Thank the heavens that Sammy Lee doesn't look anything like her lizard-headed footballing namesake. If she did, she'd never have bagged the title of ZOO Australia's Real Girl Of The Year for 2008.

Wittled down from an original "short list" of 1000 girls, Sammy Lee made it all the way to the public vote stage - where readers were quick to vote her the hottest of '08.

The scorchingly hot 24-year-old hairdresser from the Gold Coast scooped $10,000 and a ZOO shoot to celebrate.

Would she have your vote and how does she match up against our own army of gorgeous real girls?

Launch our slideshow to see the pics, then head over to her page on the Oz ZOO site for more.