The Review

Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: News

Junior Amber Stratton won $10,000 in CollegeHumor.com's Hottest College Girl Contest.

Fantasy Football. March Madness. Competition is everywhere. College students have an innate drive to win and partake in contests among peers.

The popular student Web site CollegeHumor.com recognizes users' desire to contend through its "America's Hottest College Girl 2007" competition. The contest is based on user-generated feedback.

The first round of voting began on Feb. 20. On April 5, university junior Amber Stratton was announced the winner. Stratton went head-to-head with Megan Dedousis, a fellow university junior, in the final round.

Stratton, a nutrition and dietetics major, said many of her friends convinced her to enter the contest.

"I thought it was a cool way for the girls to get exposure into the modeling world," Stratton said. "It was a fun contest and the prizes were a big incentive."

Streeter Seidell, the front page editor at CollegeHumor.com, said the site received 1,000 applications and its editors selected the top 64 candidates.

"This was only the second year we did the competition," Seidell said. "We did it in the fall of 2005 and then decided to sync up with March Madness so we skipped 2006 and brought it back this year.

"Two weeks before voting started we posted the bracket and let anyone with a College Humor account fill one out."

He said each day of the contest users voted on certain match-ups and after each round of voting, half of the girls were eliminated. The different levels are the Sweet 16, the Elite 8, Final Four and then the finals.

The first place winner of the March Madness-modeled fantasy bracket won $1,000, second-place prize was $500 and third place received $250, Seidell said.

As winner of the "Hottest College Girl in America" Stratton will receive a $10,000 reward, a modeling contract with BustedTees.com and a trip for two to New York City, where a party will be thrown in her honor, he said.

Seidell said there was no controversy surrounding the contest.

"People would say the contest was rigged because the girls were allowed to change their pictures," he said. "The first year we did it, the complaint was there was only one picture per girl."

Jake Hurwitz, writer for CollegeHumor.com, stated in an e-mail message he has been heading up the contest from an editorial standpoint. He has been the one in contact with all of the contestants and press regarding the contest.

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