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| Rosie Huntington Whiteley |
Which may be a bit of an ego blow toMegan Fox, whom Huntington-Whiteley has replaced as the siren in the Transformers movie franchise. The third installment, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is due in theaters in July.
Despite no acting experience, Huntington-Whiteley was picked over 500 women who aspired to steam up the screen opposite Shia LaBeouf.
Director Michael Bay told the Yahoo movie blog: "Replacing Megan, it was something more interesting to go with something brand new and fresh. Because, when it's brand new it's kind of a new discovery for the audience, too." The blog also features a trailer from the movie.
The Maxim list also included these notables: Fox (gasp) at 17, just married Kate Middleton at 26, Avril Lavigne (who are they kidding?) at 34, Lindsay Lohan at 38 and Miley Cyrus at 64.
Here's what Maxim had to say about the choice of Huntington-Whiteley to top the list: "All hail Maxim's new queen! When we first heard rumblings of a Megan Fox replacement in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, we wept into our Optimus Prime pillows for weeks. As it turns out, director Michael Bay found someone even foxier. Making her Hot 100 debut at the No. 1 spot and scoring her first big screen role in the next Transformers, please give a warm, not-creepy welcome to supermodel and all-around British bombshell Rosie Huntington-Whiteley!"
The editors of Maxim noted, "As we've learned from producing 11 years of the Hot 100, ranking the world's hottest women is a grueling job..."
