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"  Far be it from us to drool over Kate Middleton as she carries the possible heir to the British throne, but, pregnant or not, the Duchess of Cambridge is an intoxicating woman. In fact, just last year she took on the likes of Kate Upton, Katrina Bowden, Brooklyn Decker, and 2009 Sexiest Woman Alive, Kate Beckinsale, in Esquire&amp;#039;s Hottest Woman of 2012 Bracket, making it all the way to the finals before losing in an upset to Sara Underwood.  But there are worse things that being named the second hottest woman in the world, like, perhaps, Kate Middleton&amp;#039;s official portrait, which was unveiled at the National Gallery in London on Friday, and which the Duchess dubbed &amp;quot;absolutely brilliant.&amp;quot; We assume she was being warm and polite, as she&amp;#039;s universally known for being. Either that, or she was excited to see how Scottish-born artist Paul Emsley captured an image of what the lovely Middleton will look like as a reigning queen bordering on fifty-years-old. And if this is how she ages, bravo. But we prefer to see her as she is: a vibrant, fun, sexy young woman who would turn heads on any London street regardless of her social status. We guess our point is that she&amp;#039;s sexy. Really sexy. And this fails to capture that. Follow The Culture Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQCulture. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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