AskMen.com has released its annual list of the 99 Most Desirable Women in the World.  And this year's big winner is "Hunger Games" minx JENNIFER LAWRENCE.

 

The website says, quote, "Overall, there's a sense that she's a little more authentic than other actors.  She's fresh because we haven't seen her all over the gossip pages for the past three or four years."  Jennifer was 47th last year.

 

On the other end of the spectrum is KIM KARDASHIAN . . . who dropped 90 PLACES . . . from #8 last year to #98 this year.  The site says, quote, "She is petering off and basically dropping off the list at this point even as she's become more visible."

 


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Meanwhile, infidelity seems to have HELPED KRISTEN STEWART.  She was 27th last year . . . this year she made it to #7.  And thanks to "Homeland", CLAIRE DANES made the list for the first time this year.  She's 20th.

 

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Here's the Top Ten for 2012

#1.)  Jennifer Lawrence

#2.)  Mila Kunis

#3.)  Kate Upton

#4.)  Rihanna

#5.)  Emma Stone

#6.)  Miranda Kerr

#7.)  Kristen Stewart

#8.)  Model Jessica Gomes

#9.)  Jessica Pare  (--She plays Megan Draper on "Mad Men".)

#10.)  Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke  (--Her pre-race routine at the Summer Olympics probably had a lot to do with her popularity.)