Charlotte Church and Tyra Banks, both a size 14, make sixth and seventh place respectively, followed by Cameron Diaz.

Denise said: "I used to be a size zero but I looked awful. Being a normal size is fine."

Grazia editor Jane Bruton said: "It goes to show that what women really aspire to is a normal-looking figure like Denise’s."

The magazine surveyed 1,000 people in the online poll.

Grazia Top Eight Bikini Bodies:

1. Denise Van Outen

2. Penelope Cruz

3. Coleen McLoughlin

4. Kate Hudson

5. Evangeline Lilly

6. Charlotte Church

7. Tyra Banks

8. Cameron Diaz

Denise’s Proposal - Oct 9, 2020
Television personality Denise Van Outen once asked George Michael for a date... at a shopping centre.  The stunning blonde admitted she sent the gay singer an email, asking if he’d like to see a film with her.

The Daily Mirror reports the 32-year-old star - who once dated hat-wearing Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay - suggested they meet at the cinema at Lakeside shopping centre in Essex, "I’m so sad," she is quoted by the paper as saying. "Sometimes I haven’t a clue."

But Denise needn’t worry about it not working out - as it seems she has another star lined up.  Little Britain’s David Walliams says he and the former Big Breakfast presenter made a pact that if they both failed to find love in two years, they would marry each other, "I do have a marriage pact with Denise Van Outen. We went on holiday together and we said that if we weren’t married to anybody else in two years time we’d get married," he revealed on Michael Parkinson’s talk show.

Is Denise looking for love? Aug 31, 2020
Form an orderly queue lads... because it seems Denise Van Outen wants a boyfriend. The stunning 32-year-old is still single after a series of failed romances, and admits she thought she would be in a relationship by this point in her life. "Life hasn’t turned out how I expected. I thought I would be settled with a family by now," she told Eve magazine.

The blonde, who once dated Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay, said she struggles to relax in a relationship because she’s always convinced it will ultimately fail. "Whoever I’m with I find myself waiting for it to go wrong. I’ve built up a wall because of past experiences," she said.

But the former Big Breakfast host - who divides her time between the UK and Los Angeles - insists her past experiences haven’t put her off relationships. "I’m trying to get over it by dating lots of men," she said.

Denise at Brits - Feb 05
Denise Van Outen red carpets at the Brits. Denise turned out to see her fellow ex Big Breakfast presenter Chris Evans, on stage at the Brit Awards.
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Denise’s new Heart - Jan 05
Denise Van Outen is to take yet another new direction. Our Den changes her career path as often as we change our undies here in the MyVillage offices and her latest change is a world away from her high kicking antics in Chicago or her on screen banter with Johnny Vaughn. The Essex girl made good is to head to Yorkshire for a stint in ITV rural drama Where The Heart Is. Den will play a District Nurse, Kim, in the series, but don’t worry, she won’t be abandoning her distinctive accent - Kim is to be a southerner making a new start in rural Yorkshire.