Amanda Righetti, the red-headed eye candy of CBS’s “The Mentalist,” comes from a Utah-raised family with 7 siblings (6 sisters and 1 brother). That makes me jealous that I wasn’t raised by a family of hot gingers in the mountains of Utah.

A word from Amanda: “Guys blow my looks up more than I ever would. I guess I have issues with myself. I don’t think I’m as pretty as everybody thinks.”

Perfect. That means guys with slightly below average looks still have a chance.

More pics of Amanda after the jump…