1978… Film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France. Serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Pensacola, Florida. Pete Rose gets his 3,000th hit. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy is arrested. And on a much lighter note, these sexy ladies were born…

Over the span of several weeks we will be taking a look at the sexiest women born between the years 1962 and 1991, culminating with you deciding which of these over 300 women is our 2010 Sexiest Woman of the Year. Each birth year offers something special with beautiful women representing countries around the globe. These lists feature actresses, models, singers, athletes… Trust me, no one is left out.

(Click the pics to see more of each lady.)

Be sure to vote at the end of this post for who you think is the sexiest of this group!

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January Jones (American actress) – – – – – – – – – Malin Akerman (Canadian actress)

Rachel Stevens (British singer) – – – – – – – – – Maria Menounos (American actress)

Laetitia Casta (French model) – – – – – – – – – Marisa Miller (American model)

Rachel McAdams (Canadian actress) – – – – – – – – – Nicole Scherzinger (American singer)

Elisabetta Canalis (Italian model) – – – – – – – – – Nadine Velazquez (American actress)

Myleene Klass (British actress) – – – – – – – – – Carolina Ardohain (Argentinian model)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND VOTE FOR THE LADIES OF OTHER YEARS!

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Now I know why people blow thousands of dollars on race horses even though the odds of ever making a profit is slim to none for most of them: The women! Don’t believe me? Well then how do you explain all the hot celebrity babes that were in attendance at last week’s Breeders’ Cup? I guess when spending all that money means that you get to rub ‘shoulders’ with babes like Eliza Dushku, Stacy Keibler, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Vivica A. Fox, Kristin Cavallari (in a sweet see-through shirt), Nadine Velazquez, Vida Guerra, Danneel Harris, and Brooke Burns (in order below) it totally makes a lot more sense.

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This is one of those cases where a woman can look just as sexy in clothing as she can not in clothing. A rarity, but it does happen. It’s like Haley’s Comet, only slower and more likely to induce wood, or something… I am high on cough syrup, so just ignore me.

More hot Nadine Velazquez stuff here.

Welcome to the 2009 edition of our Sexiest Woman in the World event! As I stated last year, there are many sites and magazines that do this and in most cases they get it wrong (see Lohan, Lindsay; Spears, Britney; and Mills, Heather). Last year you, my awesome readers, voted Kate Beckinsale as the 2008 Sexiest Female on the Planet and I couldn’t have been more pleased with your taste. Let’s try not to blow it this year, okay?

Here’s how it’s going down. I’ve tweaked things a bit this year. Last year we had 64 babes going head-to-head til we got down to the finals. This year we’ll have 100 babes in 10 groups of 10 with the final 10 being divided into two groups of five, then the winners of those two groups will go boob-to-boob to determine our champeen for 2009.

Here are your 10 groups of 10, with voting for Group 9 now in progress…

Group 9
Sammy Braddy

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Carmen Electra

Keeley Hazell

Julianne Hough

Eva Longoria

Joanna Krupa

Natalie Portman

Nadine Velazquez

Estella Warren

Group 1
Christina Aguilera
Amanda Bynes
Abigail Clancy
Rosario Dawson
Megan Fox
Kate Hudson
Beyonce Knowles
Ali Larter
Kristanna Loken
Olivia Wilde

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 1.

Group 2
Jessica Alba
Camilla Belle
Monica Bellucci
Brooke Burke
Izabel Goulart
Stacy Keibler
Eva Mendes
Alyssa Milano
Emily Scott
Paz Vega

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 2.

Group 3
Ana Beatriz Barros
Kate Beckinsale
Halle Berry
Kim Cloutier
Minka Kelly
Miranda Kerr
Rachelle Leah
Sophie Monk
Nina Moric
Rihanna

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 3.

Group 4
Alessandra Ambrosio
Rachel Bilson
Sophia Bush
Hilary Duff
Angelina Jolie
Leighton Meester
Marisa Miller
Olivia Munn
Elsa Pataky
Sarah Shahi

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 4.

Group 5
Diora Baird
Kelly Brook
Charisma Carpenter
Penelope Cruz
Anne Hathaway
Scarlett Johannson
Adriana Lima
Grace Park
Lucy Pinder
Kelly Ripa

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 5.

Group 6
Jennifer Aniston
Devon Aoki
Carolina Ardohain
Heidi Klum
Denise Milani
Kelly Monaco
Adrianne Palicki
Jessica Simpson
Cheryl Tweedy
Carrie Underwood

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 6.

Group 7
Gemma Atkinson
Laetitia Casta
Elisha Cuthbert
Eliza Dushku
Doutzen Kroes
Olga Kurylenko
Maria Menounos
Petra Nemcova
Dania Ramirez
Bar Refaeli

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 7.

Group 8
Kristen Bell
Jessica Biel
Emily Blunt
Monica Cruz
Jessica Gomes
Amber Heard
Danielle Lloyd
Nicole Scherzinger
Charlize Theron
Sofia Vergara

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 8.

Group 10
Gisele Bundchen
Kelly Carlson
Giada De Laurentis
Carla Gugino
Salma Hayek
Mila Kunis
Blake Lively
Katie Price
Roselyn Sanchez
Yvonne Strahovski

Click here to vote or see the results for Group 10.

And like I said previously, if I left out your personal favorite, tough noogies… if she ain’t in my top 100, she ain’t gonna be voted the sexiest on the planet. Or you could go check over at AskMen.com where they are one of the few other sites whose readers have nearly as good taste as the readers here have.

Not to mention the awesome video she made, and posing in her underwear, twice, okay, three times… Chick knows where her bread gets buttered…

Flexibility in hotties is a wonderful attribute, don’t you think?

Does she also not wear a top on that show? Because if so, I may have set the ole DVR.

If you like what you see, please feel free to cast a vote for Nadine here. We don’t want any more errors like Lindsay Lohan being named most sexy anything ever again.