
1st. BRAD PITT
2nd. JAKE GYLLENHAAL
3rd. ORLANDO BLOOM
4th. JOHNNY DEPP
5th. CLIVE OWEN
6th. JOSE MOURINHO
7th. SHAYNE WARD
8th. DANIEL CRAIG
9th. SIMON JONES
10th. OLIVER MARTINEZ
11th. GEORGE CLOONEY
12th. THIERRY HENRY
13th. ROBBIE WILLIAMS
14th. DAVID BECKHAM
15th. JUDE LAW
16th. JOSH HOLLOWAY
17th. ADAM BRODY
18th. PETE DOHERTY
19th. ALEX ZANE
20th. DAVID TENNANT
21st. GAVIN HENSON
22nd. HEATH LEDGER
23rd. LEONARDO DI CAPRIO
24th. JOAQUIN PHOENIX
25th. PRINCE WILLIAM
26th. PRESTON
27th. MATTHEW FOX
28th. JONNY WILKINSON
29th. JAMIE FOXX
30th. VINCE VAUGHN
31st. HUGH GRANT
32nd. FREDDIE LJUNGBERG
33rd. VERNON KAYE
34th. COLIN FARRELL
35th. DERMOT O’LEARY
36th. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
37th. EWAN MCGREGOR
38th. FABIO MORETTI
39th. ASHTON KUTCHNER
40th. USHER
41st. JASON STATHAM
42nd. EMINEM
43rd. KEANU REEVES
44th. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
45th. OWEN WILSON
46th. VIGGO MORTENSON
47th. MATT LE BLANC
48th. JAMES CRACKNELL
49th. ANTONIO BANDERAS
50th. CALLUM BEST
51st. TOM CRUISE
52nd. RALPH FIENNES
53rd. GORAN VISNIJIC
54th. ANDREW ‘FREDDIE FLINTOFF’
55th. WILL SMITH
56th. PRINCE HARRY
57th. NAVEEN ANDREWS
58th. SEAN PENN
59th. BRANDON FLOWERS
60th. COLIN FIRTH 61st. SIMON WEBBE
62nd. PIERCE BROSNAN
63rd. JEAN CHRISTOPH NOVELLI
64th. MICHAEL OWEN
65th. GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
66th. CARL BARAT
67th. MICK JAGGER
68th. STEVE JONES
69th. JASON LEE
70th. CILLIAN MURPHY
71st. MAX BEESLEY
72nd. PAUL BETTANY
73rd. MATT JAMES
74th. NIGEL HARMAN
75th. JONATHAN ROSS
76th. LEE RYAN
77th. RICHARD FLEESHMAN
78th. JAMIE OLIVER
79th. STEVEN GERRARD
80th. DAMIEN LEWIS
81st. ANTHONY HEAD
82nd. JASON ORANGE
83rd. ANDREW LINCOLN
84th. JODY LATHAM
85th. JAMES MCAVOY
86th. DANIEL RADCLIFFE
87th. PATRICK DEMPSEY
88th. ROBERT WEBB
89th. ADRIEN BRODY
90th. JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
91st. PAUL WALKER
92nd. DAVID CAMERON
93rd. JAMES BLUNT
94th. RUSSELL CROWE
95th. ASHLEY COLE
96th. COLIN MURRAY
97th. BEN SHEPHARD
98th. WILL YOUNG
99th. GORDON RAMSAY
100th. ALEX TURNER

