According to a scientific survey conducted by the good folks at AskMen.com, the "Into the Blue" star ranks at the pinnacle of site's Top 99 Most Desirable Women list for 2006.

Who, pray tell, made this decision? Apparently more than 2.5 million votes were cast between the site's editors and readers. That major criteria is that women in question be "alluring." Apparently the survey asked users to vote on the woman they would most want a relationship with, would consider marrying or thought best-suited to be the mother of their children, whatever that means.

The list begins at No. 99 with former tennis hottie Anna Kournikova (fallings from No. 52 last year) and continues on in variety of predictable directions leading up to a Top 10 of Eva Longoria, Natalie Portman, Amerie, Jessica Biel, Charlize Theron, Maria Menounos (Seriously?), last year's No. 1 Adriana Lima, Angelina Jolie, Sienna Miller and Alba.

Alba soared into the top spot after only coming in at No. 78 last year. How did Alba prove to the readers of AskMen.com that she was the right woman to mother their children? Was it her "Sin City" turn as a stripper with a heart of gold? Or her "Into the Blue" work as a bikini-clad fish trailer? Or her invisible "Fantastic Four" stint? Clearly, when it comes to desirability, 2005 was just a splendid year for the Alba.