The May issue of the Bulgarian “Maxim” magazine includes the special feature “100 sexiest Bulgarian women for 2009”. This year’s prime spot is taken by the playmate Nikoleta Lozanova. The ex-girlfriend of the captain of the young national football team Nikolai Mikhailov was also on the front cover recently. She is just one of the many jaw-dropping women in the article.

The blonde charm Zlatka Raikova is ninth. The tabloids have been spreading rumours of her break up with the European sambo champion Blagoi Georgiev for two months now, but the two are still together.

One of the most successful Bulgarian models – Tania Ilieva – is fifteenth. The girlfriend of the pop singer Rushi Vidinliev is a former republican horse riding champion.