BABE100'S BABE OF THE YEAR

Even the Babeboss looked tense facing a battery of cameras and notebooks as he prepared to make his momentous proclamation…

“I’m pleased to announce the babe100 babe of the year is…KEELEY HAZELL!”

And suddenly, there she was, gliding among us, a true vision of loveliness in a slinky long dress generously showing off her glorious curves, smiling shyly as she took the stage next to Babeboss.

Keeley’s smaller than you imagine and while it’s sometimes difficult to get beyond her famous breasts, the rest of her is pretty darn hot too! The camera loves her, of course, and she was soon throwing shapes and sultry pouts as the cameras clicked and despite the cold day, she was even coaxed outside to pose in the middle of London’s Chinatown where a bunch of PSV Eindhoven footie fans – in town for their match with Arsenal – were among the fans drinking her in.

Back inside she charmed the pants off everyone (not literally but it wouldn’t have taken much!) saying how thrilled she was that babeluvers had made her their babe of the year. She kept looking in amazement at the babes in the Top 100, said she though Jessica Alba was “amazing” and thought Cheryl Tweedy was “beautiful, very sexy.” No, she said, she’d never met Cheryl, but wouldn’t mind a night on the tiles with her.

She politely answered questions about her taste in cars (she likes ‘em FAST!), men (you gotta have a sense of humour, guys!), love life (“what love life?”), shopping (“I love buying lingerie”) and size zero models (“I’d rather be sexy than skinny!”) and the whole place was quietly dazzled by her. She even talked about her interest in environmental issues and her potential future career in movies, but assured us she wasn’t about to abandon modelling just yet!

It’s been a remarkable rise for the 20-year-old daughter of a dinner lady and a window fitter from south east who – unbelievably – was told by a teacher at school she had no chance of becoming a model because her boobs were too small. That teacher should take a good look at her amazing 32E whoppers now and let us know what she thinks now. By her own admission she was a bit of a wild child who skipped school most of the time – her progress was hampered by a lethal mix dyslexia, boys and shopping. Less than three years ago she was working as a hairdresser and when that didn’t work out she went to college to study fashion.

But a few months later her ex-boyfriend sent pix of her in to the Page 3 Idol contest and, much to her amazement, she won £10,000 worth of clothes and was on her way to the sort of fame she’d barely dreamed of. Even then her breasts were considered such a national treasure sculpturist Leigh Heppell made a bronze bust of her bust. She subsequently became a huge Page 3 favourite.

She’s no dumb blonde either, with firm opinions. She’s been studying psychology and drama and has made an appearance in the movie Cashback – television presenting and more film work is on the cards, too, so keep your eyes glued, babeluvers.

“There’s a lot more to me than my boobs,” she says, her eyes twinkling, “I don’t think they’re that extraordinary – they’re no bigger than Kelly Brook’s boobs!” And, asked why she thinks babeluvers adore her so much, she says: “I really don’t know, it’s not for me to say, but I’m very grateful.”

Keeley famously turned down a Playboy shoot because it required her to pose fully naked (“I don’t feel comfortable about that”) but has subsequently been featured in Playboy as America, too, has fallen under the spell of the big-breasted Bromley beauty. Half Keeley’s votes in the babe100 chart at the moment are coming from the US.

Congratulations Keeley on being voted our babe of the year 2007 – any message for the babeluvers?

“Yes, I’d like to give a big kiss to every single person in the world who voted for me. There’s so many beautiful and sexy babes around, it’s a tremendous honour to be voted #1 over the course of the year. It’s tremendous. Almost surreal. I feel very humble. I’d sincerely like to thank all the babeluvers…and I hope they keep voting for me!”