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This year's Maxim Top 100

1. Marisa Miller
   
2. Scarlett Johansson
   
3. Jessica Biel
   
4. Eva Longoria
   
5. Buffy
   
6. Elisha Cuthbert
   
7. Eva Mendes
   
8. Christina Aguilera
   
9. Lindsay Lohan
   
10. Ashley Tisdale
    

Also in the top 25: Mischa Barton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Britney Spears.

I can't figure Maxim out. It is granted that some tastes may differ, but no reasonable, sighted person could really think that Britney is among the 25 sexiest women in the world, but Natalie Portman is not in the top 100. "Oh, yeah, I'm going to pass up my chance with Monica Bellucci, Portman, Keira Knightley, Kate Beckinsale, Aishwarya Rai, Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek, because Britney just rings my bell so much harder." Dude, it would take massive doses of vodka and Viagra to make Britney look almost Trojan-worthy. And even at that, the operative word is "almost."

Their staff can't all be both blind and insane, so the list is obviously not meant to reflect their real opinions. So what does it reflect? Do the publicists buy their clients into a position? And yet some of their choices seem sensible. It's obvious that Jessica Biel really is insanely hot. Maybe Biel also has a good publicist in addition to great beauty. I just don't get it.