The Only Way Is Lucy! TOWIE's Miss Mecklenburgh voted best bikini body of 2013, followed by Rihanna and Khloe Kardashian
- Almost one third of respondents said Mecklenburgh has best bikini body
- Rihanna, Khloe Kardashian, Beyonce and Millie Mackintosh also in top ten
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TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh has seen off competition from Rihanna and Beyonce to be voted the best bikini body of 2013.
Almost one third of women polled said reality TV star Mecklenburgh had the beach figure they would most like to emulate.
In second place came Bajan beauty Rihanna, who cornered nearly a fifth of the vote thanks to her toned but curvaceous shape.
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Queen of the bikinis! A third of women polled wanted TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh's amazing figure
American reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, who recently shed 13lbs, came third in the survey with 12 per cent of women saying she had the perfect shape.
Chart topper Beyoncé and movie star Jessica Alba each received eight per cent of the vote, putting them in joint fourth place.
Bride-to be-Millie Mackintosh, who recently embarked on a juice diet, snatched sixth place with seven per cent of women saying her slim frame was their favourite.
Soap star Michelle Keegan and Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley took a respectable seventh place, with each garnering four per cent of the votes.
Contender: In second place came Rihanna who got the votes of one in every five women
Model advantage? Beyoncé might have a H&M swimwear campaign but she only got eight per cent of the vote
She works out: Millie Mackintosh, who recently embarked on a juice diet, snatched up the sixth place position
BEST BEACH BODIES OF 2013
Lucy Mecklenburgh - 31 per cent
Rihanna - 20 per cent
Khloe Kardashian - 12 per cent
Beyoncé - 8 per cent
Jessica Alba - 8 per cent
Millie Mackintosh - 7 per cent
Michelle Keegan - 4 per cent
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley - 4 per cent
Rita Ora - 2 per cent
Jessie J - 1 per cent
Others - 3 per cent
Rounding off the top 10 were singers Rita Ora with two per cent and Jessie J with one per cent of vote.
One respondent said: 'I admire Lucy Mecklenburgh so much - she is such an inspiration with an amazing figure.
'I’ve watched TOWIE from the start and she has always been slim but the fact that she has taken it on herself to tone up further when she doesn’t need to is great.
'She has inspired so many women of all ages to exercise and her bikini body shows that hard work really does pay off.'
Another woman who took part in the survey said: 'I think that Khloe Kardashian has a gorgeous figure and the best thing about it is that she’s earned it.
'She constantly has negative stories printed about her in the media for being overweight but now she’s proved everybody wrong and she looks fantastic.'
A spokesman for HolidayPlace.co.uk, who carried out the survey, said: 'All of the women in the top 10 are beautiful and absolutely deserve to be there.
'Most of them put in so much hard work and effort to maintain a good figure so it’s so nice for them to receive that recognition.
'A lot of young women are being inspired to keep fit and healthy in the right way rather than extreme diets which is a great thing.'
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