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Once Upon a Time’s two-hour Season 5 finale this Sunday night is drawing loads of attention—including from Sleuth!

Yesterday, we paid tribute to 10 of its mind-boggling 30 Hottest Babes… today we focus on 10 of its sexiest Female Villains, whose evil manifests itself not only in their actions, but also their outfits!

“One has to wonder about the show’s continued use of female villains,” complained the feminist website The Artifice last season. “Of the eleven major villains on the show, only three of them have been male. This means there have been almost twice as many female villains as male ones.” Math is clearly not the site’s strong suit.

“The female villains are sexualized,” angry Artifice continues, “both in their costumes and in their behavior. All of the female villains with magical powers wear dresses cut to allow copious amounts of cleavage. In fact, there are entire sections of the fandom on Tumblr dedicated to the ‘Evil Cleavage’ because it’s such a glaringly obvious part of the show.

Note the clever caption on the post: “She doesn’t keep her rack in the dungeon kiddies!”

“Occasionally,” the silly screed concludes {it’s only a TV show…about fairy tales!}, “the [low-cut] outfits can even be distracting and take away from a scene.” All the more reason to focus our attention on the popular Twitter hashtag inspired by the décolletage: #Evil Boobs on Parade.

“From bringing to life iconic fairy tale villains to creating antagonists entirely from scratch,” WhatCulture.com summarized Season 4, “the series hasn’t held back in having fun with the darker side of things. As fans know, the incoming second half of this season is bringing three more classic villains into the fold: Ursula, Cruella De Vil and the return of Maleficent.

Sounds like a magnificent place to start, dearies …

KRISTIN BAUER van STRATENasMaleficent (Most Evil of the ‘Queens of Darkness’)

VICTORIA SMURFITas Cruella De Vil (from One Hundred and One Dalmatians)

MERRIN DUNGEY as Ursula (The Sea Witch, from The Little Mermaid)

ELIZABETH MITCHELL asIngrid (The Snow Queen)

EMMA CAULFIELD as Elena (The Blind Witch, from Hansel and Gretel)

ROSE McGOWAN as Young Cora (The Queen of Hearts, from Rumpelstiltskin)

ROBIN WEIGERT as Bo Peep(The Warlord)

GABRIELLE ROSE asRuth(Prince Charming’s Mother, who sells his twin brother)

ANASTASIA GRIFFITH as Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail, Charming's scheming fiancee)

RACHEL SHELLEY as Milah (Rumpelstiltskin’s wife who abandons their young son)

Stay tuned for PART THREE, whereTENHotHEROINES get their HappyENDING!