在“世界最性感领导人”博客站点近日公布的领导人排行榜中，乌克兰女总理季莫申科高居榜首，紧随其后的是挪威首相斯托尔滕贝格和不丹国王旺楚克。人气颇高的美国总统奥巴马和俄罗斯总理普京却未能跻身前十，分别排在第15位和第18位。法国总统萨科奇位列第28位，今年私生活丑闻不断的意大利总理贝卢斯科尼排在第65位，而英国首相布朗则只排到了第84位。该网站的创建者表示，这样的一个排行榜是为了引起人们对领导人外貌的重视。

Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko took the title of 'hottest leader in the world' according to blogging site Hottest Heads of State.

Gordon Brown has come 84th in a list of the world's 'hottest' leaders, trailing Barack Obama, Silvio Berlusconi and Nicolas Sarkozy.

Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko took the title of 'hottest leader in the world' according to blogging site Hottest Heads of State.

The Ukrainian leader topped the list of 172 leaders, ahead of second-place Jens Stoltenberg of Norway and King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan.

US President Mr Obama was the highest-ranked leader of any G8 nation at 15, while Russia's Vladimir Putin came 18th.

Italy's Mr Berlusconi ranked 65th while Mr Sarkozy, France's president, was rate 28th hottest.

The creators of the website, 'Derek', 'Kate' and 'J.D.' said: "For too long, citizens of the world have suffered under the tyranny of unattractive leaders.

"Some people say that this is just the way things are: unattractive people have a death grip on the levers of power that will never be loosened. We say: Not with that attitude it won't.

"By ranking the world's leaders by looks, we hope to heighten voter awareness¹ of this problem and shame the citizens of countries with unattractive leaders into rising up and staging coups² or something."

Hottest Heads of State Top 20:

1. Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine

2. Jens Stoltenberg, Norway

3. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutan

4. Joseph Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo

5. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina

6. Rafael Correa, Ecuador

7. Henri, Grand Duek of Luxembourg

8. Roosevelt Skerrit, Dominica

9. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines

10. Bamir Topi, Albania

11. Michelle Bachelet, Chile

12. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus

13. Xanana Gusmao, East Timor

14. Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives

15. Barack Obama, USA

16. Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

17. Mauricio Funes, El Salvador

18. Vladimir Putin, Russia

19. Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi

20. Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzania