AskMen Announces the Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015

NEW YORK, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- After one million reader votes cast internationally, and drawing input from five other leading publications, AskMen announces that actress Emma Watson was voted No. 1 on its Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015. This year's list celebrates women whose achievements are shaping and defining their respective fields. Rounding out this year's top five are UFC powerhouse Ronda Rousey, socialite-turned-entrepreneur Kim Kardashian, pop music phenomenon Taylor Swift, and World Cup alpine ski champion Lindsey Vonn.

To ensure that the list celebrated women's achievements across a variety of fields and disciplines, panelists representing five premier online publications -- Business Insider, Huffington Post Lifestyle, PCMag, Sports Illustrated, and Yahoo! Celebrity -- helped AskMen's editorial team construct the original list of 200 nominees.

A New Type Of List In The Men's Media Landscape
After curating its famous Top 99 Most Desirable Women feature for almost 15 years, AskMen decided to shift the focus to what makes women outstanding in their own right. As the world's leading online men's lifestyle magazine, with 18 million monthly unique visits, the site is uniquely positioned to tap into and share what men are thinking and talking about online.

"This year's list is not only a reflection of a shift in the media, but also a shift in modern male thinking," said James Bassil, Publisher. "We wanted to steer away from 'hot' lists and highlight women who have demonstrated a sheer influence in their industry. We were looking for women who are doing something new this year, something that demonstrates their versatility and raw talent."

When panelist Andy Gray, Senior Web Producer at Sports Illustrated, was asked what he thought of the reinvented Top 99 feature, he said, "What I think is interesting about this year's list is that people will read it -- where before they would look at the list and look at the women. Here you want to read about the women and learn more about them, what they did and their background."

AskMen's Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015
This year, AskMen is celebrating and honoring the women who are defining 2015.

1. Emma Watson
2. Ronda Rousey
3. Kim Kardashian
4. Taylor Swift
5. Lindsey Vonn
6. Elizabeth Holmes
7. Beyonce
8. Amal Clooney
9. Jennifer Lawrence
10. Serena Williams
11. Ashley Graham
12. Michelle Obama
13. Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
14. Mindy Kaling
15. Tracy Chou
16. Laverne Cox
17. Amy Poehler
18. Ava DuVernay
19. Veronica Roth
20. Nicki Minaj
21. Becky Hammon
22. Marissa Mayer
23. Rihanna
24. Scarlett Johansson
25. Maria Sharapova
26. Ariana Grande
27. Emma Stone
28. Alex Morgan
29. Giada de Laurentiis
30. Amy Adams
31. Gina Rodriguez
32. Emily White
33. Anna Kendrick
34. Rosamund Pike
35. Julianne Moore
36. Sarah Koenig
37. Yael Cohen Braun
38. Keira Knightley
39. Reese Witherspoon
40. Gillian Flynn
41. Lupita Nyong'o
42. Laura Trott
43. Tina Fey
44. Rashida Jones
45. Debra Sterling
46. Zoe Saldana
47. Angelina Jolie
48. Christy Turlington Burns
49. Kerry Washington
50. Lisa Eldridge
51. Shailene Woodley
52. Sia
53. Paige VanZant
54. Lyndsey Scott
55. Blake Lively
56. Natalia Vodianova
57. Susie Wolff
58. Lady Gaga
59. FKA twigs
60. Taraji P. Henson
61. Chelsea Clinton
62. Meryl Streep
63. Gillian Zucker
64. Natalie Portman
65. Lorde
66. Cara Delevingne
67. Rebecca Garcia
68. Kristen Wiig
69. Chelsea Peretti
70. Patricia Arquette
71. Michelle Wie
72. Lana Del Rey
73. Ashley Spillane
74. Amy Schumer
75. Elizabeth Banks
76. Chrissy Teigen
77. Rosario Dawson
78. Emilia Clarke
79. Tessa Thompson
80. Meghan Trainor
81. Sierra Blair-Coyle
82. Mila Kunis
83. Erin Andrews
84. Sofia Vergara
85. Deena Varshavskaya
86. Gal Gadot
87. Yao Chen
88. Kristen Stewart
89. Billie Whitehouse
90. Mimi Thorisson
91. Anastasia Ashley
92. Tory Burch
93. Emily Blunt
94. Misty Copeland
95. Halle Tecco
96. Kendall Jenner
97. Katy Perry
98. Eugenie Bouchard
99. Jessica Alba

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AskMen (http://www.askmen.com), a unit of Ziff Davis Media, is the world's No. 1 lifestyle site for men. Dedicated to helping readers become better men on subjects like fashion, health, dating, career, fine living and entertainment, AskMen has the widest reach in the men's lifestyle category, attracting 17 million monthly unique visitors worldwide, and is a foremost content provider -- with an archive of more than 100,000 articles.

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