Generally, I think that women who are professional athletes and who are viewed as "sexy" in the public eye get more attention than other professional athletes. Sometimes, in fact, they get more attention than other women. Which makes the utter lack of female professional athletes on Maxim's Top 100 list both a little surprising, and given who did make the cut, a little appalling, honestly. The merits (Marissa Miller at number one) and the demerits (Britney Spears at nineteen) have already been discussed, but seriously, where are the athletes here? The only two athletes that I counted, while doing detailed research that involved clicking on lots of photos, who could remotely qualify were Danica Patrick and Stacy Keibler-- a lady of the WWE -- unless you're willing to count Diora Baird because she decided to putt in a bikini.
These two ladies checked in at 91 and 89 overall, respectively. The problem with that? Well, besides the fact that they are the only athletes even remotely involved, there's also the issue of the ranking here. Because the difference between Danica and Jennifer Love Hewitt (20) is reversed and divisible by ten in non-crazy land.
I would also ask, if we're going to roll with early 90's throwbacks, where is Anna Kournikova? Britney and Christina Aguilera can make this list but not the Russian "tennis" "star"?
Or, if we want to focus on rising stars, why is 18 year old and barely legal Emma Watson clocking in at 94 and Anna Rawson or Natalie Gulbis, who are bringing the LPGA model-like recognition even as one of it's biggest names steps down? Or for that matter, the now legal b-sphere sensation Allison Stokke.
And hell, we here at FanHouse have an entire series dedicated to Attractive Olympians. You are telling me, Maxim, people in charge of things that doods like, that there isn't a single one of the ladies heading to Beijing that isn't more attractive than, and not to crunch on a stale Cheeto here, Britney Spears?
Hey, I totally understand if she and the rest of the inexplicable names in the top 20 help sell page views. This web-thing and chick-ranking is a business. But to exclude a group of women -- athletes -- almost entirely from a list comprised of the "100 hottest women" when their ability to contribute on the field only enhances their sex appeal, especially at the cost of sticking some rather questionable choices in there, well, someone needs to rethink the formula on this one. Either that or name it the "Not Entirely Accurate List of the World's Top 100 Hottest Women That May or May Not Exclude Certain Groups of Attractive Females".
