Hottest Hollywood blondes

And finally we have Paris Hilton in the list at number 20. Hilton helped design a collection of purses for Japanese label Samantha Thavasa and also a jewellery line for Amazon.com.

Charlize Theron is 19th on the list. Having signed a deal with John Galliano in 2004, Theron replaced Estonian model Tiiu Kuik as the spokeswoman in the J'ADORE advertisements by Christian Dior. On December 18, 2007, she finally stripped for Dior's J'Adore perfume.

Tes Daly is 18th on the list. She is the face of lingerie company La Senza in the UK and appeared in their Steal the Show Christmas 2009 campaign.

Honor Blackman is 17th on the list of blondes. She is an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962-64) and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964).

Barbara Windsor is 16th in the list. She is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Denise Van Outen is 15th in the list. Outen has retained her distinct looks gracing the covers of popular men's and Women's titles and being voted both Rear of the Year in 1999 and top of a poll to find the most desired "bikini body" in a 2007 poll of readers of Grazia magazine.

Gwen Stefani is 14th un the list. She is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock band No Doubt. With previous material ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995) was a success, selling 16 million copies.

Goldie Hawn is 13th in the list. Goldie is an American actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Wildcats, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, The Banger Sisters and Cactus Flower, for which she won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also the mother of actors Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson.

Doris Day is 12th in the position. Doris is an American actress and singer, and has been an outspoken animal rights activist since her retirement from show business.

Madonna is 11th on the list. Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognised as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records.

Debbie Harry is the tenth blonde on the list. With her two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a recognizable punk icon. Her look was further popularized by the band's early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a continued regular at Studio 54 and was associated with Andy Warhol. In June 1979, Blondie graced the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry's stage persona of cool sexuality and streetwise style became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe the singer's name to be "Blondie".

Olivia Newton John is ninth in the list. She is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. She has sold over 100 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful female recording artists of all time.

Stevie Nicks is 8th on the list. Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics.

Scarlett Johansson is seventh on the list. Johansson has appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, L'Oréal, Louis Vuitton and has been the face of Spanish brand Mango since 2009. After appearing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Johansson was announced as the face of the new Dolce & Gabbana make-up collection in early 2009.

Joanna Lumley stands sixth in the list. Tall, slim and blonde, she spent three years as a photographic model, notably for Brian Duffy by whom she was photographed with her son. She also worked as a house model for Jean Muir. Over forty years later she participated in another photoshoot - again with her son - for Duffy as part of a retrospective of the photographer's work.

Holly Willoughby stands fifth in the list. In 1995, at the age of 14, Holly was spotted by talent scouts at The Clothes Show Live exhibition. Storm Model Management signed her up. She appeared in teen magazines for girls such as Mizz, Just Seventeen and More!. From 1998, at the age of 17, she started modelling underwear for various clients including Pretty Polly. She appeared in various adverts and posters.

Cameron Diaz is fourth in the list. At 16, she began her career as a fashion model. Diaz signed with top modeling agency Elite Model Management. She modeled for designers such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. When she was 17 she was featured on the cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen magazine.

French beauty Brigitte Bardot stood third in the list. In 1974 Bardot appeared in a nude photo shoot in the Italian edition of Playboy magazine, which celebrated her 40th birthday.

At the second place we have actress Grace Kelly, who famously married Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe has beaten a host of famous beauties to be named the greatest blonde of all time. The screen legend, who was originally a brunette, beat off stiff competition from a host of modern beauties, including Cameron Diaz, Madonna and Scarlett Johansson, to be awarded the title. The star dyed her hair blond for a shampoo commercial in her teens and it stayed the same colour since. Monroe became an icon after her death in 1962, at the age of 36. She had relationships with a string of famous men during her life, including playwright Arthur Miller, who was one of her three husbands, and allegedly US President John F. Kennedy.