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Cole tops end of year beauty poll

'X-Factor' judge and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has topped an end of year beauty poll in the UK.
1 of 1 Cole - Named Beauty Icon of 2008
Cole - Named Beauty Icon of 2008

The 25-year-old was named UK chain Superdrug's Beauty Icon of the Year.

She was also the highest placed British celebrity in Heat magazine's Fittest Female Celebrity Body poll, coming second in the Top 10 behind US star Jessica Alba.

The organisers of the Heat poll said that while the majority of women surveyed thought Cole had the best body, only 12.9% of men agreed.

David Beckham topped Heat's Fittest Male Celebrity Body poll.

Superdrug's Top 10 Beauty Icons of 2008:
1 Cheryl Cole
2 Keira Knightley
3 Kate Winslet
4 Holly Willoughby
5 Kylie Minogue
6 Kate Moss
7 Twiggy
8 Fern Britton
9 Carla Bruni
10 Tess Daly

Heat's Fittest Female Celebrity Body 2008:
1 Jessica Alba
2 Cheryl Cole
3 Holly Willoughby
4 Beyoncé
5 Jessica Biel
6 Keira Knightley
7 Britney Spears
8 Kimberley Walsh
9 Lindsay Lohan
10 Fearne Cotton
11 Agyness Deyn

Heat's Fittest Male Celebrity Body 2008:
1 David Beckham
2 Matthew McConaughey
3 Simon Webbe
4 Zac Efron
5 Steve Jones
6 Jake Gyllenhaal
7 Danny Dyer
8 Howard Donald
9 Gordon Ramsay
10 Russell Brand
11 James Corden

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