Shakira and Gerard Pique Are Debut on Zimbio's 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples List

Shakira broke up with her longtime beau broke up in early 2011, so this year the petite singer made Zimbio's 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples list with a new man, soccer star Gerard Pique. They placed at No. 32 with the help of popularity and good looks.

Shakira kisses Gerard Pique (Bauer Griffin)

There might be 15 inches and 10 years between them (she's 5-foot-1 and 35, he's 6-foot-4 and 25), but they do have some serious chemistry. They love showing off for the cameras, perhaps a little too much. Apparently some vacation pictures of the couple got the Barcelona player in some hot water with his team in March. But these two started dating soon after Shakira split from Antonio de la Rua after 11 years, and rebound relationships rarely last. Just ask Jennifer Lopez.

Speaking of J. Lo, she also made our list with a new man this year. She and Marc Anthony rounded out the top 10 on last year's list and a lot has changed since then. The couple split in July 2011 and by the time Thanksgiving rolled around both stars had found hot 24-year-old rebounds. Lopez's new man, Casper Smart, was one of her backup dancers. Now, he's traveling the world with her (not in a bus) and she even bought him a tricked-out truck for his birthday. The tattooed ! dancer a lso starred in Lopez's music video for "Dance Again." That said, the odds of this blazing hot romance keeping the heat aren't exactly high.

What makes a couple hot? Well in the case of our list, we look at four criteria: Popularity, Success, Attractiveness, and Staying Power. Through a complicated system best described as "science," we come up with a score for each category and add the whole lot together to come up with a total score for each couple, which ultimately decides their rankings. Check out the infographic below for a more detailed explanation, and see our full feature here.

100 Hottest Celebrity Couples of 2012

Find out which of Hollywood's most famous pairs have it all: success, attractiveness, popularity and staying power.

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