THE DEFINITIVE LIST OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL, SUCCESSFUL, POWERFUL, NEWSWORTHY, TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THIS YEAR, STARRING MARGOT ROBBIE, SAM KERR, GRACE TAME, ASH BARTY, SARAH SNOOK, SOPHIE MONK, TRACY GRIMSHAW AND MANY MORE…
Women. Influential women, empowering women, movie women, talented women, sports star women, impressive women, political women, amazing women, model women, funny women, commercial women, beautiful women, Commonwealth Games women, pop star women, artistic women, reality TV women, newsworthy women, incredible women, wonderful women, soap star women, brilliant women, extraordinary women, TV presenter women, fitspo women, awesome women, cool women, gutsy women, Australian women – HOT women.
Yes, welcome to the 2022 MAXIM HOT 100 – our annual, eclectic and definitive list of Australian women who have impressed, made headlines or simply had a huge year. The past 12 months saw an abundance of fine and fierce femmes who have wowed us with their aptitude, intellect, humour, attributes and overall incredible talents.
None more so than this year’s winner, Margot Robbie, whose Hollywood star continues to shine brightly on the silver screen, and as a producer, as she fast becomes one of the most powerful women in entertainment.
Add endorsements, ambassador roles, beauty and brains to the mix and she’s the complete package. This also marks Margot’s third time topping the annual MAXIM HOT 100, which now officially makes her the first person in its history to achieve this unique hat-trick!
However, she’s not the only amazing Aussie woman in our 100 – there’s many, many more. So, sit back and enjoy this super-sizzling special edition of MAXIM Australia.
Cheers,
Santi Pintado
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
1 – Margot Robbie
As she has fast become one of the most powerful women in entertainment, Margot Robbie continues to wow audiences with her impressive juggling of lead roles in some of Hollywood’s best movies – case in point is the mystery comedy-thriller Amsterdam, released this month. With producing credits and endorsements for companies such as Chanel, while reflecting her enduring popularity to a multitude of adoring fans worldwide, this year marks Margot’s third time topping the annual MAXIM HOT 100 list. In fact, she is now officially the first person in HOT 100 history to achieve this unique hat-trick! Beauty, brains and talent to boot, she is without doubt the standard for which all Aussies who dream of making it in Tinseltown now look to.
Next up, Margot will be playing the original boss lady herself, Barbie, in Greta Gerwig’s long-awaited live action adaption of the iconic Mattel toy. What’s more, she is also set to star in two major reboots of The Pirates of the Caribbean and Ocean’s series. Proving she’s as down to earth as ever, this year Margot even found time to squeeze in a brief cameo in the Neighbours finale as Donna Freedman, the fictional character she played from 2008 to 2011 on the popular Australian soap – a full circle moment for the Hollywood star. There’s just no stopping this juggernaut of talent and a more than deserving winner of MAXIM Australia’s definitive HOT 100 list for 2022.
2 – Ash Barty
The Barty party officially ended in 2022 with a bang and the surprising announcement that Ash would retire from tennis at age 26. This came just weeks after her magical run at the Australian Open, in which she became the first Aussie woman since 1978 to win the damn thing. She retired with her name firmly in the record books, having won three grand slams on all three surfaces, and went out ranked as the top female player in the world. You’ll always hold court in our hearts, Miss Barty.
3 – Sam Kerr
Some covers, like the front page of a MAXIM issue, are big, while others are sometimes even bigger. This year, Sam Kerr was enshrined into video game history after scoring the cover for FIFA 23 alongside Paris Saint-Germain F.C. star Kylian Mbappé. The highest paid Australian female football star ever, Sammy is the first woman to ever appear on a global game cover for the massively popular FIFA series. Add the multiple trophies and awards she has won for her English club, Chelsea, as well as individual awards such as Best International Women’s Soccer Player, and you’d be crazy not to think Sam Kerr has had a massively successful 2022.
4 – Grace Tame
Among the most widely admired and discussed women on the 2022 MAXIM HOT 100 list, Grace Tame spent most of this year continuing her amazing activism work on behalf of sexual abuse victims and working on The Grace Tame Foundation. She was also presumably delighted when her long-time adversary ScoMo was booted out of office, sharing a smiley photo of herself with new PM, Albo, on election night. Regardless of her political stance, her place in our top five is undeniable.
5 – Emma McKeon
Following her epic medal haul in Tokyo last year, you’d be forgiven for thinking Emma McKeon might have taken a breather in Birmingham. Instead, McKeon continued to smash records, winning six gold, one silver and one bronze medals – the most ever by a swimmer at a Commonwealth Games. Despite this truly insane achievement, much of the media coverage at the Games was taken up by the supposed love triangle between McKeon, her ex Kyle Chalmers and singer-turned-swimmer Cody Simpson. Throughout the hoopla, Em kept it classy and proved for the umpteenth time that she’s the GOAT in and out of the pool.
6 – Sarah Snook
Snook has been hard at work in 2022 working on the much-hyped fourth season of HBO’s Succession. Sarah’s performance in the third season of the series scored her two of Hollywood’s top gongs – a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actor’s Guild Award. She’s also working on a quirky new film which charts the rise and fall of the Beanie Babies bubble of the late ’90s. There’s just no stopping the Snooky success train.
7 – Ariarne Titmus
Swimming’s reigning golden girl (literally) clocked up four more gold medals to her impressive haul at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She’s also added considerably to her endorsement earnings – Titmus is rumoured to earn around $4 million in sponsorship by the time she arrives at the Paris Olympics in two years. Still, success clearly hasn’t spoiled our Ariarne, who remains the same humble Launceston lass who captured the country’s imagination in Tokyo.
8 – Duckie Thot
Top model Duckie’s career continued to go from strength to strength in 2022, with Thot making her sizzling Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue debut as a sensational Rookie. This latest accomplishment puts Duckie among a small group of Aussie models, including Elle Macpherson and Jessica Gomes, to grace the pages of the famed edition. Welcome to the Supermodel Club, Duckie!
9 – Delta Goodrem
This year Delta wowed audiences when she popped up during Robbie William’s performance at the 2022 Grand Final pre-show. She was also busy cashing cheques from endorsements for brands like Revlon and touring the USA as the opening act for the Backstreet Boys. Proving she really is a national treasure, DG was appointed a member of the order of Australia, officially becoming Delta Goodrem, AM. Take a bow.
10 – Abbie Chatfield
This former Bachelor contestant has become one of the most followed social media identities in the country and a gold standard for parlaying a reality TV appearance into a long term career. An activist, host and The Masked Singer judge, this year Chatfield began hosting her own show called Abbie Chats on 10 Play. Proving she’s the ultimate hustler, Abbie also launched a clothing line, bought her first house and started a political podcast. Let’s face it, she was everywhere in 2022.
By SANTI PINTADO & REILLY SULLIVAN
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