Published:  00:00 Wednesday - January 06, 2010

Vietnamese model Tran Thi Huong Giang won a special award for Sexiest by Popular Demand and is one of the ten hottest beauties on the planet, according to GlobalBeauties.com.

She won 26 percent of 12,000 votes from people across the world in the website’s poll. Giang is among the sexiest women, including Miss Earth Philippines, Miss World Gibraltar, Miss World Panama, Miss World Mexico, Miss Universe Australia, Miss Earth Brazil, Miss World Barbados and Miss Tourism Queen Altai Republic.

“When I came in the top 20, I was really surprised because it is not easy to do well at international polls held by Global Beauties,” Giang said. “I am really satisfied.”

Giang, 22, a professional model, is 1.8m in height and measures 86-61-92. She won the Miss Hai Duong title in a local contest in 2006 and was the second runner-up at Miss Vietnam Global 2009.

She represented Vietnam at Miss World 2009 in South Africa and was among the top 16.

The hottest beauties selection was made by the judging panel of Global Beauties, based on results from Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Tourism Queen.