Ever since a certain Lindsay Lohan movie, the art of being the Mean Girl has become something of a well-respected pastime. But beyond high school movies, mean girls have also set up shop on the small screen, and there is quite a gaggle of them over at ABC Family. Which one of these saucy sirens is your favorite?
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We may have said goodbye to this iconic series last summer, but Adrian’s shenanigans (and tragedies) are still fresh in our memories. A mean girl with a house to herself (her mom was always out working as a flight attendant) spelled lots and lots of bad behavior for this one. |
Long believed to be the one and only “A” herself, perennial victim Alison is anything but: even beyond the grave, Alison leaves an impression of being that pretty girl who does whatever she pleases. With nary a care for those around her, no wonder that her death is the lynchpin that starts this clever little series.
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Taking a tip from the Mean Girls above, Lacey Porter is a popular queen bee who is trying to forget a lot – nothing like a dark past and a little trauma to give a Mean Girl her edge! |
Committing the ultimate betrayal of sleeping with Emmett, Simone becomes the Kennish kids’ public enemy number one, and she has spunk and attitude to back it up. Eventually, certain indiscretions are forgiven, but we say once a Mean Girl, always a Mean Girl… |
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The Queen of the Beam, star gymnast Lauren demonstrates one of the fiercest qualities of Mean Girls: that outward projection of absolute perfection. But of course, nothing is perfect, as we see from Lauren’s home life and disastrous forays into love, thus giving this mean girl some grit as well. |
Adrian Lee, Secret Life of the American Teenager
Alison DiLaurentis, Pretty Little Liars
Lacey Porter, Twisted
Simone Sinclair, Switched at Birth
Lauren Tanner, Make it or Break it