MURRAY, KENTUCKY

Flashing sophistication, Southern charm and a splash of sass, Molly Sims is the perfect host for MTV's House of Style. The 27-year-old model-actress started doing the show in 1999, following in the footsteps of SI swimsuit alums Cindy Crawford and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.

It's the latest gig in a soaring career that started when Sims was an undergraduate at Vanderbilt. Today Sims is a spokeswoman for Cover Girl cosmetics and has done ads for Old Navy, Victoria's Secret, Nautica and Armani. This is her fourth appearance in the Swimsuit Issue.

Sims splits her time between New York City and Los Angeles and is a big sports fan. (Her older brother, Todd, is trying to qualify for the PGA Tour.)

The most dangerous thing she's ever done? "I do it every month," she says. "It's called a Brazilian bikini wax."

Asked for her motto Sims says, "If you're going to be good, be good. But if you're going to be bad, be really good at being bad."

-- RICHARD DEITSCH