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Worldwide Wednesday: The 10 Hottest North Carolina Women
It's really no surprise that the North Carolina's own Duke Blue Devils topped AP's first college basketball poll of the year. The defending champs have a title to keep and a reputation to uphold. Coach K's team is currently 2-0 in the regular season—and both were stompings that made it seem like the Blue Devils are simply picking up the momentum from last year's tournament. And with the UNC Tar Heels only minutes away, it's difficult to pay attention to the state for anything but its legendary basketball teams. But thankfully, NC offers things other than packs of sweaty dudes dribbling; they also have women. Hot women. So let's cut away from staring at balls for two seconds and check out the 10 hottest chicks from North Carolina.
#10. Tori Amos
Hometown: Newton
Claim to fame: This red-headed throwback hottie was one of the first musicians to incorporate piano into alternative rock back when she was killing shit in the ’90s. She currently has moved over 12 million albums. Good ass job.
#9. Brittany Robertson
Hometown: Charlotte
Claim to fame: Apparently, the CW airs other shows besides Gossip Girl, one being Brittany's Life Unexpected, in which she plays Shiri Appleby's long lost daughter. We're supposed to believe that Shiri, 12 years Britt's senior in real life, is her mother? That shit only works on Jerry Springer.
#8. Pam Grier
Hometown: Winston-Salem
Claim to fame: Pam Grier is the female Richard Roundtree of blaxpoitation films. Cases in point: Foxy Brown, Coffy, Scream Blacula Scream, and Tarantino's Jackie Brown. So yeah, she's deserving of Shaft status. If you get what we're saying.
#7. Kenzie Dalton
Hometown: Wilmington
Claim to fame: Chad Michael Murray split with One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush for "Cheerleader #1," played by Kenzie. To be fair, she's (obviously) primarily a model. Also to be fair, Chad is irrelevant now.
#6. Julianna Guill
Hometown: Winston-Salem
Claim to fame: If you're a casting director and need a hot chick for your teen horror flick, a la Friday the 13th, Julianna is your girl. Other credits include My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and 2011's The Apparition opposite Ashley Greene.
#5. Chyler Leigh
Hometown: Charlotte
Claim to fame: To be honest, we're curious about Lexie's Anatomy. See what we did there? No? Well, if you don't watch quality television, then we're sure you remember Chyler as Janey Briggs in Not Another Teen Movie. Yeah, that fugly chick with paint on her overalls. Ew, cooties! Wait, no, we mean "new booty"!
#4. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Hometown: Rocky Mount
Claim to fame: Scott Pilgrim took on her seven evil exes, but we don't know if we're willing to take on the commitment of facing the world for her. Can we just get a quickie, demo version of this game? We're not ready to sacrifice C.O.D.: Black Ops time.
#3. Jamie Pressly
Hometown: Kinston
Claim to fame: No more my My Name is Earl means no more Joy means no more joy. Hooray for syndication!
#2. Evan Rachel Wood
Hometown: Raleigh
Claim to fame: We wanted to think her dating Marilyn Manson was just prep for her role on True Blood. But given her turn in Thirteen as a masochistic middle schooler, we shouldn't have been so foolish.
#1. Julianne Moore
Hometown: Fayetteville
Claim to fame: Nudity done for a slapstick film is just desperate. Nudity done for a critically acclaimed film is art. Julianne Moore is number one because she's Picasso of the latter. From Boogie Nights to The Big Lebowski to The Kids Are All Right, Ms. Moore's Oscar-worthy films actually force us to be mature about watching her naked.
