She is beautiful, stylish, witty, successful and she is sensational, darlings, that’s why we all love Katrina Kaif. We have even heard cutesy tales of young girls gifting this gorgeous girl ’stuffed toys’ with macho love and affection. But now, we are worried that a certain Mr Hugh Hefner should cast his ‘appreciative’ eye in Katrina’s direction (and probably send her some ’stuffed bunnies’). Why so? Because now she is been voted ’sexiest’ Asian babe too.

The poll is an annual shindig run by an ethnic Asian magazine in the UK. In a sweeping statement Katrina was voted ‘Sexiest Asian Woman Alive’ for 2008. With this she pushes Bipasha Basu (last year’s winner) to second spot. Priyanka Chopra, who wowed everyone with her perfect curves in a gold swimsuit recently, came in third and Kareena’s lemony swimwear act got her fourth place in a poll dominated by our Bollywood desi girls. Evergreen beauty Aishwarya Rai’s marriage did nothing to dim her appeal, as she came in seventh.

New entrants to this local ’sexiest list’ included Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat (9), Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India Universe Simran Kaur Mundi (10), former Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez (12) and South Indian and Ghajini star Asin (22). Katrina was overjoyed at the result, but was her usual shy ‘n’ modest self when we congratulated her. Asia’s sexiest woman said, “It feels good when a fan based or a viewer based community votes for you and thinks that you are good. This particular poll is pretty popular among the Asian community in the UK. I was floored and I am grateful to all those who voted for me. It’s great”.

We did ask her how she related to the word ’sexy’ now, after ‘beautiful’. She laughed, “I guess sexy is just another adjective when people like you. I take it was a compliment”. How would other ‘displaced’ beauties feel? Kat says, “On! It is just part of a process. The industry is a happy family. We are all happy for each other. Next year I may be down a notch or vice versa. It is nice to be voted but it should not go to anyone’s head. I am sure everyone feels like that”.

Katrina Kaif can also be called the most ‘downloaded’ actress on the internet. She is seconded by none other than Aishwarya Rai Bachchan followed by cricketer M S Dhoni. The beautiful actress is the hot favorite not only in India but internationally too. The internet registers about 50,000 to on lakh downloads of hers every month. In fact, Value Added Service companies are now keen to tie up with her to get exclusive copyrights to her images.