The style mag has selected Kate Beckinsale, 36, for its annual “Sexiest Woman Alive” title. The Whiteout star follows in the footsteps of starlets like Charlize Theron and Halle Berry, who have previously taken the honor.

“This whole notion of being named ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ is going to earn me quite a beating,” Kate laughs in the November issue of Esquire Magazine. “You can’t have that title with four brothers. I’ll get wedgies. Headlocks. Noogies.”

Still, Kate’s happy for the tag that solidifies her place as an official hottie.

“I like the idea of it, too. I do. I’m feeling that I must earn this. I need to go out and become much better at pole dancing or something.”

“The script called for her character to be filmed nude in a shower, focusing in on her bottom and thighs. Kate insisted on a double being hired. She was quite open on the set about not liking her body and said she particularly loathed her bottom and was not comfortable baring it…..”

Kate battled anoxeria as a teenager.

“Kate has a terrible self-image. She thinks she is fat and she is always complaining how certain outfits make her bottom look big. Of course, the reality is that she has the most amazing body,” a set spy told the British Daily Mail. “Kate just didn’t want to show her bottom, even though everyone on the set was saying how good it looks in jeans. She said she couldn’t face the thought of seeing her butt up on a big screen. She will have the final veto over who stands in for her.”

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