“Transformers 3″ parks its new leading lady

Gentleman, start your engines.

The new vixen in “Transformers 3” will be….British Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whitely.

It will be the first film role for the 23-year old, following in the footsteps of such models as Olga Kurylenko and Halle Berry who have made their transition from the catwalk to the silver screen.

Huntington-Whitely has been linked with such leading guys as Olivier Martinez and Jason Statham according to the U.K.’s Sun.

In recent weeks, it was revealed that Megan Fox, the franchise’s longtime beauty, would not be returning for the third installment.

Prior to “Transformers,” Fox cut her teeth in a slew of roles including ABC’s sitcom “Hope and Faith” and Lindsay Lohan Disney starrer “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.”

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