Hollywood beauty Reese Witherspoon has been named the most likeable female celebrity in a new poll.

The Oscar winner, 30, beat Jennifer Aniston to the top spot with 74 percent to the actress' 70 percent in the survey of more than 1,000 women aged 13 and over. Participants were asked to judge which celebrities, from a list of the 10 women who regularly graced magazine covers and gossip columns in 2007, they found the most appealing, confident, glamorous, interesting and over-exposed, among other qualities.

Angelina Jolie came in third position with 53 percent, closely followed by singer/actress Jennifer Lopez in fourth place with 52 percent. Tom Cruise's wife, Katie Holmes, also makes it into the top five with a mere 32 percent.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the scale, Paris Hilton edged out Britney Spears to be voted the least appealing star with a 9 percent likeability rating to the singer's 11, while the hotel heiress topped the list for most over-exposed celebrity with 75 percent to Spears' 68 percent.

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