Basildon babe, Denise Van Outen has been voted among the top third of the 300 most beautiful women of all time.

The former Big Breakfast presenter, who recently landed a part in the New York hit musical, Chicago, came 65th in the Sunday Express survey.

Elizabeth Taylor was voted number one beauty of all time by the fifty-strong juding panel, which included Peter Stringfellow, Alan Titchmarsh and Vanessa Feltz.

Full report in Monday's Evening Echo

Published Sunday, March 10, 2002