Rihanna's sexy Armani adverts voted the sexiest of 2011

Top of the pops: Rihanna's ads for Armani were hailed as the sexiest of the year in Advertising Age magazine

In a year that saw pop singer Rihanna ejected from a farmer's land for filming inappropriately sexual scenes, it must come as a relief to the Barbadian singer to discover there are still plenty of people out there who appreciate her more raunchy poses.
She may not have won over the rural folk, but the 23-year-old has captured the hearts of the ad world, who voted her sizzling adverts for Armani Underwear the sexiest of 2011.
Thedaring display was hailed the best of the year in a poll of advertising industry chiefs carried out by U.S. magazine Advertising Age.

The magazine rhapsodised about the We Found Love singer, saying she had never looked better.

'It's Rihanna at her sexiest. She's never looked this good,' they said, adding: 'She's in amazing shape and the pictures are stunning.'
New mother Miranda Kerr finished in second place thanks to her breathtaking return to underwear modelling for Victoria's Secret just weeks after having her first child earlier this year.
Miranda - married to Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom - had taken a career break while pregnant with baby Flynn.

But following the birth, Miranda managed to carry out a miraculous makeover, appearing on the catwalk and in print campaigns with a tummy that looked tauter than ever.
Advertising Age hailed the new mother in the article, calling her 'fabulous.'
'It's like she's never been away,' they added.

Sizzling: The singer was said to look 'better than ever' by those polled

British supermodel Kate Moss - last year's winner - finished in third place thanks to her topless campaign for Italian clothing firm Liu Jo.
A series of 'Hope' lingerie adverts secured fourth for Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, also a new mother after giving birth to her baby a little over two years ago.
Ronaldo's stunning girlfriend Irina Shayk helped little-known US swimwear firm 'Luli Fama' clinch fifth place. Advertising Age said the model was currently in 'massive demand.'

Like she'd never been away: Miranda Kerr wowed in a campaign for Victoria's Secret lingerie just months after giving birth to baby Flynn

'Obviously, her relationship with Ronaldo has put her in public eye and everyone wants a piece of her,' they added.
Stunning model and mother-of-four Heidi Klum took sixth place while promoting her own TV show 'Project Runway.'
One-time 'Baywatch' babe Pamela Anderson finished in seventh position for her sensual adverts for stockings firm 'Secrets In Lace.'
Model Lily Aldridge - married to 'Kings of Leon' rocker Caleb Followill - was eighth for what Advertising Age called her "stunning campaigns" with Victoria's Secret.
Brazilian model Bar Refaeli took ninth for her Passionata underwear adverts, while American model Kate Upton completed the Top 10 for her campaign for Jenna Leigh Lingerie.

Revealing: Kate Moss's sensual ad for Italian clothing firm Liu Jo earned her fourth place in the list of sexiest ads of the year