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Ryk turns up the heat in the Hot 100
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November 21, 2009
By Staff Reporter
South Africa's Olympic swimming icon Ryk Neethling has beaten Hollywood star Brad Pitt to be voted the hottest celebrity on the planet by heat magazine.
More than a quarter of a million votes ensured that Neethling became the first person to win the title back-to-back in its six-year history.
The magazine's editor, Melinda Shaw, said the accolade showed Neethling's enduring appeal to South Africans.
"The heat Hot 100 doesn't differentiate between local and international stars, simply asking heat readers to vote for their favourite celebrities, and that in itself makes Ryk's second victory so impressive," Shaw said.
The four international celebs who won in previous years are Victoria Beckham, in the year that she stood by David after the Rebecca Loos scandal; Johnny Depp, when Pirates of the Caribbean fever was at its highest; Pitt; and Wentworth Miller, from Prison Break.
Neethling said that although he would never vote for himself, he is sure his mom voted for him. The eligible bachelor brought his younger sister Jean Marie along as his date to the glitzy heat Hot 100 party, which was held in Sandton last night. At last year's party, his other sister, Elsje, was by his side.
Other South Africans who were voted into the top 20 this year are heat Man Watch 2009 winner Jaco de Bruyn, FHM cover girl Lee-Ann Liebenberg and TV personality Shashi Naidoo. Overall, 20 South African celebs made it onto the heat Hot 100 list.
For full results, see the latest issue of heat magazine, on sale from Tuesday. - Staff Reporter
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