Shandi Finnessey
Sexy

When you think of game-show hosts, you most likely picture a man with mousse-lacquered dyed hair, a suit, and a Chiclet grin cracking corny jokes. If you can’t imagine a fresh-faced blonde beauty queen from the Midwest, you’re obviously not familiar with Shandi Finnessey’s body of work. And, oh, what a body it is! The world first became aware of this corn-fed cutie who claims to have once wrassled a greased pig, when she won the title of Miss Missouri in 2002, as well as Miss USA in 2004. She grabbed her sash and crown and sashayed off to Ecuador to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, where she came in first runner-up, losing only to Australia’s Next Top Model host Jennifer Hawkins. After the Lindenwood College grad’s Miss USA reign ended, she parlayed her talents as a spunky spokeswoman into hosting gigs on Game Show Network offerings like PlayMania, Lingo, and Quiznation. Sweet-like-candy Shandi joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in 2007, and her skimpy, dare-to-bare costumes rivaled her former pageant gear in sex appeal. Her yellow bikini look lit up the ballroom, but as the second celeb eliminated, we didn’t get to see enough of it. But, we wish we saw less of it, too! Shandi had us randy when she transitioned to the acting world with roles in a handful of SyFy original movies like Sharktopus (2010) where Shandi mainly dances around in a bikini before her man gets wrapped up in tentacles, and Piranhaconda (2012) which featured even more bikini bouncing. Fetching Finnessey’s got finesse, but since she stopped acting in 2012 and never did a nude scene, we know 2004s Miss USA was misused!