Latin America is known for it's steamy temperatures and it's sultry, sizzling hot women.

It's a tough choice to make with all that competition, but Breaking Celebrity News brings you Latin America's top three sexiest, hottest women.

In the number one spot is Mexican singer/actress Paulina Rubio. Although still relatively unknown in the US the stunning 39-year-old is huge throughout Latin America.

Rubio was placed 7th most successful Latin Pop Song Artist of the last decade by Billboard Magazine recently and her fifth album, Paulina has sold over 21 million copies.

She is married to Spanish public relations executive Nicolas Vallejo Najera "Colate" and gave birth to the couple's first child last November, a son named Andrea.

Snapping at Rubio's heels in the hotness stakes though is fellow singer/actress Shakira.

The 33-year-old Colombian born beauty shot to international fame with her 2006 smash hit, Hips Don't Lie, but she was already a household name throughout her home continent.