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Shot of the Day: Danielle Fishel (a.k.a. Topanga) Reveals Her Girl Crush & Killer Curves for Maxim

Shot of the Day: Danielle Fishel Reveals Her Girl Crush for Maxim

Spoiler: her first girl-crush was on another '90s TV hottie!

Sunnivie Brydum

<p>Sunnivie is an award-winning journalist and the managing editor at <em>The Advocate</em>. A proud spouse and puppy-parent, Sunnivie strives to queer up the world of reporting while covering the politics of equality daily.</p>

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Sunnivie Brydum

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March 08 2013 3:15 PM EST

November 08 2024 6:41 AM EST

America fell in love with Danielle Fishel as we watched her grow up on ABC's long-running primetime family sitcom Boy Meets World, where she played Topanga Lawrence. And now that she's all grown up, the actress is speaking out about her character's namesake (spoiler: it's an homage to Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles), the spinoff she's set to star in as Mrs. Topanga Lawrence-Matthews called Girl Meets World, and what it was like to be part of ABC's epic Friday night lineup, TGIF. Fishel goes on record and takes off a few layers for the latest issue of Maxim.

I don't know about the rest of you, but watching Topanga each week was definitely among the first stirrings of lady-loving feelings I experienced. But for Fishel, her first girl-crush was on another '90s television hottie.

"Did you ever meet the kids from Saved By the Bell and throw down with Kelly Kapowski for the title of Hottest ’90s Girl?" asks Maxim in its cover-story interview with Fishel, now 31.

"No, I don’t think I ever met Tiffani Thiessen!" Fishel replies. "But I can tell you Kelly Kapowski was my first-ever girl crush. I remember watching her and thinking, 'Nobody in the world could possibly be as beautiful as she is.' She’s still stunning."