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Virgin crews among 'world's sexiest'
Australian discount airline Virgin Blue's female cabin crew have been rated among the sexiest women in the world - at least by readers of an Australian men's magazine.
Eight Virgin Blue employees have been nominated for FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2002 survey.
The airline's billionaire chairman Sir Richard Branson agreed his female flight attendants were "just delightful".
"We do have some of the most delightful crew flying, I would say in the world, here on Virgin Blue and they're not only beautiful but they've got great personalities, they're caring and they're just delightful," Sir Richard told reporters.
Traditionally, stars such as Kylie Minogue, Anna Kournikova and current titleholder Jennifer Lopez are nominated.
FHM editor John Bastick said it was not surprising the Virgin Blue crew members were included.
"When we were investigating these votes further, we realised that everyone agreed these girls are talented in more ways than the average flight attendant.
"There is nothing average about them at all," Mr Bastick said.
Each FHM Magazine worldwide asks their readers to vote for the women they consider the `sexiest', with the winner determined by the most amount of voters collectively worldwide.
Voting will continue until April 30.
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