Sexiest Model-Author
Sophie Dahl

Why: Currently linked with the son of society’s favorite plastic surgeon, Dan Baker (planning for the future?), Dahl’s snogged Mick Jagger, Graydon Carter, Griffin Dunne, and Jonathan Cramer (see Sexiest Artist). No longer pleasingly plump, the leggy, alabaster granddaughter of Roald Dahl has turned literary herself with a little fairy tale, The Man With the Dancing Eyes (we swear it’s about Mick, no matter what she says).

Sexiest Newly Available Woman
Heidi Klum

Why: Because this is the frau who wears body-paint “swimsuits” in Sports Illustrated. Who stops midtown (and uptown, and downtown) traffic with H&M ads. Who hosts Halloween parties at the Hudson dressed as a milkmaid dominatrix. Who last year inspired Spin City writer David Rosenthal to quit his job and write a whole play about . . . his desire to sleep with Heidi Klum. “I don’t know if I should’ve been flattered or afraid,” says the 30-year-old from Hamburg. Ah, that accent.
Solo Act: Last November, Klum split with hairdresser Ric Pipino, which made her, simply, New York’s most desirable bachelorette. The catch? The Übermodel had a rebound fling with rocker Anthony Kiedis and is now said to be seeing race-car-driving Benetton CEO Flavio Briatore. “Let’s not go there,” she demurs. Maybe she values her privacy. Or maybe there’s still hope.