10:27am UK, Sunday August 24, 2003

Pop star Shania Twain has declared herself surprised by the amount of attention she gets from men.

The Canadian born star, whose album Come On Over is the most successful record ever made by a woman, remains modest about her looks.

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Shania Twain is touring the UK

This despite having posed for sexy photo shoots in FHM, Maxim and GQ.

"I don't think I'm ugly, I just think I'm overrated on the cutie-factor," she told The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day magazine:

The 37-year-old added: "I'm not going to look like Cindy Crawford, or a top model.

"Those people are perfect, that's why they have that job.

"But I am a musician. How can I be voted the sexiest woman, or whatever? That happens to Raquel Welch."

Twain is touring Europe to promote her latest album Up, which has sold 675,000 copies in the UK.