Every year People magazine announces their list of the “100 Most Beautiful People.” The list of stacked with actors, actresses, musicians, enertainers, activists and politicians. While there is no shortage of sex appeal, we aren’t so sure about smarts. Is it all brawn and no brains? We did a little investigative work for you. The entertainment industry tends to value experience over formal education; that being said, taking a few college classes never hurt anyone. Many celebs earned their degrees through online online or alternative means of education due to their irregular schedules. Check out the list below to find out which sexy celebs made the grade:
Carrie Underwood
Before this blue-eyed blonde took the American Idol circuit by storm, she took writing classes. After graduating from Checotah High School she went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on Journalism. It wasn’t all work and no play though, she was also a member of the Alpha Iota sorority.
Tina Fey
Fey has earned her way into the hearts and Tivo queues of millions of many Americans with her deadpan comedic delivery and nice-girl appeal. She sharpened her acting chops at the University of Virginia where she studied drama.
Eva Longoria
She might play one on TV but Eva Longoria is no desperate housewife. This Texas A&M grad earned a bachelors of Science degree in Kinesiology, the study of body movement. After college, she entered a talent contest that brought her to Los Angeles, and she has been acting ever since.
Rahm Emmanuel
Mr. Emmanuel was one of the first people appointed to Barack Obama’s administration and he has the educational pedigree to back it up. He is known for a take-no-prisoners attitude and is often referred to as Rahmbo but we learn that he has a softer side from his ballet studies as an adolescent. He was offered a ballet scholarship to Joffrey Ballet school but turned it down to attend Sarah Lawrence College. He then went on to earn his master’s degree in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University.
Michelle Obama
Mrs. Obama may answer to “first lady,” but she has what it takes to hold her own in the male-dominated world of US government. Michelle studied at Princeton before obtaining her Juris Doctrorate from Harvard in 1988. Mrs. Obama is one select few first ladies with a post-graduate degree alongside Hillary Rodham Clinton and Laura Bush.
Rashida Jones
Office fans know Rashida Jones as Jim’s old girlfriend, but Harvard’s class of 1997 knew her as just another classmate. Jones had a penchant for reading from a young age and her father, musician Quincy Jones, recalls finding her reading books by flashlight under the covers at age 5. At Harvard, Rashida toyed with the idea of becoming an attorney but later settled on a degree in religion and philosophy.
Jimmy Fallon
SNL veteran Jimmy Fallon is a proponent of the 17 year bachelor plan. Fallon attended the College of St. Rose in in New York and left one semester short of graduating with a degree in communications. He felt the need to finish what he started and presented his final portfolio last month and deemed worthy to receive a bachelors degree in communications. “Finally, I convinced them that I’ve done enough communicating to get my communications degree — and it only took me 17 years do to it. All I can say is, Thank God I didn’t want to be a doctor. That would have taken 65 years,” said Jimmy.