Pippa Middleton's butt was probably the second-most-famous phenomenon to emerge from her sister's wedding to Prince William (who himself was, maybe, the fifth-most-interesting part of it, after Kate, Pippa's butt, Pippa, and Prince Harry). But before Pippa's butt was famous, 50-year-old British television presenter Carol Vorderman's butt was really famous. And so it was that, without longevity on her side, our dear Pippa lost the "Rear of the Year" title in the U.K.

The Telegraph reports:

Tony Edwards, who organises the annual award, said the 27-year-old was ''totally unknown'' before the royal wedding and had less than six weeks to gather votes.

''There have been quite a lot of votes for her over the period after the royal wedding, but it was less than six weeks from then to now and a lot of other stars had a lot of time to really ratchet up the votes.

''There is no doubt that Carol Vorderman has got many, many more votes.

You have to hand it to Vorderman; her butt certainly warrants her following. "The bottom line, if you want to use that expression, is that if you Google Carol Vorderman's bottom and stand back, there is a mass of websites dedicated to her rear assets," Edwards adds. Well, maybe this is not all bad for Pippa, because one of the first non-Facebook sites dedicated to her,

Carol Vorderman beats Pippa Middleton to 'Rear of the Year' title [Telegraph UK]