MUMBAI: It was the toughest cat-fight ever. No clawing over men, movies or more moolah, yet, this was the most sexed-up

‘war-of-the-beauty-brigade’ we’ve ever witnessed. One stunning beauty against another. One irresistible diva, against a divine earthy beauty. One seductress against another sex-bomb.

Whether it is Katrina’s sweet sexuality and the line-up of gorgeous men trying to woo and win her; or Kareena’s continuing size-zero phenomenon along with the super sexy Khans teaming up with her. Priyanka’s high glam-quotient (read: her micro minis can’t get any ‘hauter’) and the numerous avatars she portrays on-screen or Bipasha’s sheer sizzle, with or without Johnny boy. And, of course, Deepika’s sensational love (aaj kal, we mean) —whatever are the reasons, this is what makes these gals so desirable. Yet, only one of ‘em wins the cat-race – of beauty, sensuality and desirability. On the ‘most-vaunted’ hot list of the year – the ‘ZOOM 50 Most Desirable People’ of the year. Yeah, let us put our hands together, as ZOOM declares Katrina Kaif the winner of its annual list, which every hottie in B-town desires to be on.

Priyanka Chopra, who won the ‘desirable’ title last year thanks to her gold swimsuit and her Fashion act, is now at No. 3. Kareena ranks No. 2 in the ‘D’ race this year, and the Bong beauty Bipasha ranks fourth, followed by Deepika, Lara Dutta and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Katrina’s gorgeous smile, her super successful Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and De Dana Dan, her stunning cameo in Blue; her sexy micro-skirts and her cool tees, her immense popularity globally among the trendset, and her fashionably seductive cat-walk even, for Salman, won her all the eye-balls in town. Adding the new ‘desirable’ title to her long list of accolades, Katrina says, “Wow! That does feel so amazing. And it feels especially good when you are voted by the people – your fans and the media – themselves. After all, ZOOM is the doyen of glamour and their word is the last word. It’s been a good year professionally and now this. I have been winning the ‘Most Searched For on Internet’, and ‘Most Popular’ polls, but to be the ‘Most Desired Woman in India’ – it’s kinda cool. I guess I’ll have to jump on the ZOOM couch again. I’m so excited.”

The ‘ZOOM – 50 Most Desirable’ poll is decided by an in-house jury, SMS polling, online voting and general popularity that year of the celebrity – based on Desirability Quotient for THAT calendar year. Watch this space for more on this much desired list. This is hot enough to scorch any man’s wildest imagination. It can’t get hotter than this, can it?

Top 10 Desirable Women

1 Katrina Kaif

2 Kareena Kapoor

3 Priyanka Chopra

4 Bipasha Basu

5 Deepika Padukone

6 Lara Dutta

7 Aishwarya Rai

8 Malaika Arora Khan

9 Mallika Sherawat

10 Shilpa Shetty