Washington, Apr 7: Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has beaten supermodel Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham to be voted as the best-dressed woman of the year and style icon of the decade.

In the poll conducted by television channel The Style Network, Cole was voted as the ‘Best Dressed Woman of 2009 along with the style icon accolade.

The survey involving 3000 women also showed that women were seen as at their most stylish when aged between
25 and 30.

Wrapping up the top five were TV presenter Alexa Chung and Gossip Girl star Blake Lively.

"In the past year, Cheryl Cole has become everyone''s style crush,” the Telegraph quoted Jo Elvin, editor of Glamour, as saying.

"She''s ridiculously gorgeous, beautifully groomed and always glossy, glossy, glossy," Elvin added.

The top 10 best-dressed women of 2009 were:

1. Cheryl Cole
2. Kate Moss
3. Victoria Beckham
4. Alexa Chung
5. Blake Lively
6. Katy Perry
7. Agyness Deyn
8. Katie Holmes
9. Rihanna
10. Rachel Bilson (ANI)