FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK) she was "overwhelmed", and added: "Any woman who says they don't like being called sexy, they're lying." By 2002, the list was attracting over five million votes – that year, Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova was number one. A further five million votes were cast the following year, when the American actress Halle Berry was named as the world's sexiest. At 36 years old, Berry was the oldest woman ever to top the list. She responded: "Wow, that's a pretty heady title. I'm not so sure I live up to it, but thank you anyway." The first British woman to
Sonia Couling and throngs of photographers from Thai magazines flew to the UK to snap her until she graduated. After returning home, she appeared in countless Thai TV dramas, TV shows, movies, magazines, fashion shows, commercials and advertising campaigns. In 1998 Couling became VJ for MTV Asia, based in Singapore. She is the first Thai woman to get this job and launched her career into the pan-Asian stage. In 1999 Couling was voted Thailand's sexiest woman by FHM. The UK magazine FHM chose her as number one sexiest woman in Thailand and second in Asia and 10 sexiest women in the world.