The Duchess of Cambridge has being voted the UK's number one beauty icon for the third year in a row.
The 32-year-old royal saw off competition from TV favourite Holly Willoughby and Strictly Come Dancing champion Abbey Clancy to take the title, which was bestowed following a poll of 2000 British women.
Completing the top five were singer Beyonce and perennial favourite Cheryl Cole who remained popular despite adding an eye-catching tattoo to her posterior earlier this year.
The study placed Hollywood humanitarian icon Angelina Jolie as the sixth biggest beauty icon of the year, while X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger was in seventh place, closely followed by Adele, who leapt from 14th to eighth place.
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham took ninth place, while Cara Delevigne, perhaps now more famous for her party girl antics than modelling career, completed the top ten.
The study also found just under half of all women polled are envious of the way celebrities look, and one quarter look to their favourites for inspiration on what to wear and how to look.
Forty-two per cent said seeing celebrities look amazing makes them take better care of their own appearance, while 18 per cent directly compare themselves to famous people.
Simon Comins of Superdrug, which conducted the annual Beauty Icons study of 2013, said: 'Kate Middleton has secured her place in the nation's hearts, and has cemented her position as a beauty Icon.
'The Duchess is always immaculately presented, but is styled in a way the average person can relate to, and take inspiration from.
'Our customers definitely take note of Kate's look, brunette hair colours and natural makeup have never been more popular, and it's interesting that the majority of our top ten list this year have naturally brown hair.'
He added: 'We spend a huge amount of time watching celebrity trends and beauty looks because we know our customers watch them too.
She's fine but she's not that beautiful in my eyes.
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