'Lovable,' 'clumsy klutz' Jennifer Lawrence is FHM's sexiest woman

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Whether she’s leading an indie film or starring in a top box-office saga, Jennifer Lawrence is one to be watched. We highlight the movie darling’s beginnings and upcoming endeavors. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

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Her performance in “Winter’s Bone” was so riveting, she earned an Oscar nod. And unlike in the film, Lawrence wasn’t afraid to put her good looks on display when she arrived at the 2011 Academy Awards in a figure-hugging red Calvin Klein gown. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tapped Lawrence to reveal the 84th Oscar nominations alongside academy President Tom Sherak. She donned a Prada blue/black eyelet outfit from the spring/summer 2011 collection for the occasion. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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In her first collaboration with a luxury brand, Lawrence was named the new face of French fashion house Dior, replacing actress Mila Kunis. She followed in the fashionable footsteps of Charlize Theron, Marion Cotillard and Natalie Portman. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Her portrayal of Tiffany Maxwell in “Silver Linings Playbook” earned Lawrence her first Oscar for leading actress. As she was called to stage for her win, she took a tumble on the Oscar stairway in her Dior Haute Couture gown - but it seemed to make her all the more lovable. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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When Lawrence attended the 2014 Golden Globes on Jan. 12, she made an impression on the red carpet with a puffy Dior gown (not to mention a photo bomb on Taylor Swift) and on the stage when she took home the supporting actress Golden Globe for her role in the movie “American Hustle.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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The cast of “American Hustle” took home the most important accolade of the evening at the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards: the best cast prize. The win marked Lawrence’s second SAG Award after her 2013 lead actor win for “Silver Linings Playbook.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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In perhaps one of the most memorable moments of the 2014 Oscars, and certainly the most viral, host Ellen DeGeneres recruited a who’s who of Hollywood, including Lawrence, to snap a Twitter portrait. The pic, retweeted by more than half a million people, knocked Twitter offline for a few moments. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Making it official (for the second time), Lawrence and actor Nicholas Hoult split in August 2013. The pair, who met while filming “X-Men: First Class,” had a difficult time making their relationship work due to their busy, not to mention highly successful, schedules. (Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images; Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Snowlodge)

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What began as a rumor proved to be true after it was confirmed that Lawrence and Coldplay frontman (and Gwyneth Paltrow’s ex) are an item. The new couple have yet to be publicly photographed together. Pictured, Lawrence attends the iHeartRadio Music Festival, in which Martin performed. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Clear Channel; Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Clear Channel )

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Come Christmas 2015, Lawrence will star in director David O. Russell’s rag-to-riches tale “Joy,” centered on Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. Lawrence said Russell approached her through a text, and she happily obliged. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Lawrence, with Evan Peters, suited up to play Mystique a third time in Bryan Singer’s “X-Men: Apocalypse.”

(Alan Markfield / AP)

By Nardine Saad

May 1, 2014 10:43 AM PT

Jennifer Lawrence has been named FHM’s sexiest woman in the world for 2014.

“The Hunger Games” star tops the British men’s magazine 20th annual list, unseating last year’s champ Mila Kunis and sending her down to the No. 6 spot.

The reasons: JLaw’s pixie-cut popularity, “shaming” Jack Nicholson after the 2013 Oscars, her starring role in “Hunger Games,” that notion that apparently “no heterosexual man is safe from developing a ferocious crush on her” and her near-naked reprisal of Mystique in “X-Men” Days of Future Past” kept FHM paying attention.

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The mag, which polls readers to determine its 100 leading ladies, also noted the 23-year-old’s “out-cleavaging” of Amy Adams in “American Hustle,” her photobombing of Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes, her self-deprecating charm when she coined the term “armpit vagina” at the SAG Awards and her infamous second fall at this year’s Oscars.

“She probably trips up on hearing the news, because she’s such a big clumsy klutz. Dear God, she’s just so lovable,” the mag said.

Rounding out the top 10: Britain’s “Coronation Street” star Michelle Keegan, pop star Rihanna, “Blurred Lines” model Emily Ratajkowski, “The Big Bang Theory” star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kunis, pop diva Beyonce, British actress Lucy Mecklenburgh, Pussycat Dolls alum Nicole Sherzinger and “Her” voice actress Scarlett Johansson.

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Not mentioned anywhere in the 100? People magazine’s most beautiful woman of 2014: Lupita Nyong’o. And apparently it was a banner year for “older” women -- those in their 30s and 40s -- as well.

“Sandra Bullock and Kate Moss are the sole survivors from the class of ‘95,” wrote FHM editor Dan Jude.

But the tastes of the magazine’s readers weren’t “all that different” since then, Jude wrote.

“Actress is still the most popular profession. Brits are still the most-voted-for nationality. And the twenties remain your favourite age group. Plus you still rate your royals,” he said.

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Here’s a breakdown of some of notable names on the list:

Pop stars: Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Ariana Grande and Shakira.

Movie stars: “Noah’s” Emma Watson, “Amazing Spider-Man 2’s” Emma Stone, “Transformers” star Megan Fox, “Lovelace’s” Amanda Seyfried, “Wolf of Wall Street’s” Margot Robbie, “We’re the Millers” star Jennifer Aniston, “American Hustle’s” Amy Adams, “Arthur Newman’s” Emily Blunt, “Gravity” star Sandra Bullock and “Machete Kills’” Jessica Alba.

TV stars: “Game of Thrones” beauty Emilia Clarke (who was AskMen’s No. 1 pick), chef Nigella Lawson, “Doctor Who” companion Jenna Louise Coleman, “New Girl” star Zooey Deschanel, reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, “Modern Family’s” Sofia Vergara and Sarah Hyland, “Mad Men’s” Christina Hendricks, Lois Griffin from “Family Guy” (seriously), “Glee’s” Dianna Agron and “How I Met Your Mother” star Cobie Smulders.

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Big-time models: Kate Upton, Irina Shayk, Miranda Kerr, Cara Delevingne, Kate Moss, Bar Refaeli, Candice Swanepoel and Rose Huntington-Whitely.

Royals and royal-adjacent: Kate Middleton’s sister Pippa Middleton and Prince Harry’s now ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas also made the list.

See the full 100 here.

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