Esquire have crowned Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke the “Sexiest Woman Alive” after spending millions of dollars and countless man hours researching every single woman on the planet Earth.

Esquire editor David Granger said: “The ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ title is incredibly important and so we felt that we really needed to make the effort on this one. You can’t just pick some random celebrity who’s in popular TV show for some cheap publicity – that would be morally wrong. No, we extensively researched the finer points of every woman on the planet and we felt sure that Emilia Clarke was definitely sexier than every other woman alive.”

Some more cynical members of the public have questioned the addition of the word “Alive” in the “Sexiest Woman Alive” title. Could it be that there’s a sexier dead woman than Emilia Clarke?

“Well it’s a lot more difficult to research the dead,” Granger told us. “We wanted to be just as accurate with our title as we were the selection.”

Emilia Clarke was delighted to win the award and pose for a saucy photoshoot, as any woman would be.