12 Hottest Geek Girls
There has been a sharp rise recently of so-called geek girls, and the sad fact is that many, if not most, of these women are nothing near geeky. While the elusive geek girl does, in fact, exist, she’s much less common than most would care to admit. There are criteria that must be met to make a proper geek girl; she must be geeky, she must be a techie, and she must be hot. Too many misconceptions are throwing off the curve, and people need to understand that receiving a 300 page phone bill does not make a girl geeky. It makes her a stereotype that is far older, and less respectable. We’re here to set the record straight, with these 12 women who all qualify as the hottest geek girls to have graced the Internet’s tubes of fame.
Marina Orlova
This 28 year-old Russian vixen doesn’t spend her time bouncing around in front of a camera just for kicks — she’s out to educate in the process. Originally an etymologist, Marina found that applying her considerable knowledge in an unorthodox fashion was a quick way to beat the economy, and in 2007 Hot for Words was born. Averaging at over two million views per video, Marina pretty much owns YouTube. She’s been singled out by Wired, G4, and Cosmopolitan as one the world’s sexiest geek girls, and we’re tipping our hats as well.
Jade Raymond
She may be one quarter Aussie, a quarter Chinese, and half Canadian, but this geek girl is 100% awesome. She produced Assassin’s Creed in 2007, and she’s the sequel’s executive producer this year. She’s spent time working for Sony Online and Electronic Arts, two of the biggest names in the industry. One thing’s for certain; Ubisoft is one lucky gaming company to have her guiding their code.
Marissa Mayer
She may be called The Cupcake Princess, but Marissa Mayer is no joke. She’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google. What’s that mean? It means within the walls of Google, what she says goes. She studied artificial intelligence at Stanford, and before she became the first woman to work at Google, she worked for UBS in a Zurich lab.
Veronica Belmont
Gorgeous and aptly named Veronica Belmont began her career as an A/V nerd out of Boston’s Emerson College. She’s since hopped coasts and now spends her time in San Francisco, attending tech events and hosting tech shows for people like Sony and Revision3. That’s when she’s not busy podcasting, or logging hours on her PS3.
Jolie O’Dell
Jolie has a pretty solid history as a writer and journalist, and though she’s technically freelance, spends most of her time these days over at Read Write Web. Unlike most geeky goddesses, this redhead is actually pretty down to earth, even downright girl next door in the way she interacts with people. Add this girl to your reading list — You won’t be sorry.
Olivia Munn
No man can make it through a day in the life of a modern geek without the sight of Olivia Munn somewhere in his periphery. Whether she’s in a Wonder Woman outfit, or a Princess Leia bikini, she’s everywhere. And for good reason — She’s gorgeous. She’s become the face of not only G4, but all geekery as well, due to her long-running success as co-host of Attack of the Show.
Jessica Chobot
Born Jessica Lynn Horn, it’s understandable that Ms. Chobot prefers a pseudonym. With looks like hers, the constant threat of bad punnery must have been stressful, to say the least. She’s a huge anime nerd on top of being a staff-writer for IGN, and if that’s not enough, she dabbles in Maxim and FHM in her spare time. She’s been on G4’s Attack of the Show several times, and is most noted for licking what is arguably the luckiest PSP ever built.
Morgan Webb
Morgan’s shown her resilience matches her geekiness by outlasting nearly every other employee who worked alongside her at TechTV before it merged with G4 in 2004. Since then, she’s steadily cemented her fame by not only hosting X-Play, but also making appearances in nearly every other tech show and convention possible. She’s even spent time writing for FHM, responding to despondent, horny gamer nerds once a month in her own column.
Amber MacArthur
Another Canadian, Amber came down from the deep north to work for Microsoft, and even spent time in San Francisco working for Razorfish. She hangs out with Leo Laporte on a regular basis, and she’s hosted or made appearances on a laundry list of tech shows and podcasts over the years.
Felicia Day
Felicia may have started off in the realm of pure acting, but she drifted into something much deeper when she helped create The Guild. Geeks everywhere suddenly became aware of the notoriously pale, gorgeous internet-star when episodes of the severely under-funded show began popping up in their inboxes. She’s now a full-blown web-celebrity now, and unlike many, works hard to earn her place in geeky lists everywhere.
Natali Del Conte
This native Californian now hangs out in New York, and she’s serious business. She’s one of CNET’s senior editors, and she’s worked with Wired, TechCrunch, PC Magazine and a host of newspapers and other publications. She’s an experienced podcaster, and she’s made appearances on numerous other tech shows and broadcasts, including G4’s Attack of the Show.
Leah Culver
Leah Culver was a co-founder of Pownce (now defunct), and now codes for Six Apart. She’s largely responsible for OAuth, which you probably used on at least one website today. She’s obscenely cute, and codes better than you do. She’s got a thing for old VW’s and Diet Coke, which pretty much makes her awesome.
Seriously, no Danica McKellar? Or Helen Grenier? Seriously?!
KARI BYRON!
whew!
they are really hot.
no hannah
Marina Orlova the hottest to me
Marina Orlova the hottest to me
No Shannon Morse?
http://www.snubsie.com
Marina Orlova the hottest to me hell and oliva menn
Did they really just say that Felicia Day is gorgeous? really?
Jeri Ellsworth
Asia Carrera – porn star (retired) but a real gamer/geek.
How about Elspeth Rountree from Rocketboom ?
She’s just very pretty and funny.
Marissa Mayer, blah.. hate her voice and her official pictures are shoped..
What about the chick from Mythbusters? *drool*
OMg now way dude that is truly amazing!
RT
http://www.true-privacy.net.tc
Leah culver doesn’t program better than me. Or anyone that did at least basic algebra http://blog.leahculver.com/2007/04/star-ratings.html
I’d still bang her, though
Olivia Munn hands down….Absolutely gorgeous!
Cali Lewis aka Luria Petrucci on GeekBrief.TV at least deserves honorable mention.
Where’s Lisa? Where is JustLisa!
Thanks for the post though. :)
You had me until Natali DelConte.
Morgan Manjaw? Seriously?
No Cali Lewis? No Mythbusters girl? Fail.
Remove Olivia Munn – SHE IS NOT A GEEK
Add Cali Lewis
I had heard of Culver and Mayer but thank you for introducing me to Ms. Raymond. Also links to their blogs are a necessity for these types of articles. They deserve a link to their real sites!
What about Dr. Kiki?
They look different in real life.
Alex sim-wise?
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT YOUR NEXT ARTICLE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE HOTTEST GEEK GUYS.
AND THEY BETTER BE POSING WITH NO SHIRTS, AND AT LEAST ONE IN JUST HIS UNDERWEAR.
OR EVERY FEMINIST GEEK (AND THERE ARE MANY OF US) IS GOING TO REACH DOWN THE INTERNET AND RIP YOUR LEFT TESTICLE OFF.
AND IF YOU THINK IT’S OK TO DO THIS WITHOUT ONE ON MEN, IMAGINE IF YOU’D DONE “THE 12 BLACKEST GEEKS”.
START RESEARCHING THAT NEXT ARTICLE, KIDS!
Well as one of the finalists in the 2000 Sexiest Geek Alive contest (can’t believe I’m admitting this), I’d like to put my 2c in. Cali Lewis, who does talk rather quickly in her Geek Brief show, is a true blue geek I was very surprised to not see on this list.
Veronica Belmont and Amber McArthur should be #1 and #2.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonbauer/3103527331/
This list is seriously lacking without Kari Byron of Mythbusters!
Those girls on G4 aren’t geeks. They’re hosts.
Also, way to find the least flattering pic of Jolie.
Jade Raymond, WOW Gorgeous!!!
Merle Dandridge? Sort of geek for working with valve. Voice of Alyx vance from half life 2 for those who don’t know
Morgan Webb should tryout for the MMA. I bet she could take a punch with a jaw like that.
“There are criteria that must be met to make a proper geek girl; she must be geeky, she must be a techie, and she must be hot.” Cool! I assume geek guys MUST be hot as well, right?
Leah and Jolie in a threesome FTW
One name: Cali Lewis
A little sad that Justine Ezarik better known to the internet as iJustine was left off this list.
Olivia Munn is a (bad) actress playing a geek until she can get a real role. That makes her a geek about as much as Johnny Depp is a real scissorhand.
Where the ~!@#$ is Cali Lewis?!!
Natali Del Conte FTW. Absolutely no contest and anyone who disagrees is wrong. End of story. Period.
I’m curious: why does having a thing for old VW’s and Diet Coke make someone awesome?
You know what I hate? Hyperbole. It is, like, the worst thing in the whole goddamn world.
I have to add “girl next door”, or “girl in the next cube” Megan Morrone from the old ScreenSavers TechTV days. She was smart, as in REALLY smart, seemed really sweet, great smile, and HUGE boobs, that were REAL. The kind of girl that would get pizza and hang out over a weekend watching movies, geeking and just having fun.
Awwww! I’m so flattered! *blush*
I worked for Ubisoft for a while. Jade Raymond really is just stupid hot.
Hot for Words, are you serious? Surly she’s just a youtube hoe. And no Tara Busch? Nothing better that a girl geeking about with some serious technology :)
Natali Del Conte clearly steals the show! She is not just another pretty face, this hottie can at least walk the walk when it comes to knowing her business!
kinda psyched that the “too much makeup sporting” ijustine didn’t make it. logo tattoos are stupid, i dont care what company it is.
no Sarah Lane? really?
My dad calls her Olivia “Sit-On-My-Face” Munn. Ha, no shit.
Marina is my choice!
From what i’ve read,to be a geek women,you only need to be able to handle a computer,euh…sorry,only be able to navigate the net!When i was younger,being a geek meant much more unlikable “aptitudes”
P.S Sorry,i almost forgot;you need to be sexy to be a “GEEK”isn’t that ironic!
How could you exclude Lisa Bettany from this list?!
come on ! everyone knows olivia munn is a fake.
and not including neither kari byron of mythbusters’ fame nor mila kunis ?!? 0.o
you so totally missed the obvious for this list, not mentioning bad copyediting such as marissa mayer being the first woman *engineer* to work at google.
Just do your homework right or gtfo my internetz
it didn’t mention that veronica belmont picks her nose and eats her boogers =\
Who cares
and where is Nadia Molina?? lol
Sarah Lane should be on this list.
Danica McKellar :)
#1 Veronica Belmont
#2 Felicia Day
Kim Swift who helped develop Portal.
I would marry all of you.
I swear if I see one more site call Felicia Day hot, I’m going to poke my eyes out with a spork.
@ittybittycrazy: Here’s a toy just for girls: http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8315/8yhaw.jpg Go play with it until you learn to take your caps lock off and realize that none of the pics above save Munn had blatant skin. It’s a testament that most were *fully clothed* that the spirit of the article was trying to achieve, that these women are hot for both their looks and their talent.
Now go make me a sandwich.
@miraculous — for the record, I do not eat my boogers. I hide them under the coffee table like a civilized woman.
thanks for having me on the list!
V
Natali Del Conte is the only “hot” girl in this entire post. There might be some attractive girls, even very attractive girls, but come on! Half of the girls mentioned here are definitely not “hot”, and the rest are borderline.
I like Jessica Chobbot. She looks so simple and sexy.. The shirt matches for her.
And some slept their ways to the top and we all know it.
What? No Ananova?!?
nice veronica! stash them next to my gum under the table. LOL. You’re the cutest and the most real one on here.
I couldn’t agree more… these ladies are HOT! but this list is sorely lacking by omitting Kari Byron and that other hottie, that knows her way around a welder, from mythbusters.
Veronica Belmont by far, #1.
She pretty much SHITS on all the other geek girls (in a good way)
HOW THE FUCK DID YOU LEAVE OUT KARI BYRON SHE BLOWS THEM ALL AWAY
How can I take someone professionally when he\she is barely dressed and looks like he\she is trying to screw me? Have some respect. Life is not a FMH cover. Gimme a break. Not all were like this, but the one that were…get over yourselves.
Jessica Chobot my choice…matured
i think i’m in love with olivia
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Olivia Munn is a fake geek. She’s more of a sorority girl than anything. The other G4 girls are the real deal. I also love Felicia Day! She is a real sweetheart.
Where are the twit girls! Colleen!
Where is DrKiki?
Lala, from DrTiki .. omg
This list is very much incomplete.
But oh so wonderful.
Meh, it saddens me that my girlfriend/cohost wasn’t on this list :p
Sorry, Morgan Webb looks like a man and always has, and she is annoying to boot. She used to act normal on the Screen Savers, but ever since she started on X-Play she tries to hard to act like Adam Sessler.
Olivia Munn and Jessica Chobot are both super hot.
Zoë Keating
More pic here
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“Born Jessica Lynn Horn, it’s understandable that Ms. Chobot prefers a pseudonym.”
I don’t know who told her to use such pseudonym, but “chobot” in Czech/Slovak language means “proboscis” (trunk of an elephant) .. also another meaning is “a dick”.
Anyway, a beautiful lady.
I vote for Jolie O’Dell!
Waiting for the Hottest Geek Guys article & most of them better be in some stage of undress.
Then I assume there will be a Hottest Geek Gays, Hottest Geek Jews, Hottest Geek Asians…etc.
Where is Sarah Lane? Or Lala?
Great list. Jessica Chobot looks great!
I hope the feminist groups howl with outrage when yet another female is sentenced to a lesser penalty than a male would be.
Even though everybody knows females generally possess inferior minds and are so emotion-driven they can not be expected to meet adult responsibilities yet are given full adult rights and privileges.
The Females as Property Movement, when fully enacted, will end this idiocy of expecting all females to behave as adults.
Curtailing the majority of females unable to accept full adulthood will be a blessing to society and remove a tremendous burden from the majority of females lacking the mentality to be an adult.
There are reasons why such a large percentage of the girls in adult bodies are under a doctor’s supervision and regularly ingest psychotropic medication.
Can I nominate youtube atheist goddess ZOMGitsCriss, who may just very well be proof that god does exist.
Ugh, another site with the Jew-hating Felicia Day
Another vote, for Danica McKellar. Without her this list is a FAIL.
more asians please. there are hot geeky asian women too…
“Girls,” indeed. I have shoes older than most of these attractive young people. Some geek women, perhaps?
It’s Jolie O’Dell all the way for me, lust at first site (see what I did there?) Major swoon. And Leah Culver, you are gorgeous too! Srsly. You can be my hot affair (not that I’d ever two-time Jolie actually, but a guy can window shop, right?)
And guys… not a single disk-based double entendre? I’m disappointed in your epic failings… Srsly.
Jolie and Leah, I shall read your blogs for ever more x
I’ve had a crush on Leah Culver since I saw her host an iphone breakdown on ep #11 of Systm.
No Grace Kim? Playboy’s Playmate of the month last November and total Rock Band geek? Pffft.
I vote for Marina Orlova,she is very sexy,hot,and smart!
Funnygames.com
(Sexy pictures)
All gorgeous but Go Marina :D
OK how do I vote for Jade Raymond?
Could she be any more awesome? About her only draw back seems her ability to make me feel horrible about myself and my own accomplishments. I am also pretty sure she was made in a lab…
The list is awesome. Marina, Jade and Olivia are damn sexy. Keep them coming man…. Thank you for your compose.
I’m so sick and tired of these lists that include Olivia Munn. Olivia Munn is not a geek she is a gimmick, a pretty face doing slutty stuff in a geeky setting just to make geek pants grow and give G4 more ratings. That’s it.
Where’s iJustine?!
Whaat? No Kari from Mythbusters?!?!
CAROLINE MCCARTHY – DUH
so sweet and nice
morgan webb and felicia day should be at the top! oh well
I’d ram my hard drive into Marina Orlova’s floppy slot any time at all. I too am an etymologist, with a dual major in Broadcast Management and Psychology.
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cliff_wild@att.net
Olivia Munn is outright annoying, a joke and an insult to the women that actually belong on this list. Drop Olivia Munn and bring in Kari Byron. Kari is still an actress but at least she’s also a sculpture artist who knows her way around a workshop.
What about Gina Trapani? I think that she is cuter than “all of the above”.
I think I like that O’Dell girl the best.
If they’re hot, by definition they’re not geeks.
First off, let’s remove everyone from this list whose only “geek” credential is that they are hosts or spokesmodels for geeky companies or geek-themed media. They may be hot, they may be geek-targeted, they may be incredibly nice and down-to-earth people, but they’re not geeks.
Who SHOULD be on the list? We’ll take the hotness as a given– the hard part is qualifying their geekiness. We’ll even specify that they market their looks to some extent (which would rule out people like Amy Mainzer, who doesn’t market her good looks even though she has them).
Kari Byron – She’s not just a spokesmodel for Mythbusters– she clearly gets her hands dirty and does real work (but in her own sculpture projects and on the show).
Danica McKellar – NOT for Wonder Years, but for her published mathematical research, and her great work getting girls interested in math and trying to break cultural stereotypes that tell girls that they can’t or shouldn’t learn math. She’s written two books.
Natalie Portman – The published peer-reviewed research in biochemistry (in friggin’ High School) and her work in neurological models of memory makes this a slam dunk.
There you go: all three of these girls aren’t just part of geek pop culture, they are genuinely geeky in and of themselves. There are plenty of smart, beautiful girls who aren’t geeks (many of whom are on this list), but this list is supposed to be geeky women and it isn’t like there’s a shortage.
You forgot this one!
http://www.twogeeksandagirl.com
The picture of Jessica Chobot is sublimely pleasing to the eye:)
For those of us who were coding back in the 80’s, how about Kim Komando?
I’ll grant you hot, mostly, but geeky?
No.
Lisa Randall is geeky.
Susan Polgar is geeky.
These women are, at best, mere geek fellow-travellers.
Kari Byron!
Agreed, Wells – those three are all hot and far geekier than anyone on this list. Their brains are gorgeous.
Before I clicked on the link my first thought was Kari Byron (well, actually, that hot chick from Mythbusters). Anyone who loves explosions and destruction that much is a geek in my book.
And Wells said it… well. Add Danica McKellar and Natalie Portman. Just being a presenter on a tech show does not qualify one as a geek.
Definetly Jessica! Simple, sexy, smart. No brainer.
BTW Olivia Munn’s last name means dick in Estonian :P
Name doesn’t ruin the girl never the less. ;)
Thanks mario :)
None of these girls seem that geeky, most are just models.
“There are criteria that must be met to make a proper geek girl; she must be geeky, she must be a techie, and she must be hot.”
Right, so does a guy have to be hot to be a geek, too? What a ridiculous double standard.
Seriously… screw them… there’s plenty of hotter gamer chicks… sure they maybe “damaged goods” but i mean look at Marina Orlova – youtube nerd sensation, with serious daddy issues, craving male attention… lol
What im saying is… we’re dealing with eggs that belong in the same basket so why distinguish between geeks and gamer chicks? comon… lol
:)) true, every word i said. Plus, after watching few videos in youtube, i have never heard of You before this Hot Geek girl contest, i saw that you have great attitude and personality- little kincky and in your face vocabulary- luuuuwwe it :P
Jessica..:)) its true, every word i said. Plus, after watching few videos in youtube, i have never heard of You before this Hot Geek girl contest, i saw that you have great attitude and personality- little kincky and in your face vocabulary- luuuuwwe it :P
very nice! really!
What about Alicia Silverstone? She is a bit of a PETA Nazi, but she got a CCNA just for the heck of it. That is pretty geeky to me.
Uh, most of the women on the list are entertainment industry workers, who likely fell into a tech niche due to scarcity of work and/or ancillary credentials (communications degree). I agree that they are hot, but c’mon let’s not muddy the waters of what defines a geek.
Wow, they are super hot. I wish the my company hiring all of them.
haha…, everyone would stay volunteer working over time and work would more productive.
Trung
http://techretweet.com
I bet Julia Allison and Justine got pissed off? I think iJustine should of been in this photos too.
CEO:
http://www.mwd.com
Lack of Kari Byron fail.
What about Ilana Mercer?
very beatuiful
Jessica Chobot is HOTT!!!
Super cool! They are all great!
ok I’ve seen Amber in her shows, she knows her stuff well
http://www.trainerpack.com
Marina Orvola
Colleen from Twit is a dude right?
Uff!! what a hot girls
hi, Olivia your so hot, how can i be on you dick,,,,ohhh
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Racist. Not a single woman of color? Or an Asian women (don’t tell me there aren’t hot Asian women in tech…)?
What exactly are geeky girls/women who don’t meet your definition of “hot,” if “hotness” is necessary to be a “geek girl”?
Funny how “geek boys” are not required to look like movie stars in order to be “proper” geek boys?
At least you actually took some geeky creds into account in the hotness categorization. I guess that’s minor progress.
it may have also been nice to cite the original geekgirl, rosiex!
http://www.geekgirl.com.au
Not sure if anyone mentioned her but Lisa Kudrow is quite the pretty geek.
http://www.ginnymcqueen.com is the definition of a hot geek girl
ooohhhh im in neard heaven : ) keep this list growing
VERONICA BELMONT should be # 1.
jessica dudes!!! she like anime.. and licked a psp.. every girl in here should pray to god to be like her.. LOL
They All Are Hot!
I find Jessica Chobot to be the hottest in this group. However, all these dames are no doubt a rare combination of beauty and brains.
No Sarah Lane wtf!?!? Put the real geek girls up, as in we can set up routers,play tekken and shit.