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Gorgeous Google Gals final results: Trisha Weir wins!

ndouglas — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:55:28 EST

Hail the conquering heroine! Google hardware maintainer Trisha Weir outshined (outshone?) British ad sales bombshell Kate Burns, 615 votes to 412, to claim the title of Gorgeous Google Gal.

Congrats to Trisha for winning our utterly shallow and prizeless contest — we're sure victory is its own reward. To Ms. Burns, no worries, you are British and therefore still awesome.

No, there will not be another Valleywag Hotties contest this week. Yes, you can send nominations for a Yahoo round, of either gender. High-profile and well-photographed Yahoos are, of course, preferred.

Poll result breakdown after the jump, you stat nerds.

Finale of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals, final round: Kate Burns vs. Trisha Weir

ndouglas — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:51:36 EST

Ladies and gentlemen, the final Google Gals face-off. The first international Googler vs. the hardware maintenance maven with hipster flair. Vote for the most gorgeous — and assume that "gorgeous" here means every most excellent quality a Googler can possess.

This round ends quickly, so vote early. Have fun, play nice, winner announced tonight.

Earlier: Gorgeous Google Gals: Semifinals results [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: Semifinals results

ndouglas — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:28:40 EST

A long weekend of polling gave us two more Google Gals champions. One of these winners will claim the Google Gals crown in the upcoming Final Face-off.*

Kate Burns (551 votes) beat Jen Ingalls (377 votes) from across the pond.
After a neck-and-neck race, Trisha Weir (1584 votes) pulled ahead of Kimbalina (1235 votes).

A warm goodbye to Jen and Kimmy, and best wishes to the semi-finalists, as they enter the Google Gals Final Face-off. Poll details after the jump.

*Conceptual crown only. Decorations of victory must be otherwise procured.

Gorgeous Google Gals: Kimbalina vs. Trisha Weir

ndouglas — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:00:15 EST

We have a feeling this will be a fierce fight — both Kimbalina and Trisha seem to have fan clubs. Well, here, I'll let you have at it:

Gorgeous Google Gals: Jen Ingalls vs. Kate Burns

ndouglas — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:32:23 EST

A surprise challenger steps in from the UK: How could we exclude Kate Burns, Google's first international employee? Burns ran Google's Manchester office from Day 1. On a personal note, her biggest inspiration is the Horse Whisperer. Will her whispers drown out all the American contestants in the Gorgeous Google Gals?

Whispering can be good for business [Kate Burns on BBC]
Part of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: Round one winners

ndouglas — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:49:03 EST

The first round is finished, with two more victories:

Kimbalina (478 votes) ran circles around Gabriela Valdes (401 votes).
Trisha Weir (721 votes) outshone Elizabeth Windram (164 votes).

Thus ends the first round, and voting for round 2 (including a surprise challenger) begins any moment now. Full results, and an updated bracket, after the jump.

Earlier winners: The first victors [Valleywag]
Part of: Gorgeous Girls of Google [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: Trisha Weir vs. Elizabeth Windram

ndouglas — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:22:30 EST

Another round of Google Gals — and these two are serious geeks. One keeps the servers from flaming out, the other keeps interfaces from lookin' ugly.

Part of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: Gabriela Valdes vs. Kimbalina

ndouglas — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:46:57 EST

The first of these Google ladies is perfect for international sales — she just loves to travel the world. The second is one of those wonderful Google bloggers — and her host of choice, of course, is Blogger.

Part of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: The first victors

ndouglas — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:18:06 EST

Two Google ladies claim sweet victory.

User-behavior expert Laura Granka (698 votes) out-REM'd superblogger Niniane Wang (370 votes).

Atlanta sales team member Jen Ingalls (1495 votes) out-marketed long-time Googler Jen Bradburn (685 votes).

Congratulations to Laura and Jen, best wishes to their wonderful compatriots. The rest of Round 1 plays out today. The detailed results after the jump.

Results of: Laura Granka vs. Niniane Wang and Jen Ingalls vs. Jen Bradburn [Valleywag]
Part of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]
[Update: One photo removed since publication]

Gorgeous Google Gals: Laura Granka vs. Niniane Wang

ndouglas — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:47:16 EST

The first works in user studies; the second was last seen working on a secret project. Both deserve to be the ultimate Google Gal, but alas, there can be only one.

Gorgeous Google Gals: Jen Ingalls vs. Jen Bradburn

ndouglas — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:55:58 EST

Time for the second Valleywag Hotties tournament to really get underway — it's the first Google Gals face-off. Voting ends tonight for this pair of lovely Google sales members. Remember, engineers may be brilliant, but salespeople won't stay up building Lego towers at 3 AM.

Part of: Gorgeous Google Gals [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google Gals: The tournament begins

ndouglas — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:20:57 EST

The Google Gals competitors have been chosen. No second-guessing, no arguing — unless you want to bribe me with a bundle of Google stock. (Or a portfolio shorting that stock — I'm all confused.)

From left to right, row one: Jen Ingalls, Jen Bradburn, Laura Granka, Niniane Wang

Row two: Gabriela Valdes, Kimbalina (anyone got a last name?), Trisha Weir, and Elizabeth Windram.

For your printing-and-obsessively-filling-out needs, the tourney bracket is after the jump.

The nominees: page 1, page 2, page 3 [Valleywag]
Earlier Valleywag hotties tourney: Valleywag hotties: Vote for the sexiest man in tech [Valleywag]

Gorgeous Google gals: The last nominees

ndouglas — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:49:09 EST

Jen Ingalls from Google's Atlanta sales team works extensively with the Special Olympics.

Gabriela Valdes, an International Sales Googler, is a born-and-raised Bay Area local, fluent in Spanish, with a serious passion for travel and life.

We've featured the witty blog of Niniane (on Blogspot, obvs). Her latest adventure: snapping pics of her neighbors' for-sale condo while kinda pretending to be an interested buyer. And then hiding from said neighbors until they move out.

Leshika Samarasinghe (photo removed by owner's request) got her job at Google during her graduating year at Stanford. "She is as friendly and charming as she is beautiful," says a fellow alum. Her favorite song is "Space Oddity."

And do the stars look very different today? Overheard in the Office heard some diet planning at the Plex this Friday:

Co-worker: My fiance and I are going to LA this weekend, and I'm trying to lose a pound or two before then so my friends don't think I'm pregnant.

More Google Gals [Valleywag]
And more [Valleywag]

Google gals: four more dears

ndouglas — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:15:18 EST

Another round of nominated Google hotties! From left to right:

Krista Bruen from finance is yet another ungoogleable.

Ginger Franke would describe herself as "action-centered." She's a serious snowboarder who's been seen headed for black-diamond routes.

Jen Bradburn is a hottie from sales who graduated from St. Mary's.

Laura Granka "looks really hot in spandex, incredible passion for life, and is an expert in eye-movement monitoring. What's hotter than that?"

There are dozens more out there. Don't hide the hotties! You have one weekend to nominate Google gals before Valleywag runs its tourney. Send names, photos, and character notes to tips@valleywag.com.

Earlier: Google girls: the first nominees [Valleywag]
And: Gorgeous girls of Google: a call for nominations [Valleywag]

Google girls: the first nominees

ndouglas — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:42:59 EST

The lovely ladies of Google are pouring in. Well, nominations for them are. From left to right, the nominees pictured above:

Trisha Weir from hardware operations, is "just kind of this rockstar on her team." She writes, designs clothes, and is pretty handy with a cat 5 crimper or a command line.

Lauren Baptist left MIT in 2000 to work as a Google engineer. When Harvard asked her "how ridiculously rich" the Google IPO would make her, she demurely pointed to a PR rep. Guess that's code for "very ridiculously rich."

Kimbalina works on Blogger. "Kimmy" says she loves corny jokes, chocolate, and the color purple.

Elizabeth Windram works on UI and reportedly plays a mean game of dodgeball.

Ginger Franke is supposed to be adorable; still looking for photos of her. Send those and any other nominations (with photos and info if you can) to tips@valleywag.com.

Earlier: Gorgeous girls of Google: A call for nominations [Valleywag]