She's the ultimate pin-up! Elisha Cuthbert channels the Fifties in a belted one-piece bathing suit as she is named Maxim's most beautiful woman on TV

She was named Maxim's most beautiful woman on TV.
And Elisha Cuthbert showed just why she was chosen for the accolade as she appears on the cover of Maxim magazine.
The actress somewhat channels a Fifties pin-up girl as she dons a navy blue one-piece bathing suit which shows just a hint of her cleavage.

Pin-up look: Elisha Cuthbert appears on the front cover of the March issue of Maxim magazine

The 30-year-old helps create curves as she places her hands on her hips and wears a black sash belt around her waist. 
Her blonde hair falls over one shoulder in waves for the front cover image and she dons a chunky gold bangle on her wrist with studs in her ears.

 

Elisha’s stunning shot is to celebrate being TV’s Most Beautiful Woman according to the men’s publication’s March 2013 issue, which is out on American newsstands on February 19.
During her interview, the Happy Endings star reveals she can’t believe she has claimed the top spot amongst a throng of gorgeous contenders and joked that her female colleagues will be envious.

Porn star past: She played a racy role in 2004's The Girl Next Door

The modest lady quipped: ‘To think that one person could be the most beautiful when there’s Kaley Cuoco, Sofía Vergara, Zooey Deschanel? They’re all stunning.
‘I’m not gonna fight anyone about it, though. I’ll accept it with grace. But being on a show with two other beautiful women, this is gonna make going to work very uncomfortable.’
While she may be the object of many men’s affections, Elisha – who got engaged to Canadian hockey player Dion Phaneuf in September – doesn’t have even a slight crush on any other star.

Loved up: Elisha with her Canadian Hockey player fiance Dion Phaneuf 

She explained: ‘In interviews everyone is always asked who their celebrity crush is, and I haven’t had one since Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block, when I was 12. 
‘Now I just say Oprah [Winfrey]. I love that woman. She’ll go to someone’s house and bring a huge bucket of oranges she picked from her Santa Barbara home. Oprah, when did you have time to pick two dozen oranges from your garden?’
Now she is set to tie the knot, it seems Elisha is a little less proud of one past acting role in particular.
One decade on she said about filming Girl Next Door at an actual porn convention: ‘I remember I had a lot of real porn stars tell me I was like their Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman. Nice sentiment but, you know, a little awkward.’

Curve-enhancing frock: Elisha at the ABC TCA Winter 2013 Party at Langham Huntington Hotel last month