Liz has the body women want

Liz Hurley has the body women want, according to a new survey.

The 41-year-old Estee Lauder model first showcased her curves in the famous Versace safety-pinned dress.

She was named the number one British Body Idol in a poll of 5,000 women for New Woman magazine.

Maintaining the Hurley figure is hard work. She once confessed to eating just one full meal a day and snacking on six raisins, while watercress soup is a staple of her diet.

New Woman editor Helen Johnston said: "She is pencil-slim but still curvy, the ideal most women desperately want.

"However, ordinary women can comfort themselves with the fact it is a 24-hour-a-day job, requires iron determination and probably very little food.

"For most of us, a body like Elizabeth Hurley's would require a lifetime of sacrifice."

Hurley's win does not prove that curves are in. The female celebrity in second place was Victoria Beckham.

"Victoria Beckham is often criticised for her body size, but it seems British women are obsessed with her shape and wouldn't hesitate to swap their body for hers. Women think she looks good," Johnston said.

Former Hear'Say star Myleene Klass was third. Showing off her bikini-clad body in a white bikini on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has earned her a modelling job as the new face of Marks and Spencer.

Kelly Brook was fourth, followed by Kate Moss and Kate Winslet.

Cat Deeley, Jordan, Sienna Miller and the slender Keira Knightley complete the top 10.
Coleen McLoughlin is at number 11.

The list features a mix of the voluptuous (Nigella Lawson, Kirstie Allsopp, Davina McCall) and the super-skinny (Jemima Khan, Trinny Woodall and Lily Cole).

One-fifth of the top 100 belong to women over 40 - including Hurley.

They include Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren (15th), Carol Vorderman (19th), Joanna Lumley (36th), Felicity Kendal (73rd) and Fern Britton (93rd).