Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson has been named as the world’s sexiest man by Glamour magazine.

It is the second year running that Pattinson has won the award, with this year seeing the competition dominated by vampire characters.

Glamour magazines 50 Sexiest Men poll placed fellow Twilight star and on-screen for, Taylor Lautner, in second, while the Australian Xavier Samuel placed fourth and Kellan Lutz fifth. That Twilight provided four of the top five nominations is a testament to the vampire phenomenon. The current trend towards things with fangs was not broken by the third-place getter, Ian Somerhalder, who is the star of The Vampire Dairies.

According to Charlotte Duck, the acting editor for Glamour, women have been attracted to vampire characters because they are associated with an element of danger. She said that vampires were the ultimate bad boys that female followers wanted to tame. Around 50,000 readers voted in the latest poll, which saw traditional favourites falling well down the rankings.

Johnny Depp came in sixth, while David Beckham dropped from fourth to 21st. George Clooney could only place 35th, while Jude Law, Keanu Reeves and Leonardo Di Caprio did not even make the list. The top ten was rounded out by mop-haired teen idol Justin Bieber, Gerard Butler, Hayden Christensen and Channing Tatum.

Actor Orlando Bloom and musicians Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake also featured in the top 14, with Portuguese footballer Ronaldo voted into 15th place. Other screen stars including Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Gosling and Jake Gyllenhaal all made the top 20 which was completed by Bradley Cooper.

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