Desperate Housewives’ star Nicollette Sheridan is rumoured to be first choice to represent underwear company Ultimo, now that Rachel Hunter’s contract has expired. “Nicollette was one of the first names Ultimo came up with and they have been in intense negotiations with her agent,” a source says. “They like the fact she is very sexy without being too skinny and that she is famous all round the world thanks to `Desperate Housewives’. Ultimo is about real women rather than stick-thin babes in their teens and early twenties.” However, Nicollette may have competition – Carmen Electra, Sex And The City’s Kim Cattrall, Cindy Crawford and Heidi Klum have also been named as possible candidates for the Ultimo contract. [28 December 2005]