A Hometown Hottie. A Playboy model. An ex-Navy cadet. We put the show's knockouts to a vote, and here are the results.

7. Tara-

Status: Still In
This farm girl from Indiana hopes to bag the show’s prize money and get her license to become a kindergarten teacher. Is there even one way kids don't have it better today than we did?

6. Cara-

Status: Still In
She rocked our world with her presentation on earthquakes during the Science Fair challenge, and has admittedly softened her stance on nerdy guys, saying they are cute underneath their shaggy hair. (Here's hoping that goes for shaggy knuckles, too!)

5. Kristina-

Status: Still In
The ravishing Russki's speech on volcanic heat buildup and eruptions had us and the judges all hot and bothered, but we're more interested in a couple of other heaving mounds. (What? Mount Amukta and Fuss Peak are dear to our hearts.)

8. Amber- Status: Eliminated
This firecracker lit the eight horny nerds' fuses by dissing the only thing they have going for them—their brains. Amber closed her run on the show with a soliloquy punctuated thusly: "Nothing about this experience surprised me about beauty because I've been around beautiful women my whole life—me."

9. Randi- Status: Eliminated
The former Navy girl set the tone early in the show’s first episode, entering a screaming match with fellow beauty Amber. Geek bystander Jim quickly learned his first lesson in female relationships, opting to flee the argument to get some popcorn. Bravo.

4. Tiffany- Status: Eliminated
Here's a little formula we learned in chemistry class: hot girls + a hot tub = ratings. Tiffany didn't last much beyond her steamy scene with the other household hotties, but there's nowhere to go but down from that anyway.

3. Leticia- Status: Still In
We sure know how to pick 'em. Our 2007 Hometown Hotties finalist was on the hook in the fourth episode, but got every answer right in the elimination stage to keep her team in the game—a regular geek in beauty’s clothing. Catch more of Leticia at her finest in her Girls of Maxim gallery.

2. Amanda- Status: Still In
Whatever legislation John McCain has enacted to cultivate Arizonan stunners like Amanda, we support wholeheartedly.

1. Jillian- Status: Eliminated
Our readers' favorite was selected to play on the guys’ team against the beauties for a challenge she only later learned would be a game of flag football. The geeks couldn’t discern the pigskin from Jillian's butt pads and her team lost handily.