Just think where the world wouldn’t be without the United States of America. Actually, don’t answer that (because it would be too depressing to think about). To be fair, though, we do owe a lot of credit to Italy (Amerigo Vespucci) and Spain (Christopher Columbus) for first discovering ‘us’. That’s why we’re going to let you, our readers, decide who should lay claim to the Columbus Day Hottie Competition. We’ve pitted the three countries against each other in an epic showdown, a threeway that’s sure to get exciting. Check out the action after the jump!

Monday, the US went up against Italy in the first game of the 2009 Confederations Cup, losing to the former World Cup champs 3-to-1. A disappointing loss, which now places them in the tough position of having to beat powerhouse Brazil to have much chance at advancing through in the series. But regardless of how the game goes, the match-up we’re really interested in is how our American hotties stand up against the always-bodacious Brazilian supermodels.

On Monday, the U.S. faced-off against World Cup Champ, Italy in the opening game of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Needless to say, the US got their asses handed to them, with only one goal to Italy’s three. But since that head-to-head didn’t seem like much of a competition, we decided to try to make things a little more fair by putting the hottest Italian models up against American’s finest foxes in the sexiest showdown this side of the goal post.