# Do you think Maria Shriver is attractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947 "2011-05-23T20:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/61 "2011-05-24T21:10:42Z")
I thought she was beautiful back when they got married, but soon after that she turned into a skull with hair. It’s strange, because she has the classically attractive features, but too much of them to make them work well together. Good bone structure, but too much. Beautiful hair, but too much of it. I always wished the makeup department of 20/20 or Dateline or whatever would tone her down a bit for public consumption. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/62 "2011-05-24T21:24:40Z")
Hmmm… lots of comparisons to Skeletor, and Cruella De Ville. Personally, I thought the longer she was married to Arnold, the more she started to look like a female Arnold. (In the face, anyway.) They both seem to have that very bony angular facial structure. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/63 "2011-05-24T21:52:41Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Her chin is too pointy. Give her another decade or two and she will be able to play the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz without makeup. Not just her chin. You could split a popsicle on those cheekbones. She reminds me of that Lady Gaga poster with the prosthetic make-up. I don’t think she’s attractive, just disturbing. (Pointy!) Although back in the [mid-80s](http://12uspost.com/arnold-and-maria-marriage-pics-and-photo-gallery.html) when she had more meat on her bones, I thought she looked like a generic “pleasant news anchor.” ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/64 "2011-05-24T22:41:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes, well, I guess some of us don’t live in LA and don’t have LA standards. I sure don’t, but if [this](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-10-28-MariaShriver_MichelleObama.jpg) is ‘too skinny’ I can’t imagine where you’re from. Shriver looks to be solidly in the middle of the ideal weight range. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/65 "2011-05-24T22:46:07Z")
Don’t know, don’t care. But her son [Patrick](http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1317852870/schwarzenegger_main_hrotator_overlay.jpg) is sure hot! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/66 "2011-05-25T01:37:39Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I sure don’t, but if [this](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-10-28-MariaShriver_MichelleObama.jpg) is ‘too skinny’ I can’t imagine where you’re from. Shriver looks to be solidly in the middle of the ideal weight range. I think she just carries _very_ little flesh on her face. Her body doesn’t look too thin, but she does have a remarkably deaths-head sort of look about her. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/67 "2011-05-25T01:54:33Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > She used to be quite striking, but there really is such a thing as too thin. This is how I feel as well. The whole first page of Google images are fairly recent, and many seem to be purposely unflattering. Early in her reporting career I found her beautiful. (To my eye Caroline Kennedy is perfectly lovely ) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/68 "2011-05-25T02:40:38Z")
She may have been beautiful, but her transition to the Lich template really hurt her looks. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/69 "2011-05-25T02:53:33Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Once had a pretty face in some pictures, otherwise not attractive at all. She certainly hasn’t aged well. If she approached me in a bar I would buy her a sandwich. I would send out for a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/70 "2011-05-25T04:12:13Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I sure don’t, but if [this](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-10-28-MariaShriver_MichelleObama.jpg) is ‘too skinny’ I can’t imagine where you’re from. Shriver looks to be solidly in the middle of the ideal weight range. Michelle Obama looks like an amazon next to her, and Michelle isn’t heavy herself, so… ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/71 "2011-05-25T04:20:11Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Michelle Obama looks like an amazon next to her, and Michelle isn’t heavy herself, so… I think that Michelle Obama is moderately attractive overall, and she is not heavy, but in some photos/outfits, it is clear that she has a very abundant posterior. (or as the kids would say, a big, fine booty) ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/72 "2011-05-25T16:40:24Z")
At 5’11" with substantial hips and great muscle tone, pretty sure Michelle Obama qualifies as an actual Amazon. [Here she is dwarfing Hillary Clinton](http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Hillary+Clinton+Michelle+Obama+Host+Int+l+2EMivs1WQArl.jpg), who is neither short nor skinny. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/73 "2011-05-25T18:22:00Z")
Before she had her first child, Maria Shriver was so beautiful that it just wasn’t fair. Absolutely drop-dead stunning. She went a little overboard on losing her “baby weight”, though, and ended up shedding the subcutaneous fat that smoothed out her features, leaving her with something of a crypt-keeper thing going on. I have not thought she was attractive since. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/74 "2011-05-25T18:28:20Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And if you think she’s unattractive now . . . wait another 20 years. To be fair, in another 20 years, she’ll be 75 years old. There aren’t many people at all who age well enough to be considered objectively attractive (not just for their age) at 75. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/75 "2011-05-25T20:27:29Z")
Skinny and pretty hot, though she hasn’t aged well. The last few years of Arnold have taken a toll and she looks haggard and unhappy. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/76 "2011-05-25T20:47:55Z")
Needs more body fat in the face region, but yeah, still pretty, especially considering she is in the “middle age” category. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/77 "2011-05-27T20:39:10Z")
Oh man, the Kennedy gene do not generally work well with women. I agree that the two Kennedys that pulled it off (male) were Joe Jr. and Jack. The others, not so much. I suspect she is a nice, kind person, but she actually takes my breath away - and not in a good way. It’s the deep-set eyes and that jaw. Aging hasn’t helped, nor has being skinny. Her bone structure suggests to me she would be much better looking if she was not just less skinny, but plump. So, not at all, not even when she was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947/78 "2011-05-27T20:54:47Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Before she had her first child, Maria Shriver was so beautiful that it just wasn’t fair. Absolutely drop-dead stunning. > > She went a little overboard on losing her “baby weight”, though, and ended up shedding the subcutaneous fat that smoothed out her features, leaving her with something of a crypt-keeper thing going on. I have not thought she was attractive since. That’s an excellent analysis. When you look at pics of her in the mid-80s, she had _softer edges_ to her remarkable cheekbones and it gave her more of a Lucy Lawless look (but without the Lawless charisma, IMHO). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-maria-shriver-is-attractive/582947.md?page=3)