# Beauty poll from a female perspective **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408 "2003-08-29T11:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/21 "2003-08-29T23:16:27Z")
Elizabeth Hurley. (She’s so gorgeous it’s sick.) Catherine Zeta-Jones. Audrey Hepburn. I find myself more attracted to brunettes, as a rule; none of the women I can think of who are “ridiculously beautiful” are blondes. Which is weird, b/c I’m a strawberry blonde myself. And I hate to say it, b/c she grates on my last nerve, but Jennifer Lopez has a seriously beautiful face. (Til she opens her mouth.) ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/22 "2003-08-30T01:09:20Z")
Yes, Angelina Jolie, definitely. (I think it’s mainly the bee-stung–or, to be less polite, hoochie mama–lips.) And J Lo, though if I actually met her I might have to smack her upside the head. Nicole Kidman is really getting beautiful as she gets older. Angela Bassett (sp?) is stunning. And she wasn’t exactly a classic beauty, but there was just something about Katharine Hepburn’s face. It was so ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/23 "2003-08-30T01:28:01Z")
Elizabeth Hurley Emmanuelle Seigner (the blonde in The Ninth Gate) Faye Dunaway (circa Bonnie & Clyde/Three Muskateers). [hijack] I wish they would make a movie of Margaret Atwood’s _Robber Bride_ so they could cast Juliana Margulies as Zenia. She would be perfect.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/24 "2003-08-30T02:16:14Z")
Ridiculously beautiful? Rene Russo Joan Allen India Arie Ming Na Halle Berry ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/25 "2003-08-30T03:06:17Z")
Marlene Dietrich Sarah McLachlan Bjork Annie Lennox Sinead O’Connor Hilary Swank (esp in Boys don’t cry) Laura Prepon (That 70s show) Alyson Hannigan (yes, I have a thing for redheads!) ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/26 "2003-08-30T04:00:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sirtonyh \* > > Shame on you all for not mentioning Jennifer Aniston What is the deal with Jennifer Aniston? She’s pretty, and I think she seems like a nice person and a good actress, but I don’t understand what the big deal with her appearance is. She’s “attractive,” that’s all. Actually, I feel the same way about Elizabeth Hurley. She’s attractive, but I don’t know what the big deal is. Thinking about it some more, and I agree with Audrey Hepburn (how could I forget about her!), Loretta Young, Linda Darnell, Lana Turner… I am sorry, I am having trouble thinking of some contemporary actresses who are beautiful. There are plenty, I just can’t think of many of their names. I do agree with Jennifer Connolly, though. She’s breathtaking. Oh! Oh! I just remembered! Michelle Pfeiffer. She’s also incredibly beautiful. Oh! I thought of another one! Diane Lane. Serenely beautiful. There now. I think I’ve listed enough names. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/27 "2003-08-30T04:06:46Z")
I feel so unoriginal now, but I really think Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones are gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![sumwunsumwer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sumwunsumwer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sumwunsumwer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/28 "2003-08-30T04:36:56Z")
Absolutely beautiful is the star who played the lead female character in the movie “Tales? of The Kama Sutra” Anyone know who I am talking about? I also agree that the most beautiful and near perfect famous ladies of late are Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Anniston, Halle Berry and minus her princess personality, Kate Hudson. I also think that Madonna and Demi Moore are quite amazingly gorgeous and always have been. But thats what I like 😉 ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/29 "2003-08-30T05:00:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ultraviolet \* > \*\*Marlene Dietrich > Sarah McLachlan > Bjork > Annie Lennox > Sinead O’Connor > Hilary Swank (esp in Boys don’t cry) > Laura Prepon (That 70s show) > Alyson Hannigan (yes, I have a thing for redheads!) \*\* You wouldn’t be gay by any chance would you **Ultraviolet**?? ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/30 "2003-08-30T05:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ultraviolet \* > \*\*Marlene Dietrich > Sarah McLachlan > Bjork > Annie Lennox > Sinead O’Connor > Hilary Swank (esp in Boys don’t cry) > Laura Prepon (That 70s show) > Alyson Hannigan (yes, I have a thing for redheads!) \*\* You wouldn’t be gay by any chance would you **Ultraviolet**?? ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/31 "2003-08-30T05:39:53Z")
I never used to think that Demi Moore was such a much, but dang! She hit 40 and now she is just scorchingly hot! And of course, Isabella Rosallini, Christy Turlington, Grace Kelly, Kate Blanchett, Audrey Hepburn, the “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” Liz Taylor, all those divine women in the Irving Penn photographs for Vogue! I’m sure there are more, but I’m tired. The most ridiculously gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen was on an escalator at Bergdorf Goodman in NYC though. She had on a wide brimmed hat, the most incredible suit, and long black gloves. She honestly didn’t look real. My friend and I just stared with our jaws on the floor. She was quite something! ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/32 "2003-08-30T06:11:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superstar \* > \*\*You wouldn’t be gay by any chance would you **Ultraviolet**?? \*\* However did you guess!?! 😕 I thought I had the closeted act down pat! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/33 "2003-08-30T14:14:03Z")
Ooh, **Michelle Pfeiffer** , circa Catwoman – where’s the “Who would you go gay for?” thread? ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/34 "2003-08-30T15:02:31Z")
Impossibly beautiful: Jennifer Connolly, Kate Beckinsale, Nicole Kidman Very sexy/cute: Kate Winslet (especially in “Enigma”-- I dig that repressed librarian vibe), Christina Ricci when she still had some meat on her bones, Drew Barrymore, Alyson Hannigan, kd lang. I like curves on women. Many of the actresses mentioned–Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu–are attractive, but personally I find them too skinny to be very sexy or drop-dead gorgeous. Audrey Hepburn, though, could pull off skinny and jaw-droppingly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/35 "2003-08-30T15:19:02Z")
Vivien Leigh, Lena Horne and Michelle Pfeiffer are all gut-wrenchingly beautiful (IMO, YMMV). ---
**Author:** ![KAndre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@KAndre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KAndre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/36 "2003-08-30T15:51:24Z")
Really beautiful? I would have to say: Elizabeth Taylor (I still think black hair and violet eyes are freakishly beautiful) Vanessa Williams Naomi Campbell Vivica A. Fox Pam Grier ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/37 "2003-08-30T18:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by burundi \* > \*\*I like curves on women. Many of the actresses mentioned–Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu–are attractive, but personally I find them too skinny to be very sexy or drop-dead gorgeous. \*\* Agreed. My list: Angelina Jolie Christina Ricci Kate Winslet and as **twickster** mentioned, Julianna Margulies is stunning with her creamy skin and dark hair. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/38 "2003-08-30T19:13:02Z")
I can’t see what the hype regarding Jennifer Aniston is. IMHO, her nose is rather large and she looks whiny a lot of the time. My list would include Monica Bellucci Liv Tyler (It’s the lips, I tell ya - that woman was so lucky not to inherit anything else of her father’s looks) Lauren Bacall ---
**Author:** ![silly\_duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@silly\_duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silly_duck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/39 "2003-08-30T20:19:12Z")
Reese Witherspoon Catherine Zeta-Jones Jennifer Garner ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beauty-poll-from-a-female-perspective/198408/40 "2003-08-31T07:59:46Z")
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