Laneia’s Team Pick:
There’s this brunette — with sort of a bob + bangs situation — in a Claritin commercial (I think?) who’s been in at least 200 other commercials and she’s SO PRETTY. Like her face is perfect and her teeth — I just want to be her best friend and stare at her and take her to the mall outside the movie theater so everyone can see my pretty pretty friend. And while the romping fantastic google machine is usually good for turning up results for almost anything, searching “pretty brunette perfect bangs commercial claritin” was surprisingly unsuccessful.
So what do you do when you want to know who the hot girl in the commercial is? You submit it to Who is That Hot Ad Girl and wait patiently.
Proving once again that, w/r/t sparking creativity, tumblr is the best thing since magic markers and play-doh, Who is That Hot Ad Girl not only serves to tell you the name of the hot girl in the ad, but they also supply images, IMDB links, fun facts and additional footage ALL IN ONCE PLACE! What will the internet think of next??
WITHAG certainly doesn’t break any stereotypes when it comes to what’s considered ‘hot,’ but it really destroys what little illusion commercials manage to create. After scrolling through a sea of headshots, it hit me: these girls are just like us — they’re working their asses off and they don’t even get a lower third. Crazy.
I didn’t find my future BFF Pretty Brunette Girl, but I did learn that the super pingy chick from the Esurance ads, Suzi Barrett, is also part of the Upright Citizens Brigade! Neat.

hello world, i'm suzi barrett
Hey, you know who’s missing…?
when she does that little smile after she bites into the kit kat…my gaydar made my left ovary explode.
similarly alllllll the girls in this one can get it
kit kat i salute you
Dude, I’m so glad to find out I’m not the only one who noticed the total gay-ness of the Kit Kat girl(s)! Appropriately, Kit Kats are my favorite candy bar and have been since I was four.
#foundmyroot
YES! The one in the library. The short haired pixie girl wearing a fucking cable knit sweater AND a hot librarian. GOOD WORK KIT KAT.
Cable knit sweater girl Jessica Little:
I’d share a Kit Kat with the girls in either commercial, let’s be real.
GUYS WHEN I SAW THIS I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT PIXIE HAIR GIRL.
But let’s not forget that girl with the afro and scarf. Probably just a hipster, but stil…
goddamn hipster girls. breaking your gaydar since before you even knew it was cool.
I thought that, too! So cute…
The identity of the girl sitting on the steps is something I really need to know. Unf.
Are you thinking of Alexi Wasser? She’s in a bing commercial and those york peppermint patty ads.
damnit, image code didn’t work. here’s a pic: http://portable.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/alexi-wasser_01_blogLarge.png
no my girl is slightly older than alexi wasser. GOOD CALL THOUGH.
“I just want to be her best friend and stare at her and take her to the mall outside the movie theater so everyone can see my pretty pretty friend.”
-The thoughts in your head a few weeks before realizing you’re gay, also.
100% THIS.
…or years, depending on how far in denial you are!
I’ve wondered who the esurance girl was so this was super handy, and damn does she ping in the esurance commercials
I’m the editor in chief of WITHAG. I love your line “You submit it to Who is That Hot Ad Girl and wait patiently.”
We get so many requests you wouldn’t be believe how backed up we are. So patience is a virtue as you wait for your WITHAG to be answered!
This is now my favorite site. I can wait very patiently for this
Can I get some love for Progressive’s Flo ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPhq_gC9pZs
Has anyone seen the York Peppermint Patty ad with the girl with swoopy brown hair and eyes? Soooo gaaaaaaaay.
you talkin about this one? cuz she definitely pings. also this ad is remarkably effective in making me want a peppermint patty.
Well, of course, a Peppermint Patty commercial would have family in it!
Suzi Barrett also has a great video about Los Angeles. The G4 video on the WITHAG page talks about it, but here’s the full version: http://www.youtube.com/user/suzest77#p/a/u/0/hrI-28kOivU
but seriously, I think this is part of a larger trend of “window-dressing”, companies targeting their advertising specifically but still covertly towards queer people. If an ad showed a happy two-mom family shopping at BigBoxStore, that would be too “controversial” and “radical” for their conservative customers…but if they show a young, single girl who looks kinda gay to other gay girls, they can try to attract said gay (and bi) girls to shop there WITHOUT pissing off their traditional base. There’s been research done on this, like this: http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/display.asp?id=12086
I also think advertising happens the way it does for a reason, and companies put too much money and work and focus-group-ing into these ads for this to be random.
I did a project on gay advertising in college. (This was a few years ago. I think it’s probably a little more overt now.) But ad agencies definitely leave subtle hints to the gay crowd in ads, stuff they know straights will never notice but gays will. It allows them to relate to both without alienating either. I definitely remember very well this Zyrtec ad that… I don’t know if those women were supposed to be friends or sisters or what, but they were older ladies making birdhouses together and holding each other while they laughed. Looked like life partners to me. Anyway, at the time of my research, the gay audience was seen as a very attractive group to advertise to. Gay people have more disposable income and are much more tech savvy, among the earliest adopters of new technology. I’m sure that continues today.
The most blatant instance that comes to mind was that Orbitz commercial to years ago that showed three guys golfing. One of the guys had a very tiny HRC emblem on his polo, instead of where the little horse would be. Straight people thought nothing of it, but I immediately spotted the HRC logo. I read an article and Orbitz specifically got HRC’s permission and they admitted they wanted to offer a nod to the gay audience.
Wait, are you going to tell us when you finally find out the girl’s name?
And who the Kit Kat girl at 0:03 is?
i want to be in commercials so bad. i was telling my best friend this last night. i dont want to be rich or famous or in movies or even a proper actress.
i just want to be in commercials.
preferably bad/embarassing ones. like for STDs maybe. or pregnancy tests.
I THINK ID BE GOOD AT IT.
So I am that kit kat girl with the short pixie hair! My name is jessica little and i am an actress in nyc. I’ve been working hard for years and even though I am not nearly close to my dream I am so far from where I was in the beginning. Look me up on Facebook, please be my friend and supporter. I am so happy my friend came across this blog, it has boosted my self-esteem bc I’m sure you must know and understand how hard this career can be.
much love, jess
Well, hel-llooo Jessica Little. How YOU doin’?
: )
How nice of you to take the time to check this place out and leave
such a lovely message! Thank you very much. If knowing that a
bunch of ladies are crushing on you (*blush*) gives you a boost in
any way then it’s all the more awesome that you found the site.
Trying to make a career in acting would eat me alive in five
seconds. I mean, give me a break! (A-ha ha ha! ….no? …Too soon?) The fact that you ARE making yourself a career as an actress not only shows your courage and what a strong person you are, but how talented as well–otherwise you wouldn’t still be in it. You’ll get to your dream.
Kara
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In other news: EeeEEE! The short pixie haired Kit Kat hot ad girl knows we exist!
spacing–what the?
We here at “Who Is That Hot Ad Girl”, are happy that the fine folks at Autostraddle and Jessica Little herself, helped identify the girl in the Kit Kat commercial.
So we made a recent post about it:
Hopefully everybody reading this (especially Jessica) enjoy it!