Superman Is Super-Sexy: Henry Cavill Tops 'Sexiest Man Alive' Poll

Henry Cavill has topped the latest poll by Glamour magazine to determine the '100 Sexiest Men Alive.' The Man of Steel actor took the top spot from four-time winner of the accolade Robert Pattinson, who after four consecutive years of being declared the world's biggest hunk, fell down to number two this year.

Henry Cavill is apparently the sexiest man alive

The Twilight-star has long been a favourite for the magazine when compiling their yearly list of sexiest men, but this year the spandex-wearing DC superhero Cavill proved too dashing to ignore, as he leaped to the top spot. Cavill was chosen as the sexiest man alive by the magazine on the back of his successful turn as Superman in the blockbuster Man of Steel, with his chiselled abs and facial features probably going some way towards securing his spot at the top of the poll too.

He may have finally been ousted from the top spot, but hopefully Pattinson isn't hurting too bad from failing to win five consecutive titles dedicated to his sexiness. After all, how bad can it be being the second sexiest man in the world?

Coming in second can't be too bad now can it?

Next page: the rest of the top five and some notable omissions

Making up the rest of the top five was Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, coming in at number five, with Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston taking the number four spot. In third was Liam Hemsworth, whilst his older brother (Liam and Loki's) Chris Hemsworth came in at number seven.

Harry Styles was sixth in the poll

The rest of the top ten wasn't too devoid of surprises, with Justin Bieber (10th), Idris Elba (8th) and Harry Styles (6th) making up the top end of the table. In what some might consider a strange move, Jamie Campbell Bower was placed at no. 9, whilst other hunks like Bradley Cooper and Gerald Butler were way up in the darker reaches of the list.

Meanwhile, the winner of People magazine's poll to find the sexiest man alive, Adam Levine, was all the way at 93 in the poll, but perhaps most shocking of all, George Clooney came 100th! Who are Glamour trying to kid?

The full list is available in the January edition of Glamour, out 5 December.

No love for Levine?