The popular portal for men, AskMen.com, comes out with a Top 99 Most Desirable Women list every year. And the poll is pretty fair-both the AskMen.com readers and staff rank the famous women deemed to be the year's most alluring. And this year is no exception. What makes it more interesting, however, is that three Indians got on the list, too.

Katherine Heigl

This model-turned-actress has been consistently voted as one of the sexiest women in the world for the past five years. Heigl has also been tagged as a potentially important and assertive modern proponent of women's rights.

Quote: "I'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or think I'm sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size."

Rank: 1

What AskMen.com says: Katherine Heigl has had an outstanding year. Her role on Grey's Anatomy garnered her an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also starred in the box-office hit Knocked Up, was interviewed by journalist Barbara Walters as one of her "10 Most Fascinating People of 2007", and married singer Josh Kelley. A former model, Katherine Heigl is beautiful, well spoken, humorous, talented... the list goes on. No one belongs at the top of 2008's Top 99 more than Katherine Heigl.