Dec 15th 2009 By Brian Fairbanks

5 Hot Actresses Hollywood Miscast As Dorks

When "90210" star AnnaLynne McCord called herself an "uber-dork" in her "Tonight Show" appearance last week, the admission that drew condemnation from dorks everywhere who don't want to be associated with her.

The Internet knows that McCord and other Hollywood actresses would never have been caught dead going to a college football game with a dweeb from the computer lab, even if he was only in there working on a column for Asylum, the world's greatest Web site.

But we can't fault McCord for her confusion when casting directors continue to act as if fans will accept hot Hollywood model types playing an unpopular nerd. We've compiled a list of just a few of these crimes against sexy people.

5. Lea Michele
"Glee" is some show that people watch on television, but, as Asylum writer Emily McCombs complains, "The show's producers don't seem to think we'll realize that Lea Michele is really hot. All her character points revolve around the fact that she's an ugly dork."

Well, the men of the Internet have certainly figured that out; she's been a popular search on Yahoo and other sites since the series took off earlier this year. Catch up, show.

4. Hilary Swank
We'll admit that our crush on Ms. Swank is on the strange side. After all, her most famous roles are a tomboy boxer, a woman pretending to be a man, and that dweeb Amelia Earhart.

But have you seen that Esquire spread? She's the trailer park girl-next-door, only way hotter and 20 times more talented. But appearances on the "Ellen" show (dressed as Ellen, no less) and endless roles in which she plays the ugly duckling are not fooling us, Hollywood.

3. Rachel Leigh Cook
She was an up-and-coming hottie back in the late '90s when the Freddie Prinze Jr. vehicle "She's All That" came calling.

Those infamous scenes of Cook wearing spectacles and stumbling around helplessly then magically transforming into a babe (thanks to the discovery of those newfangled "contact lenses" thing) probably has something to do with why we haven't seen much of her lately.

2. Ally Sheedy
The brat pack star's supporting turn in "The Breakfast Club" was one of the highlights of teen comedies in the 1980s. It's also the most heinous example of Hollywood "hot girl revisionism" in history.

We've never gotten over how Ally Sheedy changes from a black outfit to a white one, puts on a bit of makeup, basically looks exactly the same, and steps out of the bathroom in slow motion to the delight of jock boy Emilio Estevez. Ally, it was love at first sight for us, don't ever change ... or, you know, grow up.

1. Nicole Fox, America's newest Top Model
Before you wonder what a reality show contestant is doing on this list, remember that all of these women are encouraged to act before the cameras -- and not just by the judges helping them along a runway.

In last month's surprise finale, the 18-year-old Kentuckian shouted excitedly, "I'm a dork, and I'm America's Next Top Model." Maybe, as your sister said, you were always a dork growing up, Nicole, but being a hot and barely legal redhead, you cannot possibly be a dork, not even if you had written "Battlestar Galactica" fan porn. Forevermore, you will be known as a major fox.

From the Web:

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Sadly she was just a figment of Clark Griswold's imagination. (Holy Taco)

Tags: dorks - geek girls - GeekGirls - hot girls - HotGirls - lea michele - LeaMichele

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Tuesday 15 December

By bananas

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maybe these are just bad pictures, but aside from girls 1 and 3 I don't see anything "hot" about these girls.

Thursday 17 December

By Will

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Are you kidding? #1 looks absolutely disgusting, women should have meat on their bones, not just skin.

Sunday 03 January

By bigred13

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Hillary Swank is not hot.

Wednesday 16 December

By jc

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You're kidding, right?? Lea Michele looks pretty good, though I'm not familiar with her and I've always thought Rachel Leigh Cook was wayyy HOT ! but the others....stop dreaming...I've never even met anyone who thought Hillary Swank was hot...and she always seems terribly miscast when they try to place her in a romance or especially a romantic comedy...Ally Sheedy was kind of cute when she was young, but lost it quickly as she aged, and that other chick...wow...just odd looking....

Wednesday 16 December

By eddie muertos

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Yea, with the exception of Cook, this list is pretty weak. and, that Glee chick is a classic butter-face and the producers knew that when they cast her. They knew her bod was hot enough to garner interest but that huge honker would keep her believable as the dorky chick.

Friday 18 December

By Monkeynoodle

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Eeeewwwww. Nicole Fox is the winner of the stupid show? EW, EW, EW! She's hideous looking! You've GOT to be kidding! That is NOT sexy! She has the build of a ten year old boy! EWWWWW. Men do NOT find her sexy.

Friday 18 December

By Holly

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Yeah, I've been trying to figure out why the Glee scripts keep trying to convince me that Rachel is ugly and poorly dressed. I know the Glee universe is this hyper exaggerated version of all fictional high schools (ie, if you aren't tiny and blonde you are ugly, case closed) but that fact that Lea Michelle is pretty makes alot of the dialogue about a major character totally useless. And it made that whole makeover episode totally nonsensical, what were they making over about her