Announcing AfterElton.com’s Hot 100 for 2008!

19: Chace Crawford:

This Gossip Girl star is another newcomer to the Hot 100. However, we’d wager more than one gay man first became aware of this Texas boy’s charms not in the CW sudser, but rather in the 2006 teen horror film The Covenant. There viewers found the gifted athlete doffing his top more than once, something always helpful for those aspiring to a “hot” list.

22-year-old Crawford didn’t even set out to be an actor, only taking a stab at it when pushed into it by his mother who believed her son had an aptitude for the profession. Clearly, this is one mother who knows best. As Gossip Girl’s Nate Archibald, Crawford’s been breaking hearts onscreen while making them swoon off-screen. Given his coming in at #19, more than a few of those palpitating hearts belong to our readers.