4 Pakistanis make the list of 'The 50 Sexiest Asian Women in the World'

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Mehreen Syed makes the list for the first time ranking at #16
Hadiqa Kiani comes up 5 spots to 30
Pakistani-British musician Natasha Khan made the list at #32
Pakistani-British model Gulzaeb Beg Ali placed at #35

Eastern Eye](http://www.easterneye.eu/) released its annual 50 Sexiest Asian Women In The World list. Katrina Kaif came in at #1 again. Earlier this year the Bollywood beauty was chosen to become a Barbie doll after Aishwarya declined. The doll is expected to hit stores this month. Let’s check out who else made the list for 2009.

  1. **Katrina Kaif retains the No. 1 spot.
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  2. **Priyanka Chopra is up to No.2 from No. 4 in 2008. **
  3. **Freida Pinto definitely made the list with the success of Slumdog Millionaire and being the face of L’Oreal Paris.
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  4. **Laila Rouass is a British actress who climbed from No. 5 in 2008 to now No. 4. **
  5. **Kareena Kapoor moved one slot down from last year. **
  6. **Bipasha Basu is No.6, down from No. 2 in 2008. **
  7. **Lara Dutta moved up to No. 7 from No. 13 in 2008. **
  8. **Aishwarya Rai Bachchan slipped one position from last year.
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  9. **Mehwish Hayat is a Pakistani model-turned-actress.
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  10. **Deepika Padukone is up one position from No. 10 in 2008. **
  11. **Mallika Sherawat is busy breaking into the Hollywood scene. She slipped down from her No. 6 position. **
  12. Kangana Ranaut moves up four steps from No. 16.
  13. **Neha Dhupia is up from her No. 17 ranking in 2008. **
  14. **Pooja Chopra was a contestant for Miss World 2009. **
  15. **Asin leaps from No. 22 in 2008 to No. 15. **
  16. **Mehreen Syed is a Pakistani model and makes her debut on the list. **
  17. **Kazz Kumar is a singer known as the Desi ‘Gwen Sefani’. **
  18. **Mugdha Godse moved up from 10 positions from last year. **
  19. **Minnie Gupta was featured in Playboy. **
  20. **Shilpa Shetty Kundra is down from six place from last year. I hardly think the newlywed minds. **
  21. **Padma Lakshmi is expecting her miracle baby in 2010. She was No. 19 in 2008. **
  22. **Ekta Chowdhry is the winner of the prestigious Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009.
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  23. **Vidya Balan returns to the list after a brief absence.
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  24. **Riya Sen was position at No. 15 last year. **
  25. **Noureen Dewulf makes her debut on the list. **
  26. **Sonam Kapoor moved up from No. 34 to No. 26. **
  27. **Malaika Arora-Khan is an actress who slipped from No. 8 to No. 27.
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  28. **Tasmin Lucia Khan is a British journalist of Bangladeshi descent for BBC. She was ranked last year at No. 27. **
  29. Celina Jaitly retains her position at No. 29.
  30. **Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani pop singer who was ranked at No. 35. **
  31. **Sherlyn Chopra moves up 10 positions this year. **
  32. **Miss Independent aka Natasha Khan is aPakistani-Britian alternative rock musician. She was previously ranked at No. 39. **
  33. **Rani Mukherjee moved five points up the list for this year. **
  34. ** Norah Jones is a successful singer who moved up from last year’s ranking of No. 37. **
  35. **Gulzaeb Beg Ali is a Pakistani-Britian model and television presenter. She makes her debut on the list this year.
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  36. **Rakhi Sawant was ranked at No. 32 last year. **
  37. **Minissha Lamba is up from No. 40 to No. 37 this year. **
  38. **Ayesha Takia Azmi is an actress who slipped five spots. **
  39. **Preity Zinta is an actress who ranked at No. 36 last year. **
  40. **Tina Sugandh is an Indian-American writier, singer, table player, guitarist, dancer and actress. She is new on the list. **
  41. **Sophie Choudhry is a former MTV VJ-turned-actress who dropped from No. 24. **
  42. **Miss Pooja aka Gurinder Kaur Kainth is a singer and makes her debut on the list. **
  43. **Simone Bienne is a psychosexual relationship and couples therapist who makes her debut this year. She is of Indian and Swiss-Czech descent. **
  44. **Sania Mirza is a tennis star who moved up two spots. **
  45. **Anoushka Shankar moves up two from No. 47. **
  46. **Dilshad Vadsaria is an American actress of Pakistani, Indian and Portuguese descent. **
  47. **Esha Deol slipped significantly from No. 21 last year. **
  48. **Konnie Huq is an English television present of Bangladeshi descent. **
  49. Shruti Haasan made her Bollywood debut this year and also on the sexiest list.
  50. **Hard Kaur is often called the first female Indian rapper. She makes her debut on the list. **