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Denise Richards voted worst ever Bond girl...but Andress is still simply the best
Last updated at 15:43pm on 02.02.08Hollywood actress Denise Richards has been named Worst Bond Girl Ever by fans for her performance in The World is Not Enough by fans while original 007 girl Ursula Andress was voted the best.
Richards is most well known for her turbulent divorce from actor Charlie Sheen but her performance as a Bond Girl nearly ten years ago is perhaps best forgotten.
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Best and worst: Ursula Andrews was named Best Bond Girl ever for her role as Honey Ryder in Dr No, The World Is Not Enough star Denise Richards (right) was voted the worst ever
Richards, 36, won the accolade after she appeared as nuclear physicist Dr Christmas Jones who graced the screen in 1999 wearing an improbably uniform of hot pants and a cropped vest.
Dubbed a "disaster" by fans a reviewer commented: "Even Q didn't have a gadget to escape from that disaster."
Former Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts was second in line for the dubious award for her portrayal of revenge seeking geoolgist Stacey Sutton in A View to A Kill in 1985.
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The good and the bad: Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger and Britt Ekland (right) as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun
Critics complained: "We forgot that Bond girls were supposed do be smart and sexy."
Meanwhile the original 007 girl Ursula Andress was named Best Bond Girl ever for her sexy debut as Honey Ryder in 1962's Dr No.
The poll said: "Her sultry walk out of the waves set the tone for every sexy strong Bond girl."
British actress and ex-Avengers star Honor Blackman claimed second place for her character Pussy Galore.
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Classic Bond babes: Halle Berry in Die Another Day and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me
Miss Blackman was praised for "introducing fans to the series first real woman - a gorgeous dame who can fly and plane and kick butt as well as coo and woo."
Best Bond Girls
1. URSULA ANDRESS: Honey Ryder - Dr No
2. HONOR BLACKMAN: Pussy Galore - Goldfinger
3. DIANA RIGG: Tracey Divicenzo - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. EVA GREEN: Vesper Lynd - Casino Royale
5. BARBARA BACH: Anya Amasova - The Spy Who Loved Me
6. FAMKE JANSSEN: Xenia Onatopp - Goldeneye
7. MICHELLE YEOH: Wai Lin - Tommorrow Never Dies
8. LOTTE ENYA: Rosa Klebb - From Russia With Love
9. JILL ST JOHN: Tiffany Case - Diamonds Are Forever
10. CAROLE BOUQUET: Melina Havelock - For Your Eyes Only
Worst Bond Girls
1. DENISE RICHARDS: Dr Christmas Jones - The World Is Not Enough
2. TANYA ROBERTS: Stacey Sutton - A View To A Kill
3. CORRINE CLERY: Corinne Dufour - Moonraker
4. MARYAM D'ABO: Kara Milovy - The Living Daylights
5. KARIN DOR: Helga Brandt - You Only Live Twice
6. BRITT EKLAND: Mary Goodnight - The Man With the Golden Gun
7. CAREY LOWELL: Pam Bouvier - License to Kill
8. LOIS CHILES: Holly Goodhead - Moonraker
9. LYNN-HOLLY JOHNSON: Lili Bahl - For Your Eyes Only
10. MAUD ADAMS: Octopussy - Octopussy
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