October 13, 2009 3:08 PM

Obama Ranked 15th Hottest Head of State

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Brian Montopoli
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(AP Photo/Olexander Prokopenko)
Is Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko (left) the hottest leader in the world?

She is according to the Web site "Hottest Heads of State." The site ranks Tymoshenko as the hottest of its 172 listed world leaders, ahead of second-place Jens Stoltenberg of Norway (who looks a bit like actor Clive Owen), bronze medalist King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan (seen staring soulfully off in the distance), fourth-place finisher Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and fifth-place Argentine leader Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, who could plausibly be played by Penelope Cruz.

President Obama doesn't show up on the list until the 15 spot, a respectable finish but hardly what the fans of the sometimes-shirtless president might have hoped.

Still, he beats out some other big names: Among them the oft-shirtless Vladimir Putin of Russia, who comes in at 18; French leader Nicolas Sarkozy, who is married to former model Carla Bruni and finds himself in the 28th spot; Iranian leader and Holocaust-questioner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who lands in 48th place; and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who earns 65th place in the wake of a year of sex scandals.

Berlusconi can at least take solace in the fact that he is far from the bottom five on the list. That group includes Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Cuba's Raul Castro and Qatar's Hamid bin Khalifa. The second-least-hot world leader, the site says, is the Vatican's Pope Benedict XVI. And the least hot? That dubious honor goes to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, who was previously immortalized as a lonely puppet.

Though the list purports to be a "scientific and unbiased ranking of world leaders in order of hotness," there doesn't seem to be too much scientific about it: The creators say that "hotness is a subjective quality" and that "if you make a convincing enough argument in our 'comments' section, we will adjust the rankings."

Nonetheless, it's a lot of fun. Check out the whole list here.

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by wheresmycountry October 13, 2009 7:15 PM EDT
King Abdulla of Saudi Arabia ranked 64th, but as we all know, George W Bush thinks he's hot and kisses him and holds his hand.
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by Robert_Lee1404 October 14, 2009 8:35 AM EDT
Yes, but Obama bows to the Saudis, so who worships who more...?
by rational_1 October 13, 2009 5:17 PM EDT
"Let me be clear - my Nobel Peace Prize makes me the hottest hottie of all the hotties in hottiedom. That list needs some CHANGE in the order of the hotties. Michelle will help me get to the top - yes, we can" B. "hottie" Obama.
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by briannorwood October 13, 2009 3:34 PM EDT
Yulia Tymoshenko could eat animal crackers in my bed anytime!
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by docpeter1953 October 13, 2009 4:02 PM EDT
Need to check out #5 Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina.
by picklepants7 October 13, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
by docpeter1953 October 13, 2009 4:02 PM EDT
Need to check out #5 Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina.

absolutley! when i saw the headline and before reading the article, that's who i thought would be at number one. hot stuff!
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