Aishwarya Rai in "Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008" List

Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai and sultry Indian actress Mallika Sherawat have been named in the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008" list of the online AskMen magazine.

Aishwarya at no 27 (last year 40) and Mallika at no 67 (last year 78) are joined by Indian American model and food show host Padma Lakshmi at no 66 (not ranked last year).

Over five million AskMen.com readers cast their votes to identify the females from the worlds of music, fashion, sports, and entertainment who have the characteristics they value in a potential companion, like intelligence, humour, charisma and ambition.

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