It’s official: one of the 32 hottest college girls in the country goes to Binghamton University.

BU junior Ashley Chontos has advanced to the second round of the Collegehumor.com America’s Hottest College Girl 2007 contest by earning 11,616 votes, or 72 percent of the national vote in her first round match-up against ‘Beth C,’ a coed from the University of South Carolina.

‘I’m happy about the first round,’ Chontos said, ‘but I feel like the next two rounds are going to be really tough.’ Her next vote will be March 9.

The blonde entered the contest on the encouragement of a friend. Chontos, a native of Saugerties, N.Y., considers herself ‘one of the favorites,’ as she was picked to be the top seed in the South bracket.

‘I think the hardest bracket is definitely the South, so I have my work cut out for me,’ she said. ‘They told me, ‘We have faith in you.’

Along with a revealing set of photographs, the Web site features an interview with each contestant, asking fluffy questions about topics like bad pick-up lines and superpowers.

(Chontos, for the record, would like to fly, and will not fall for the line, ‘Nice shoes, wanna screw?’)

Her major might be the biggest attraction for voters who appreciate the total package. Chontos studies bioengineering and plans to attend graduate school before becoming a scientist.

For now, though, she is spending time in the city, taking a semester off from school to try and earn money because, she said, she’s paying her own way through college.

‘$10,000 could definitely give me a boost,’ she said of the contest’s grand prize. ‘I mean, who doesn’t want $10,000?’

Chontos said she’s becoming sick of all the attention she garners from single guys.

‘I hate it, I hate it. It’s awful,’ she said. ‘A lot of girls like the attention; I just can’t stand it. I was completely over that in high school.’

These days, she even dreads signing on to Facebook.

‘I used to be excited to get a friend request,’ she said. Now she receives over 150 friend requests per day.

The contest is sponsored by Tag Body Spray.