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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Rear of the Year</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_of_the_Year_logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Rear_of_the_Year_logo.gif/250px-Rear_of_the_Year_logo.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Rear_of_the_Year_logo.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Celebrities considered to have a notable posterior</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Rear of the Year Ltd.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First award</th><td class="infobox-data">1981<br />(one-off presentation in 1976)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Final award</th><td class="infobox-data">2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rearoftheyearcompetition.com/">Official website</a></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged March 2022">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rear of the Year</b> was a British award for celebrities who were considered to have attractive <a href="/wiki/Buttocks" title="Buttocks">buttocks</a>. It was created by publicity consultant Anthony Edwards<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1976. Initially, it was awarded only to women, but in 1986 the first award was made to a man<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 1997, it was awarded annually to one woman and one man.<sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The award was organised by Rear of the Year Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last contest was held in 2019, and Rear of the Year Limited was dissolved as a company in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rear_of_the_Year&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edwards initiated the award as a way to promote specific brands of jeans. <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Windsor" title="Barbara Windsor">Barbara Windsor</a> won the first award in 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was presented as a one-off <a href="/wiki/Publicity_stunt" title="Publicity stunt">publicity stunt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later it became an annual event with <a href="/wiki/Felicity_Kendal" title="Felicity Kendal">Felicity Kendal</a> receiving the honours.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1982 winner <a href="/wiki/Suzi_Quatro" title="Suzi Quatro">Suzi Quatro</a> commented: "I’ve been told since I was about eight or nine that I had a nice ass... So, when I won the award, I was actually quite proud."<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The singer <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a>, who won the 1983 award, was later asked by a journalist if she felt that she had been the subject of objectification when she won the award, and replied: 'I think you're taking this all much too seriously'.<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On winning the award in 1985, <a href="/wiki/Lynsey_de_Paul" title="Lynsey de Paul">Lynsey de Paul</a> quipped "I would like to thank the organisers from the heart of my bottom".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the award was presented to a man for the first time (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Barrymore" title="Michael Barrymore">Michael Barrymore</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1991 saw <a href="/wiki/Marina_Ogilvy" title="Marina Ogilvy">Marina Ogilvy</a>, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Princess_Alexandra,_The_Honourable_Lady_Ogilvy" title="Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy">Princess Alexandra</a>, became the first royal recipient.<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A male award was given to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fairbrass" title="Richard Fairbrass">Richard Fairbrass</a> in 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 1997 the male award became a regular part of the annual event.<sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2002 award to <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Church" title="Charlotte Church">Charlotte Church</a> attracted controversy as the winner had only recently turned 16 at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2010 winner <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Bruce" title="Fiona Bruce">Fiona Bruce</a> accepted the award and participated in a photoshoot, happily posing for pictures in tight jeans.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, she subsequently described the award as "the most hypocritical, ridiculous, ludicrous thing I’ve ever done."<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> became the first person to receive the award for a second time, joking: "I always suspected there were a lot of people out there who were glad to see the back of me. It now appears there were even more than I thought."<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The winners of the award were selected by public vote, a process that sometimes accrued popular campaigns for particular individuals. The winners were usually actors in soap operas, contestants in reality TV shows or pop stars.<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards has described the contest as "an excellent monitor of fashions in body shape".<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 he declared that female rears were starting to slim down as more women took to the gym, jogging and keeping trim during that Olympic year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2018 he said that "the trend is towards a shapely, well-toned and, above all, proportionate rear".<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of businesses sponsored the award including manufacturers of beauty products, <a href="/wiki/Cadbury" title="Cadbury">Cadbury</a><sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Wizard Jeans.<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2015 the award was reported to be generating a level of media coverage equivalent to £4 million (US$6 million) Advertising Value Equivalent.<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Award winners were given a commemorative plaque<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the form of an engraved crystal trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2016 the award was promoted with a winner's <a href="/wiki/Photo_op" title="Photo op">photo op</a> that was reported in the UK's tabloid newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event, staged for some years at <a href="/wiki/The_Dorchester" title="The Dorchester">The Dorchester</a> hotel in London, was attended by numerous press photographers<sup id="cite_ref-Surrey_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surrey-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and included a champagne reception.<sup id="cite_ref-Crothers_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crothers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some winners subsequently described ambivalent feelings about their photo ops, during which they were photographed from behind. 2007 winner <a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Lloyd_(weather_presenter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siân Lloyd (weather presenter)">Siân Lloyd</a> described hers as "probably the weirdest photocall I’ve attended in my life",<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while 2003 winner <a href="/wiki/Natasha_Hamilton" title="Natasha Hamilton">Natasha Hamilton</a> said of seeing her pictures in the press: "I just didn’t like it. It seemed a little bit crass and seedy."<sup id="cite_ref-Sirin_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sirin-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners">Winners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rear_of_the_Year&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recipients included:<sup id="cite_ref-ROTY0010a_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROTY0010a-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1976 — <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Windsor" title="Barbara Windsor">Barbara Windsor</a></li> <li>1981 — <a href="/wiki/Felicity_Kendal" title="Felicity Kendal">Felicity Kendal</a></li> <li>1982 — <a href="/wiki/Suzi_Quatro" title="Suzi Quatro">Suzi Quatro</a></li> <li>1983 — <a href="/wiki/Lulu_(singer)" title="Lulu (singer)">Lulu</a></li> <li>1984 — <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Paige" title="Elaine Paige">Elaine Paige</a></li> <li>1985 — <a href="/wiki/Lynsey_de_Paul" title="Lynsey de Paul">Lynsey de Paul</a></li> <li>1986 — <a href="/wiki/Anneka_Rice" title="Anneka Rice">Anneka Rice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barrymore" title="Michael Barrymore">Michael Barrymore</a></li> <li>1987 — <a href="/wiki/Anita_Dobson" title="Anita Dobson">Anita Dobson</a></li> <li>1988 — <a href="/wiki/Su_Pollard" title="Su Pollard">Su Pollard</a></li> <li>1989 — No competition</li> <li>1990 — No competition</li> <li>1991 — <a href="/wiki/Marina_Ogilvy" title="Marina Ogilvy">Marina Ogilvy</a></li> <li>1992 — <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Jonsson" title="Ulrika Jonsson">Ulrika Jonsson</a></li> <li>1993 — <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Lancashire" title="Sarah Lancashire">Sarah Lancashire</a></li> <li>1994 — <a href="/wiki/Mandy_Smith" title="Mandy Smith">Mandy Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fairbrass" title="Richard Fairbrass">Richard Fairbrass</a></li> <li>1995 — No competition</li> <li>1996 — <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Shaw" title="Tracy Shaw">Tracy Shaw</a></li> <li>1997 — <a href="/wiki/Melinda_Messenger" title="Melinda Messenger">Melinda Messenger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a></li> <li>1998 — <a href="/wiki/Carol_Smillie" title="Carol Smillie">Carol Smillie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Skinner" title="Frank Skinner">Frank Skinner</a></li> <li>1999 — <a href="/wiki/Denise_van_Outen" title="Denise van Outen">Denise van Outen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a></li> <li>2000 — <a href="/wiki/Jane_Danson" title="Jane Danson">Jane Danson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Graham_Norton" title="Graham Norton">Graham Norton</a></li> <li>2001 — <a href="/wiki/Claire_Sweeney" title="Claire Sweeney">Claire Sweeney</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Altman_(actor)" title="John Altman (actor)">John Altman</a></li> <li>2002 — <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Church" title="Charlotte Church">Charlotte Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Wright_(actor)" title="Scott Wright (actor)">Scott Wright</a></li> <li>2003 — <a href="/wiki/Natasha_Hamilton" title="Natasha Hamilton">Natasha Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ronan_Keating" title="Ronan Keating">Ronan Keating</a></li> <li>2004 — <a href="/wiki/Alex_Best" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Best">Alex Best</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aled_Haydn_Jones" title="Aled Haydn Jones">Aled Haydn Jones</a></li> <li>2005 — <a href="/wiki/Nell_McAndrew" title="Nell McAndrew">Nell McAndrew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Will_Young" title="Will Young">Will Young</a></li> <li>2006 — <a href="/wiki/Javine_Hylton" title="Javine Hylton">Javine Hylton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Wright" title="Ian Wright">Ian Wright</a></li> <li>2007 — <a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Lloyd_(weather_presenter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siân Lloyd (weather presenter)">Siân Lloyd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mead" title="Lee Mead">Lee Mead</a></li> <li>2008 — <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Ellison" title="Jennifer Ellison">Jennifer Ellison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Thomas" title="Ryan Thomas">Ryan Thomas</a></li> <li>2009 — <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Stevens" title="Rachel Stevens">Rachel Stevens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Watson" title="Russell Watson">Russell Watson</a></li> <li>2010 — <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Bruce" title="Fiona Bruce">Fiona Bruce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Whittle" title="Ricky Whittle">Ricky Whittle</a></li> <li>2011 — <a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anton_du_Beke" class="mw-redirect" title="Anton du Beke">Anton du Beke</a></li> <li>2012 — <a href="/wiki/Shobna_Gulati" title="Shobna Gulati">Shobna Gulati</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Barrowman" title="John Barrowman">John Barrowman</a></li> <li>2013 — <a href="/wiki/Flavia_Cacace" title="Flavia Cacace">Flavia Cacace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Simone" title="Vincent Simone">Vincent Simone</a></li> <li>2014 — <a href="/wiki/Carol_Vorderman" title="Carol Vorderman">Carol Vorderman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a></li> <li>2015 — <a href="/wiki/Kym_Marsh" title="Kym Marsh">Kym Marsh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe" title="Daniel Radcliffe">Daniel Radcliffe</a></li> <li>2016 — <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Metcalfe" title="Jennifer Metcalfe">Jennifer Metcalfe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hiddleston" title="Tom Hiddleston">Tom Hiddleston</a></li> <li>2017 — <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Riley" title="Rachel Riley">Rachel Riley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a></li> <li>2018 — <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Keegan" title="Michelle Keegan">Michelle Keegan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aidan_Turner" title="Aidan Turner">Aidan Turner</a></li> <li>2019 — <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Holden" title="Amanda Holden">Amanda Holden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Murray" title="Andy Murray">Andy Murray</a></li> <li>2020 — <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Feltz" title="Vanessa Feltz">Vanessa Feltz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Grant" title="Russell Grant">Russell Grant</a></li> <li>2021 — <a href="/wiki/Dawn_French" title="Dawn French">Dawn French </a> and <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Holmes" class="mw-redirect" title="Eamon Holmes">Eamon Holmes</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_contests">Similar contests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rear_of_the_Year&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Similar contests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2013, a <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> newspaper held its own version of the award in which the contestants were naked.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Bumbum" title="Miss Bumbum">Miss Bumbum</a> is an annual contest in Brazil to choose the best female buttocks in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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