The Rookies

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MELISSA HARO

BORN
San Jose

RESIDES
San Jose

On a quiet, rainy day, I usually ...
Do exactly what I'm doing today. I invite some friends over; we eat party platters and play a lot of Guitar Hero .

The sexiest thing a man has ever done for me is....
Cook. I love a man who can cook.

In a past life I was a ...
I'd love to be a Corvette . I grew up with a '65 Sting Ray in my garage, and there's just something sleek and sexy about the body style of a '60s Corvette .

The one thing I would hate for people to know about me is ...
That I'm really clumsy and that I'm a nerd. I'm really a big nerd. A lot of times you'll catch me playing chess or reading a book.

I have a secret crush on ...
Toby Keith . He's a bad boy. He's got a voice that can make a girl melt, and he's just all-around sexy.

To impress a cute guy at a bar, I would ...
Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue and give it to him.