Helen Mirren, the 63-year-old actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in 2007′s The Queen, is beating 22-year-old Transformers beauty Megan Fox in Esquire’s annual Sexiest Woman Alive poll.
Mirren leads Fox by about 21,000 votes in the reader poll, which pits film, television, sports and fashion stars against each other in March Madness-style brackets.
“I was surprised and flattered to be included at all,” Mirren told the magazine. “Personally I think Fox is one of the smartest, coolest and sexiest creatures in the Western Hemisphere. I am gobsmacked.”
You can cast your vote and follow the results at Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive page.