She is a 20-year-old with golden skin and long wavy hair the color of the velour sofa that your grandmother has had forever. She has white teeth and a belly ring with real diamonds that probably cost more than your car. A flat stomach and a far-from-flat chest.
And Britney Spears is an angel.
She has the perfect car, the perfect family, the perfect boyfriend who is the god of legions of little girls. She and this boyfriend, who has his own perfect life, are the Ken and Barbie of today–only Dreamhouses and matching outfits allowed.
And we love her.
Forget the schoolgirl skirts and the psychosexual interpretations of her lyrics: Britney Spears sits and smiles, dances (with snakes), shakes her hips and twitches her waist, all in time to a secret, shameful beat that pulsates down through our bones, convincing us that she’s really not that innocent.
And she’s just damn sexy.
Sexy enough to garner 12 percent of your votes–good enough to tie for second sexiest female in the entertainment world. Again. She’s a Mouseketeer trafficking in desire, a schoolgirl queen selling sex in a leathery cat suit. Does Britney Spears have any idea what she’s doing to us?
How She Did in Our Poll Last Year:
The pop diva retained all the sexy momentum she started last year, tying her second place finish from 2001. Face it, Britney‘s still hot!
Sexiest Video:
Winner and still champion: Of course it’s “Baby One More Time.” It was Spears who made the seminal decision to tie her button-down shirt into a knot, revealing for the first time her now-ubiquitous midriff. “The outfits looked kind of dorky, so I was like, ‘Let’s tie up our shirts and be cute,'” she explained. “It was about being a girl.” Yeah. And showing off Britney‘s very obvious assets.
Best Quote:
“I have grown as a person, so it’s only natural that I’m going to grow as an artist too. I just hope and pray that my fans grow with me.” Trust us, there are legions of male fans “growing” just at the thought of seeing you perform.
Sexiest Moment:
Again, same as last year: The strip tease act she performed at the 2000 MTV Music Awards pretty much blew apart any preconceived ideas that Ms. Spears was an just an innocent ex-Mouseketeer. Co-host Marlon Wayans was (almost) speechless after her number, saying she had suddenly gone “from the Mickey Mouse Club to the Strip Club.”
Physical Feature We Love:
I think the snake Britney danced with at the 2001 MTV Music Awards pointed us in the right direction: it’s that far-from-flat chest of hers.
In Her Future:
Having just released her latest single “Overprotected,” Britney will soon be flogging her new movie Crossroads, a road-trip chick flick, where she plays a high school student trying to cut loose. Britney will also be acting as a presenter for the upcoming Grammy awards and performing at next month’s NBA All-Star game.
