Readers' Pick:

‘JUBILEE!’

Bally's 3645 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Bally’s venerable ‘Jubilee!’ high-kickers win this category year after year, and in 2009 became the last of the classic Vegas showgirls after ‘Folies Bergere’ closed at the Tropicana. This year’s second place goes to the sexy cabaret show ‘Fantasy’, but the lopsided margin makes it clear this is one part of Las Vegas where voters like to preserve tradition.

Our Pick:

BETTE MIDLER ‘THE SHOWGIRL MUST GO ON’

Caesars Palace 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South

The 20 ‘Caesar Salad Girls’ did more than merely give Midler time to change clothes. Under the helm of choreographer and Las Vegas High School grad Toni Basil, they revived the beauty of classic-Vegas floor shows, creating serene little moments with feathered fans and parasols. That is, when they weren’t busy circling the star in motorized wheelchairs.

Guest Pick:

Jaymes Vaughan, Chippendales Performer “Peepshow” At Planet Hollywood

3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South

It’s good to break away from traditions; that’s how new ones get started. So what if the women in “Peepshow” don’t wear feathers? They’re still showgirls, according to Jaymes Vaughan, a Chippendales entertainer. And they’re the best showgirls in Las Vegas.

“I don’t think a good showgirl has to have a backpack and feathers on her head,” says Vaughan, who has been dancing with the famous male revue for three years. “You’ve just got to be a beautiful woman onstage. The definition of a showgirl has morphed into something different.”

And “Peepshow” has Holly Madison, one of the most beautiful women on a Vegas stage, at least in Vaughan’s world. He has had a crush on her for several years now. Vaughan got to meet her when she came to see the Chippendales at the Rio.

“They’re all ridiculously beautiful women, but they’ve got Holly Madison,” Vaughan says. “She’s so beautiful and so cool.”