How do you make a gorgeous woman sexier? Give her a big brain. Sure, a pretty face and a tight body have their charms, but smart girls win out every time.

There's the unfortunate idea that women are more attractive if they play dumb, and that men are intimidated by smarts, but we're here to say that's bunk. It's a challenging world out there, and there's no time to play the bimbo. Impress us with your erudition, poke holes in our arguments, and show us your wits.

To show our appreciation, we've collected the best of the brainy. Some are Ivy League actresses, others are surprisingly sharp porn stars, women with record-setting IQs, and sexy real-life scientists. Marvel at their accomplishments and embrace your new-found feelings of intellectual inadequacy.

Tags: smart-girls

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    Bryant February 17th, 2012 at 03:57 PM

    Women. Not girls.

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      P4l February 17th, 2012 at 10:54 PM

      Did you learn that in your Women's study class

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    Limon1909 February 17th, 2012 at 05:10 PM

    Jessica Biel attended Tufts University!!!

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    Tiki February 17th, 2012 at 08:46 PM

    What's with all the porn stars!?!?!!!

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    Mats February 18th, 2012 at 02:26 AM

    Marina is nice :-)

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    Colleen February 18th, 2012 at 05:29 PM

    Ok I love complex magazine but this list is just disappointing. The lack of diversity in the women chosen is a sad testament of what is still regarded as attractive in society...most of the women are white, actresses or models (surprised you managed to throw 4 porn starts in there!) and young! Something's gotta change people.

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      Max February 19th, 2012 at 12:12 PM

      Objective standards of beauty don't change. The rules of attraction are hard-wired on both sides of the gender line.

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        J February 20th, 2012 at 03:43 AM

        Objevtive standards of beauty that idea alone is idiotoc everything changes over time.

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      Artem February 20th, 2012 at 04:49 AM

      Fuck you ugly mazafucken bastard. Suck my dick and kiss my ass. I love models and actresses, and hate mazafuckers like you shitty dick.

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    Charles Raiff February 18th, 2012 at 08:29 PM

    How dare you not have Marissa Mayer from Google on there?

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    Nora February 19th, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    This makes me sad that all these woman are appreciated more for their looks and sexuality than their brains.

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      David February 20th, 2012 at 02:39 PM

      Easy there femanazi..They were appreciated for their looks more than their brains BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN INDUSTRIES THAT FOCUSED ON LOOKS..OFC, what did you think was going to happen. Me see that pornstar getting railed by a giant dick and say to myself "you know, she sure is smart"... Half of them dropped out to pursue something that was based on looks. Models, Actresses, pornstars..

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    Arne Paul February 19th, 2012 at 09:55 PM

    Some of these entertainers have very dubious qualifications for the list "attended Yale but dropped out to pursue acting and/or modeling/porno" does not presume one to be particularly intelligent, lucky in their narcissistic-based decisions perhaps, but that is all. Some should just be more honest and say "she's got great t+ts and is rumored to have actually read an entire book. But anyhow I like her t+ts so she makes the list even if I just made the rumor up."

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    Eric February 20th, 2012 at 05:27 AM

    The amy mainzer one is actually angie greenup

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    Ed Smith February 20th, 2012 at 08:59 AM

    Clair danes not on this list... What a joke!!

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