Montag, 21, ranked No. 36 on the lad mag's annual "Hot List" poll, while foe Conrad, 22, came in at No. 56.
(Audrina Patridge was No. 74. Neither Whitney Port nor Lauren "Lo" Bosworth made the cut.)
"Let's hear it for villainy!" Maxim editors wrote of Montag, who has a zebra obsession.
The editors also credited Conrad — who "made being a rich young woman seem normal," they said — with paving "the way for Heidi....”
Montag also beat Conrad on FHM's recent Sexiest Woman in the World poll.
In its latest issue (on newsstands now), Us Weekly reports on the inside details of the bitter war between Conrad and Montag and Spencer Pratt — and what MTV refuses to show you. As the couple hits the airwaves bashing the designer for a sex tape no one has seen, Conrad's friends finally speak out in an attempt to defend her.
Tell Us: Do you think Heidi's hotter than Lauren?
Whose Sex Tape would you be least likely to watch?
Dustin Diamond's
Paris Hilton's
Kim Kardashian's
Pamela Anderson's
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