David Beckham Crowned ‘Sexiest Man on Planet’, Former Manchester United Star Sizzles

English football star David Beckham has been named "The Sexiest Man on the Planet 2012", by Heat Magazine.

The publication has rounded up 101 of the hottest hunks on the planet and placed the poster boy of English football and former Real Madrid and Manchester United icon on the top of them all.

American actor Ryan Gosling - the star of films like "The Ides of March" (2011) and "Crazy, Stupid, Love" (2011) - came in second, with fellow actors Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper and Jake Gyllenhaal rounding out the top 5.

"Our readers and panel of experts clearly have impeccable taste as there is genuinely no one more deserving of the title 'Sexiest Man on the Planet 2012' than David Beckham," theSundaily quoted Heat Magazine's editor, Lucie Cave, as saying.

"He's got the lot - talent, style, sex appeal, charisma. Women adore him, men want to be him, and we're absolutely thrilled that he has topped our poll," she added. Cave also said this was the publications first definitive list of the sexiest men in the world.

The top 25 men were selected based on votes by readers, who took part in an online survey conducted at www.heatworld.com and then by an independent panel. The others were selected purely on the basis of readers' votes.

The panel that judged the top 25 consisted of Premier Models founder Carole White; celebrity photographer Nicky Johnston; and Heat Style Editor Jo Hoare.

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