TROUBLED star Britney Spears was today named the Most Attractive Woman of 2007.

Despite her bitter court battle, Britney came out top in an online vote by readers of Hello! magazine.

They also crowned Hollywood bad guy Sean Bean the dishiest male for the second year running.

The Most Elegant Woman award went to pop icon and queen of reinvention, Madonna.

More than one million people voted in the survey with some of the hottest men and women battling it out for the top prize.

Britney, currently embroiled in a fight to win back custody of her children, took 29% of the vote, beating singer Delta Goodrem into second place.

Spice Girl Mel C secured third place, pipping golden girl Angelina Jolie.

Sean Bean was the man who set pulses racing in his 2007 movie Far North, stripping off in -40 degrees for a love scene.

He got the nod ahead of the House's maveric Hugh Laurie, with Scots Doctor Who hearthrob David Tennant third.

In the Most Elegant Woman stakes, Madonna won hands down, securing over a third of the vote.

Pop princess Christina Aguilera was second, ahead of Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Geller.