# Gadhafi-Most unattractive world leader of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137 "2011-06-28T14:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/1 "2011-06-28T14:27:05Z")
This guy looks like he needs a face transplant and a new stylist in every picture ever taken of him. I struggle to think of an uglier world leader than this shitstain. Without concern for their behaviors or ruling methods don’t you agree that he is repulsive to look at? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/2 "2011-06-28T14:29:57Z")
Not while Kim Jong-Il is alive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/3 "2011-06-28T15:24:08Z")
This was a diner discussion topic on _Seinfeld_ once. Charles de Gaulle, Golda Meir and Lyndon Johnson were the finalists, IIRC. [![](https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/jpg/fr-doc-201.jpg) ](https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/jpg/fr-doc-201.jpg) [![](https://www.nndb.com/people/947/000024875/golda-meir.jpg) ](https://www.nndb.com/people/947/000024875/golda-meir.jpg) [http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01450/images/presidents/36\_lbj\_1.jpg](http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01450/images/presidents/36_lbj_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/4 "2011-06-28T15:27:36Z")
Oliver Cromwell was a pretty homely dude. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/5 "2011-06-28T15:28:28Z")
Back in the good old days, when a Roman emperor was overthrown and survived the experience, the victor would have his nose cut off, because nobody would follow a hideously scarred loser. Up until [Justinian II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_II), who was overthrown, had his nose cut off, came back at the head of a barbarian army ten years later, and got right back up on that throne. The general practice post-Justinian II was to put deposed emperors’ eyes out instead. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/6 "2011-06-28T15:50:59Z")
[King Charles II of Spain.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain) His [family “tree”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos_segundo80.png). His [beautiful face](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-HE1lR1mlb8/TBXCz3qZ9HI/AAAAAAAACkY/UQWGHdpNwBI/s1600/Philip_IV_of_Spain.jpg). > [@](#): > > Dating to approximately the year 1550, outbreeding in Charles II’s lineage had ceased. From then on, all his ancestors were in one way or another descendants of Joanna the Mad and Philip I of Castile, and among these just the royal houses of Spain, Austria and Bavaria. Charles II’s genome was actually more homozygous than that of an average child whose parents are siblings.[2] He was born physically and mentally disabled, and disfigured. Possibly through affliction with mandibular prognathism, he was unable to chew. His tongue was so large that his speech could barely be understood, and he frequently drooled. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/7 "2011-06-28T16:27:36Z")
Arafat was no beauty-contest winner. Those jowls, that nose- gawd ugly. ---
**Author:** ![JoThrive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JoThrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoThrive)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/8 "2011-06-28T16:28:56Z")
Adolph Hitler won absolute no beauty prizes. ---
**Author:** ![TehBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TehBearJew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehBearJew)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/9 "2011-06-28T16:30:23Z")
Manuel ‘Pineapple’ Noriega? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/10 "2011-06-28T16:37:27Z")
[Robert “Piggy” Muldoon,](http://archives.govt.nz/gallery2/gallery/d/8315-2/The+Right+Honourable+Robert+Muldoon+in+the+Oval+Office_+24+July+1981+-+Official+Photograph_.jpg) New Zealand Prime Minister in the 1970s and 80s, wouldn’t have won any beauty contests. The scar on his cheek made him look like a Bond villain. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/11 "2011-06-28T16:40:16Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > His [beautiful face](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-HE1lR1mlb8/TBXCz3qZ9HI/AAAAAAAACkY/UQWGHdpNwBI/s1600/Philip_IV_of_Spain.jpg). That’s actually his father, Philip IV, who was also quite ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/12 "2011-06-28T18:01:05Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > That’s actually his father, Philip IV, who was also quite ugly. Oh, oops. I just did a google image search, saw that inbred mug, and assumed it was the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/13 "2011-06-28T18:05:15Z")
Gaddafy GDuck used to look quite good, but age (or something) has caught up with him in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/14 "2011-06-28T18:23:23Z")
Gaddafi used to look good. When I was a kid (in the dark ages) one of my friends thought he was a model for GQ Magazine. I once watched an interview with Yassir Arafat where he was wearing military fatigues. My aunt and uncle were with me at the time. I said that Arafat would look better in his Kiyafehh (spelling, whatever, you know what I mean) and my uncle said he would look better if he cover his face with it. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/15 "2011-06-28T18:24:12Z")
I think Arafat takes the prize. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/16 "2011-06-28T18:45:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > This was a diner discussion topic on _Seinfeld_ once. Charles de Gaulle, Golda Meir and Lyndon Johnson were the finalists, IIRC. > > [http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/jpg/fr-doc-201.jpg](http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/jpg/fr-doc-201.jpg) > [http://www.nndb.com/people/947/000024875/golda-meir.jpg](http://www.nndb.com/people/947/000024875/golda-meir.jpg) > [http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01450/images/presidents/36\_lbj\_1.jpg](http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01450/images/presidents/36_lbj_1.jpg) I think this says more about Seinfeld characters than anything else. DeGaulle was tall and imposing; the other two had homely faces but were not ugly. They had character and their faces showed it. Gadhafi (sp? who the hell knows), on the other hand, looks like he’s melting or something. Or maybe he used to have a picture in his attic. Anyway, probably the karmic results of an evil life. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/17 "2011-06-28T20:00:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Robert “Piggy” Muldoon,](http://archives.govt.nz/gallery2/gallery/d/8315-2/The+Right+Honourable+Robert+Muldoon+in+the+Oval+Office_+24+July+1981+-+Official+Photograph_.jpg) New Zealand Prime Minister in the 1970s and 80s, wouldn’t have won any beauty contests. The scar on his cheek made him look like a Bond villain. Hmm. I think Jonathan Winters could’ve played him. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/18 "2011-06-28T21:23:29Z")
Yeah, I heard a lot of old ladies talk about how handsome he was when he first took power. Age has caught up with him! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/19 "2011-06-28T21:28:55Z")
> [@Mk\_VII](#): > > Gaddafy GDuck used to look quite good, but age (or something) has caught up with him in recent years. Plastic surgery. He looks like David Gest. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137/20 "2011-06-29T06:24:51Z")
Life actually ran a feature on how [good he looked as a young man](http://www.life.com/gallery/56781/image/51400852#index/0). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadhafi-most-unattractive-world-leader-of-all-time/587137.md?page=2)