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Just as Wheel of Fortune, which has been on air since 1975, hasn't gotten old to its viewers, its longtime hosts aren't aging either. Case in point: Vanna White. Pat Sajak's lovely letter-turner turns 55 years old tomorrow and doesn't look a day over 30. She's remained the blond bombshell she was first introduced as back in 1982, making her the archetypal hostess.
White's birthday inspired us to look back at her eye-catching contemporaries, i.e. all of the beauty queens, Baywatch actresses, and men's magazine models who've emulated her path to game show stardom. Having said that, allow us to present to you our gallery of The 25 Hottest Game Show Eye Candy.
Written by Tara Aquino (@t_akino)
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Jennifer Cole
25. JENNIFER COLE
Show: Strip Poker, Sex Wars
The former Hawaiian Tropic model was the queen of sexually charged game shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After serving as the card dealer for Strip Poker on the USA network, she moved on to host Sex Wars, a show on which men and women had to out-wit and outmaneuver each other for the grand prize.
Tamiko Nash
24. TAMIKO NASH
Show: The Price Is Right
In addition to placing first-runner up to Tara Conner during the Miss USA pageant in 2006, the former Miss California gained notoriety as one of the gorgeous prize girls alongside Bob Barker in 2007.
Julie Hayek
23. JULIE HAYEK
Show: Break the Bank
Julie Hayek was one of America's darlings in the 1980s. In addition to being crowned Miss USA in 1983, Hayek guested on Dallas, As the World Turns, and Matlock. She eventually got her own starring role as a co-host on the 1985 revival of Break the Bank, on which couples teamed up to solve puzzles for a jackpot.
Kathleen Bradley
22. KATHLEEN BRADLEY
Show: The Price Is Right
Many models have gotten the chance to pump up prizes on The Price Is Right throughout the 50-plus-year history of the show, but none have the distinction of Kathleen Bradley. In 1990, Bradley made history by being the first African-American "Barker Beauty."
Sara Bronson
21. SARA BRONSON
Show: Deal or No Deal
It's fitting that Sara Bronson got to hold the number seven briefcase on Deal or No Deal, which ran from 2005 through 2009. The California native's model good looks could make anyone feel lucky to simply be her in vicinity.
Gabrielle Tuite
20. GABRIELLE TUITE
Show: The Price Is Right
The Brooklyn native has a lot of fitness modeling and TV commercials under her belt, but she's best known for showcasing the prizes on The Price Is Right from 2003 through 2008.
Lanisha Cole
19. LANISHA COLE
Show: The Price Is Right, Deal or No Deal
Lanisha Cole is a veteran game show girl who was featured during both the Barker and Carey The Price Is Right eras and signed on for a stint holding briefcase number 15 on Deal or No Deal. Regardless of her TV gigs, most people likely remember her as the lead girl in Pharrell's "Frontin'" and The Roots' "Break You Off" music videos.
Rachel Reynolds
18. RACHEL REYNOLDS
Show: The Price Is Right
As one of the current models on The Price Is Right, Reynolds, with help from her other models, is largely responsible for keeping the show afloat without Bob Barker.
Lisa Gleave
17. LISA GLEAVE
Show: Deal or No Deal, The Price Is Right
Hardcore gamers might know her best as an E3 booth babe, while other guys might recognize her as the cover model of their 2006 Maxim calendar. But Gleave's most prominent achievement to date is modeling for both Barker's and Mandel's shows between 2000 to 2009.
Jennifer England
16. JENNIFER ENGLAND
Show: The Price Is Right
Despite the fact that her role on The Price Is Right was short-lived (from 2002 to 2003), it became the platform for England to pursue other interests, including competing in the 2006 WWE Diva Search. She lost the competition to Layla El, but not without effort. England is infamous for making out with and groping Layla El on stage during the final round.
Nikki Ziering
15. NIKKI ZIERING
Show: The Price Is Right
There must've been a trend of Playboy Playmates hosting game shows in the late '90s because Miss September 1997 Nikki Ziering signed on as "Barker's Beauty" on The Price Is Right in 1999, following the likes of Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra, who both did Singled Out.
Megan Abrigo
14. MEGAN ABRIGO
Show: Deal or No Deal
She's professionally known as Case Number 6 on the game show, but in real life, the model is most famous for being Daniel Tosh's smoking hot girlfriend.
Claudia Jordan
13. CLAUDIA JORDAN
Show: The Price Is Right, Deal or No Deal
The former beauty queen went to where most beauty queens go after their reign: a game show. Not only was she one of "Barker's Beauties" on The Price Is Right from 2001 to 2003, but she later took a position as Case Number 1 on the Howie Mandel hosted show as well.
Gena Lee Nolin
12. GENA LEE NOLIN
Show: The Price Is Right
Back in the late 1990s, Baywatch babes and "Barker's Beauties" were interchangeable. Take Gena Lee Nolin, for example, who started her career modeling prizes for contestants on The Price Is Right in 1994 and moved onto showcasing her other talents on Baywatch.
Lauren Shioshama
11. LAUREN SHIOSHAMA
Show: Deal or No Deal
Fortunately for Shioshama, her career didn't end after she was relieved of her duty to carry the number 12 briefcase on the show. Shioshama's consistently been landing a number of small television roles, including gigs on Entourage and How I Met Your Mother.
Shandi Finnessey
10. SHANDI FINNESSEY
Show: Lingo, PlayMania, quiznation
The former Miss USA and Dancing with the Stars contestant is a familiar face to game show junkies. After standing alongside Chuck Woolery on Lingo from 2005 through 2008, Finnessey presented PlayMania, a live interactive competition on GSN, and, subsequently, its trivia game spinoff quiznation.
Cindy Margolis
9. CINDY MARGOLIS
Show: The Price Is Right
Believe it or not, Margolis was discovered via the greeting cards she used to make in college which featured her on the cover in lingerie. Her bold endeavor led to her landing campaigns for Reebok, Frederick's of Hollywood, and, of course, a position on Barker's game show in 1995.
Phire Dawson
8. PHIRE DAWSON
Show: The Price Is Right
After her collegiate years, during which she worked as an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, Dawson did what all beautiful women with a B.A. do: Move to L.A. to pursue acting. After minor television roles, she landed a main model position on The Price Is Right, which she held from 2005 to 2008.
Vanna White
7. VANNA WHITE
Show: Wheel of Fortune
Undoubtedly the most well-known game show hostess, Pat Sajak's wing woman has been turning letters since 1982 and she looks like she hasn't aged a day since.
Carmen Electra
6. CARMEN ELECTRA
Show: Singled Out
After Jenny McCarthy left the show in 1997 to host her sketch-comedy series, The Jenny McCarthy Show, Carmen Electra moonlighted as host for the last year and a half of its run while she was still regularly rocking the red bikini on Baywatch.
Brooke Burns
5. BROOKE BURNS
Show: Dog Eat Dog
There's no better way to get people into a competitive mood than by having the competition presented by alluring eye candy to impress. That's why former Baywatch beauty Brooke Burns was the perfect girl to host the American version of the originally British game show, which aired from 2002 through 2003, in which contestants would engage in various physically challenging games.
Jenny McCarthy
4. JENNY MCCARTHY
Show: Singled Out
Aside from her pictorials in Playboy, McCarthy's claim to fame was presenting MTV's Singled Out, a late '90s game show that can only be described as heaven for one lucky man and woman, who got to choose between the 50 women and men, respectively, competing for a date with them.
Ursula Mayes
3. URSULA MAYES
Show: Deal or No Deal
Her commercial appeal extends further than the Deal or No Deal audience. Aside from carrying the number five briefcase on the show, Mayes has done a slew of sexy photoshoots, including pictorials for Maxim, Stuff, and even Korean VogueandHarper's Bazaar.
Amber Lancaster
2. AMBER LANCASTER
Show: The Price Is Right
To most of us, 31-year-old Amber Lancaster is the gorgeous and sweet high school cheerleader Jenny Swanson, whom RJ Berger crushes on in MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger. To retired senior citizens and the young grandchildren forced to watch The Price Is Right with them, Lancaster is most famous for being one of the current prize models.
Manuela Arbelaez
1. MANUELA ARBELAEZ
Show: The Price Is Right
If you don't have time to catch her as the current main model in The Price Is Right during the day, then just YouTube the music videos she's starred in: Diddy-Dirty Money's "Loving You No More" and Robin Thicke's "It's in the Mornin.'"