Emmanuelle Chriqui topped a poll of men, conducted by website AskMen.com, who were asked to name the woman they would most like to have as a girlfriend or wife.

32 year old Emmanuelle, who last year, said: “Hearing what the vote is made of is the biggest compliment of all because it’s about being a well-rounded woman. That’s really empowering and is just a massive compliment to me.”

She beat American model Marisa Miller into second place, with British actress Kate Beckinsale, Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio and Fantastic Four star Jessica Alba rounding off the top five.

Explaining Emmanuelle’s appeal to men, James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen.com, said: “It’s refreshing to see a respected but relatively low-profile actress like Emmanuelle top the Top 99, while many of the tabloid regulars didn’t even make it. To me, this outcome really reflects what is unique about our annual list: that it is a real indicator of the kind of women that men want, rather than simply those ones that we are continuously exposed to.”