23 MAY 2002
Hellomagazine.com readers have voted Jennifer Lopez their favourite celebrity bod, clearly disagreeing with a recent survey which gave Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue the number one spot. While J Lo came in a distant third in cosmetics giant Garnier’s April poll, the Latin songstress and her celebrated bottom easily came out on top in our contest, with a full one-third of the votes.

The results for Kylie’s pint-sized silhouette, however, were none too shabby – she came in second with just over 30 percent. Thousands from around the world logged on to cast their votes in our poll, with about one-fifth going for Catherine Zeta-Jones’s fashionably voluptuous look, and about 15 percent saying they prefer our fourth and final candidate, Iris star Kate Winslet.

Among admirers of our winner’s famed form is the multi-talented singer-actress herself. “I love my body,” she says. “I really, really dig my curves. It’s all me, and men love it.” Long ago, locals in her Bronx, New York, neighbourhood dubbed her “la guitarra”, or the guitar, for the sultry shape of her now-famous body.

Appreciation for Jennifer-like curves seems to be something Hollywood has caught on to. Slimline Bond girl Denise Richards, engaged to actor Charlie Sheen, was stunned to see her rear end digitally enhanced in movie posters to promote her upcoming flick while out driving. “I slammed on the brakes when I saw it,” said Richards about her embellished bottom. “That’s not my ass, to be honest with you. It’s a computer.”