Angelina Jolie is Most Admired Woman in the World! Director, beats Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton and the Queen Elizabeth in Global poll

According to a new Global YouGov poll of 25,000 people and conducted across 23 countries, with each nation producing different results shows the actress, director, mother-of-six and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie is most admired woman in the world

 

She beats the likes of the Queen Elizabeth II , Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton and even to be named the most respected internationally.

 

However, the YouGov study found that Brits still voted Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II into the top spot nationally - just pushing Judi Dench into second place. 

In second place was 17-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Talban and won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, rounded out the top three. 

 

The Queen was widely admired along with Michelle Obama, who came in fifth and surprisingly Celine Dion who took the sixth spot, ahead of Oprah Winfrey at seven and Julia Roberts who was eighth most admired woman.

 

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi came in at nine, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel was tenth most admired globally.

The list shows how many people regard celebrities more highly than politicians.

And close behind Merkel are Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles at 11th and 12th place. India's Sonia Gandhi is 13th, just in front of Jennifer Lawrence.

 

Kate Middleton comes in 15th in the worldwide results but in the UK she was voted sixth, just after Helen Mirren (fourth) and before Aung San Suu Kyi.