Lea Michele Candies Deal Inked, Sources Say (PHOTOS)

Remember Candies, those sneakers you wore in middle school when you weren't busy wearing your Skechers?

The shoe brand is still alive and kicking -- and singing, perhaps. Candies has selected Lea Michele as its newest spokeswoman, reports E! exclusively.

That presumably means Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame is out and join a long line of former Candies girls, including Fergie, Hayden Panettiere and Jenny McCarthy.

Of course the most memorable Candies girl was Britney Spears, who played up her former blonde, candy-coated image for the girlish sneaker ads. She also drew attention to the brand by releasing some un-airbrushed images from one of her Candies campaigns, raising awareness of the rampant use of Photoshop.

We're not assuming Lea will do the same... but we are 99 percent certain her ads will include pink, glitter, lots of lipstick and maybe even a few lollipops.

Click over to E! to read more and see Britney, Hayden, Vanessa and Jenny's past Candies ads below.

Comments

[Marasbaras]

12:33 AM on 01/14/2012

They're all mindless eye-candy to me. At least they're not on the toilet anymore.

[BraveAlive]

08:26 PM on 01/13/2012

Who are the people who decides what in or out ?
let see you walk and talk ... are you real ?
--
The intellect is anavailable ... any change occuring all over the world
at the same time time does NOT give anyone a god like stature of
willy nilly point a finger
--
whatever it is is out there to be seen ...
some need to shift by one single degree
and all is revealed as anew... if the observer is conscious
--
Little clowns creating circuses and whatever they can draw
and eat off the naive .... sick I say
poor in the grey matter quality
Time fillers
allas not the stuff of life
Riff-Raff is the first to go ... I'm afraid

[JulesWinfield]

11:36 AM on 01/14/2012

Anyone care to translate?

[LovingLove]

07:24 PM on 01/13/2012

Neither are/were good choices. They should have selected someone with natural beauty.

[Lucas Prater]

06:54 PM on 01/13/2012

Who are these girls?

[JulesWinfield]

11:37 AM on 01/14/2012

Lea is an astronaut and Vanessa is a scuba diver.

If you don't know who they are, either:

1. Look them up on Google.
2. Don't bother commenting. Don't advertise your ignorance to the world.

[Lucas Prater]

06:29 PM on 01/14/2012

OOH, I'll consider myself schooled. As long as we're talking about what not to advertise to the world, how's about you not advertise your blatant sexual frustration. Somebody who can get their panties into this big of a wad over a lame comment made about two tweenie-boppers needs to either cut back on the caffeine intake or get out of the house a few times a year.

[jayx002]

06:00 PM on 01/13/2012

and this is news worthy because?

[hemnebob]

05:13 PM on 01/13/2012

so?
nobody but teenagers care...

[littlerabbit]

03:55 PM on 01/13/2012

What did Lea do, win by a nose?

[Frizzle Fry]

04:46 PM on 01/13/2012

that was bad!

[jayx002]

05:59 PM on 01/13/2012

hahahaha!!!!!

[Recalled]

03:46 PM on 01/13/2012

TRULY TRULY don't understand: Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdle, Demi Lavato they are all so so so nothing. Was a job at Taco Bell not available?

[TeresaAnn65]

09:58 AM on 01/14/2012

Oh, come on now .. Ashley is a good girl .. who actually has some talent. The rest of them can GO AWAY.

[jmichaelmunger]

02:46 PM on 01/13/2012

Something about that Glee girl I can't put my finger on--she's just... one off.

[hemnebob]

05:14 PM on 01/13/2012

the character she plays on glee is enough to make you want to give her a knuckle sandwich...

[William Faust]

06:35 PM on 01/13/2012

Yeah but she sings all is forgiven. =]

[imfedup]

01:55 PM on 01/13/2012

Ick.

[De Robinson]

01:53 PM on 01/13/2012

Do not like Lea
Like Vanessa

[De Robinson]

01:52 PM on 01/13/2012

Vanessa I like
Lea I do not
Goodbye Candies

[TeresaAnn65]

09:59 AM on 01/14/2012

so, you bought a TON of Candies shoes before? and this will stop you? doubtful

[intellifran]

01:47 PM on 01/13/2012

Britney Spears proves she doesn't need airbrushing. You really have to look to the see the differences (slightly smaller, arms, legs, and waist). It's not like they airbrushed out cellulite. They could have left her the way she was.

[larueskee]

01:46 PM on 01/13/2012

I can't wait for the ads. I think Lea is terrific but unless you watch Glee ( I don't ) you never see her.

[Mr Crabs]

01:41 PM on 01/13/2012

Hilarious Britney before and after airbrushing. Talk about subtlety.