The threesome beat off competition from the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson and Kelly Brook in the poll that saw women voting for their favourite celebrity shapes.

Kate Winslet was a surprise entry into the line-up which saw reality star Kim Kardashian take the crown.

The poll was conducted by Offers Supermarket to celebrate the launch of the new part of their site ‘Fashion Inspiration’.

Research found that 58% of women desire an hourglass figure because it is ‘sexy’ and ‘womanly’.

The athletic ‘up and down’ body shape was found as being the least desirable and a mere 13% claimed that they didn’t feel influenced by celebrity’s appearances.

Even so, it was American socialite Kim that most females want to look like, followed by singing-sensation Beyonce. British rose Kate Winslet polled third followed by stunning Scarlett Johansson who pipped Jennifer Lopez to fourth place.

Not far behind J-Lo was busty Jessica Simpson who beat famously curvy Brit Kelly Brook who came next.

Eve Atkins, founder of the site, said: ‘The new section on our site is there to inspire women, and show them that there is a variety of clothing available for every body shape and fashion taste.’

‘Clothes are now designed to hide sins and show off assets; this is what ‘Fashion Inspiration’ is going to represent.’

The full top ten is listed below.

1. Kim Kardashian

2. Beyonce

3. Kate Winslet

4. Scarlett Johansson

5. Jennifer Lopez

6. Jessica Simpson

7. Kelly Brook

8. Nigella Lawson

9. Jennifer Hudson

10. Myleene Klass

source: http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/822885-kim-kardashian-beyonce-and-kate-winslet-voted-for-best-body-shapes

LONDON — Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet threw her weight Wednesday behind a campaign against foie gras, narrating a video which she said shows the “terrifying and painful” way the food is produced.

Winslet, winner of the 2009 best actress Academy Award for “The Reader”, put her voice to the footage for campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

The video — which PETA said was filmed undercover on foie gras farms — shows birds confined to cramped cages and apparently being force-fed by having tubes placed down their throats.

The foodstuff is normally made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.

“Foie gras is sold as an expensive ‘delicacy’ in some restaurants and shops, but no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it,” she said.

“This is a terrifying and painful process for the birds, who have no semblance of a normal life and know that several times a day a tube will be rammed down their throats,” added the 34-year-old.

She ended the video with an appeal to boycott the food: “Please join us in helping ducks and geese by pledging never to eat foie gras.”

PETA said the video would be sent to exclusive department stores around the world in a bid to stop them selling the product.

Winslet is the latest British star to speak out against foie gras. Actor and former 007 Roger Moore paid for and starred in a poster campaign outside a top London shop in November against the food.

The bus stop poster outside the upmarket department store Selfridges, on the British capital’s Oxford Street, urged shoppers to think twice about buying the delicacy. The ad was also for PETA.

source: AFP