Esquire magazine played a dirty little trick on Rihanna’s fans earlier this week. It looked as if our gorgeous RiRi had been crowned this year’s Sexiest Woman Alive, but it all turned out to be a hoax. Well, kind of. Rihanna is one of the sexiest women alive and the spread she did for the magazine should have landed her the crown, but whatever.

A short clip of Rihanna’s photoshoot, with the words, Sexiest Woman Alive was released yesterday. Fans were over the moon and were sending out virtual high-fives and congratulating the Barbadian beauty. Despite not winning, she still looked pretty darn sexy in her topless shoot. The black-and-and white video shows Rihanna rolling around in dirt as she gets real close with Mother Nature. Her dark hair is left loose and tangled while hanging over one eye. The singer gives a sultry stare before she gets down and dirty, literally as she provocatively rubs the dirt over her face and across her shoulders. Despite the misleading YouTube video, the honor went to Katrina Bowden, who has her own sexy style, but is certainly no Rihanna.
Our favorite R&B singer is currently on a break from her Loud tour. She had announced she was planning to repackage her Loud album. She just revealed that plan has been scrapped and something bigger and better is in the works. She tweeted, “I tht abt a RihRelease, but LOUD is its own body of work! Plus u guys work so F?CKIN hard that u deserve to act brand new!!!”
She may not be the crowned Sexiest Woman Alive, but she is the face of Armani jeans. A black-and-white photo from the new campaign has just been unveiled, and Rihanna looks hot! Rihanna sports a very short blonde wig for the campaign which makes it almost hard to identify her. Her pout gives her away. She is wearing a pair of skintight Armani jeans paired with a short sweater that shows off her flat abs. Rihanna will also be modeling the company’s underwear line for the 2011-2012 fall/winter campaign.