By Leah Ornstein - Breaking Celebrity News Style & Beauty Editor

2011 was the year of the bikini bride, as some of the sexiest stars in Hollywood were taken off the market.  As part of our year-end ON YOUR Breaking Celebrity News feature, Breaking Celebrity News is honoring the 10 sexiest brides of 2011 by stripping them down into barely there bikinis!

PHOTOS: The 10 Sexiest Bikini Brides Of 2011

Commoner Kate Middleton transformed into royalty in front of the entire world, when she traded vows with Prince William in the wedding of the decade! But before she became Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, she was simply one of Britain’s most bombshell bikini babes.