Rear of the Year Danson

Former Coronation Street actress Jane Danson after scooping the Rear of the Year award at London's Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel. Comedian and chat show host Graham Norton won the male version of the award. * The cheeky pair join an elite list of curvy stars to lift the title, including 1999 winners Robbie Williams and Denise Van Outen. 15/03/02: Jane is to swap the Rover's Return for the mean streets of Sun Hill by playing the Bill's first lesbian officer, it emerged today 14.3.02. The 24-year-old actress, who played Leanne Battersby in the soap opera, is due to join the long-running police drama this summer. She will play Wpc Gemma Osbourne. 23/04/2003: Winners of the Rear of The Year competion: Barbara Windsor, 1976 - who received it as a one-off award; Felicity Kendal, 1981, the first year it became an annual event; Suzi Quatro, 1982; Lulu, 1983; Elaine Paige 1984; Lynsey de Paul 1985; Anneka Rice, 1986 (the same year that Award was presented to its first male recipient-Michael Barrymore);Anita Dobson, 1987; Su Pollard, 1988; Marina Ogilvy, the daughter of Princess Alexandra, became the first Royal winner in 1989; after a two year gap, Ulrika Jonsson won in 1992; Sarah Lanchashire, 1993; Mandy Smith, 1994, after which the competition was switched from spring to autumn; Tracy Shaw, 1996; Melinda Messenger, 1997; Carol Smilie, 1998; Denise van Outen, 1999; Jane Danson, 2000; Claire Sweeney, 2001; Charlotte Church, 2002. (Photo by Michael Stephens - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)