Celebrity Sleuth by Volume Vol. 11 # 2

THE 25 SEXIEST WOMEN OF 1998: Countdown to Strip Off!
- - Rank
04 25 ANGELINA JOLIE
06 24 TRICIA HELFER
10 23 DOMIZIANA GIORDANO
14 22 THERESA RUSSELL
18 21 ALEXANDRA KABI
22 20 VALERIE CAMPBELL
24 19 AUDIE ENGLAND
28 18 SARAH JESSICA PARKER
30 17 VANESSA DEMOUY
34 16 THANDIE NEWTON
38 15 SOPHIE DAHL
42 14 GEORGIANNA ROBERTSON
46 13 SYLVIA SAINT
50 12 ROSEMARIE WETZEL
54 11 ROMANE BOHRINGER
58 10 HEIDI MATTSON
64 9 DAISY FUENTES
66 8 MELINDA MESSENGER
70 7 NATASHA HENSTRIDGE
74 6 DREW BARRYMORE
78 5 CHARLIZE THERON
82 4 DEBORAH UNGER
86 3 PATRICIA ARQUETTE
90 2 LAETITIA CASTA
94 1 HEATHER LOCKLEAR

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EDITORIAL
THE SLEUTHSAYER
"We hold these truths to be self-evident," was In Style magazine's Declaration of Interdependence in its recent "Hottest Celebrities" issue. "Certain things will always be sexy. But what's arousing at this moment? You need to know what's sexy NOW?" You need Sleuth's annual "25 Sexiest Women" edition...
The times they are a-changin' {and the babes they are a-changin' clothes}. In the words of Movieline: "As anyone with eyes and properly discharging glands could tell you, we've seen a virtual gullywasher of fresh sexual charms on the big screen in the past couple of years. And it's about goddamn time! Raw beauty {see Vanessa Demouy, Charlize Theron and Deborah Unger} is helpful to the endeavor of inspiring lust in dark theaters, of course, but qualifying as a sex object—and sex objects are what we're talking about, let's not kid ourselves—involves a zillion vibey things, not just a gorgeous exterior."
Which is why the acquired taste attributes of our Number 17, Sarah Jessica Parker, led her to marvel: "I stilldon't see that sex symbol part of me. It feels like the biggest hoax I've ever seen pulled" {pull over to p. 28 to see for yourself}. Adds pulchritudinous Patricia Arquette: "My friends say, 'Those people are talking about you.' It makes them a little awkward and I feel stupid, because I really don't notice" {we did—which is why Patricia is #3}.
Lucky number 7 Natasha Henstridge is less coy: "When I read the script of Species! knew there was going to be nudity in it, so that was the time to back out. They didn't exploit me in any way. Sometimes you see movies and think, 'Why are they naked? What's the point?"
Pointwell taken, and we know you'll be taken with her two dozen fellow "Sexiest" sirens. And echoing Movieline's "fresh sexual charms" theme, ALL but four of these sensuous sylphs are making their initial appearance in our annual tribute! As famed fashion photog Patrick Demarchelier concludes: "The nude is more free for me. I do a lot of fashion and the clothes restrict the photographs. With nudes you treat the body more like a sculpture, ypu know. It can be hard, it can be very sexy, very graphic. Some of the photographs I love the most are of people who have never been photographed nude before."
First to Quench Your Thirst,