It seems all but officially official now. "TOLDJA" is reporting Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has secured the female lead for Transformers 3.

This should come as no surprise. I mean, this was already broken by two different sources. First Ain't It Cool News who reported she was a candidate last Wednesday and then Geek Week said she had been cast late Friday evening. So of course, they were given zero credit. Who are we talking about here, people? Apparently the other two finalists (Brooklyn Decker and Sarah Wright) were notified of their non-hiring.

I'm assuming Whiteley is playing a new character altogether. But considering Megan Fox was spotted on set during pre-visualization shoots last month, I wonder if the plan is to just recast the Mikaela role (a la Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight).

Nonetheless, it shouldn't be too long before either director Michael Bay or Paramount confirms this. Now I have an excuse to post pictures of Whiteley in lingerie. But I'll just use what I think is the best one out there.