# Gorgeous non-celebrities **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399 "2010-05-22T20:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/1 "2010-05-22T20:38:52Z")
There’ve been endless threads on who the sexiest celebrities are, with people throwing out the names of actors and actresses and musicians. But today I was looking at some of my favorite photos on Flickr, and came across an old favorite of mine which happens to star one of the most gorgeous men I’ve ever seen. He’s a Kurdish oil wrestler in Turkey, even the photographer doesn’t know his name, he’s not wearing makeup and he hasn’t been nipped and tucked into the Uncanny Valley. [He’s just captured in an intimate moment, looking like a carelessly sexy god](http://www.flickr.com/photos/istanbulmike/2649030367/). Another favorite of mine is this photo of legendary Japanese admiral and total hottie [Togo Heihachiro](http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/Mississippienne/?action=view¤t=Togo_in_Europe.jpg). So please, post reminisces and photos of your favorite non-celebrities or IRL gorgeous people. For the purposes of this thread, we’ll define a ‘non-celebrity’ as someone who doesn’t use or depend on their image for their job: no actors, no actresses, no models, no musicians. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/2 "2010-05-22T20:59:15Z")
You know it’s possibly oil wrestling that gave the Crusaders the impression that homosexuality was rampant in the Muslim world. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/3 "2010-05-23T00:01:09Z")
Well, although his mother, Princess Caroline of Monte Carlo is certainly a celebrity, don’t know if many have seen any pictures of [her son](http://gracemagazine.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/andreamonaco350.jpg) - although I guess by default you could say he is a celebrity as he comes from a celebrity family. Still, if he walked into a room I doubt anyone here in the US would know who he was, but most would agree he ain’t bad on the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/4 "2010-05-23T01:51:04Z")
Last fall, I was travelling in the southwest. For my return trip, I caught a flight on a little 20-seat turboprop from Cedar City, Utah, to Salt Lake City. It was very early in the morning, still dark as we boarded the plane. I had a window seat on the right hand side of the plane. As we flew north, I watched the sunrise over the Rockies from the first feeble hints of dawn in a cloudless sky, to the breathless anticipation of seeing the sun itself. That was not necessarily the best part of the trip. The flight attendant (her name was Jenna) was, quite possibly, the most drop-dead gorgeous woman I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/5 "2010-05-23T06:41:50Z")
If you can’t show a pic, she’s not real. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/6 "2010-05-23T07:22:00Z")
Plenty, but nobody I have pics of that I can share. Sorry =/ I’ll post again of somebody comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/7 "2010-05-23T09:24:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you can’t show a pic, she’s not real. 😛 Unless some doper in southwestern Utah wants to stake out the Cedar City airport with a telephoto lens, I’m afraid you’re outta luck. Would you settle for a thousand words? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/8 "2010-05-23T10:21:02Z")
The girl on the promotional screensaver that came with my Fujitsu Siemens laptop. It’s a “lifestyle” shoot where a young couple are hanging out in their architect-designed house using the laptop in various yuppie scenarios. She’s no doubt a model - Spanish I think - but not a celeb to my knowledge. Every time the screensaver comes on and she shows up, my heart skips a beat. She’s breathtaking. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/9 "2010-05-24T13:13:10Z")
How about an author? [Heidi](http://www.newhavenindependent.org/Arts/archives/upload/2006/11/julavits.jpg) [Julavits](http://images.nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2006/books/books060828_8_198.jpg) is a great author who’s also incredibly sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/10 "2010-05-24T13:20:12Z")
I once saw Isabella Aurora Lloyd Webber with her parents at Phantom of the Opera. Neither of her parents are remotely good looking, but she was drop dead gorgeous. All that and money too. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/11 "2010-05-24T16:58:21Z")
[Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/12 "2010-05-24T17:18:36Z")
I present [Tamika](http://www.leytonorient.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10439~22412,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/13 "2010-05-24T19:09:53Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > [Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). [Pole dancing girl](http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/09/21/pole_dancing_lead_narrowweb__300x351,0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/14 "2010-05-24T21:10:28Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > [Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). Wow. She can vault my pole anyday. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/15 "2010-05-24T21:13:55Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > He’s a Kurdish oil wrestler in Turkey, even the photographer doesn’t know his name, he’s not wearing makeup and he hasn’t been nipped and tucked into the Uncanny Valley. [He’s just captured in an intimate moment, looking like a carelessly sexy god](http://www.flickr.com/photos/istanbulmike/2649030367/). Find him, and bring him to me. > [@VarlosZ](#): > > [Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). Not bad for a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/16 "2010-05-24T21:35:43Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > [Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). Holy Hannah. :: wipes sweat from brow :: I’m trying to find one in my holiday videos. I met her in Helsinki. She wasn’t one of the supernaturally-gorgeous women who seem to be relatively-comon there; rather, she was one of the ones who you don’t notice at first, but then comes in under the radar until you can’t get her out of your mind. She was friendly and very attractive. And married. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/17 "2010-05-24T21:46:06Z")
I just found the video. It’s been ten years. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/18 "2010-05-24T22:44:17Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > How about an author? [Heidi](http://www.newhavenindependent.org/Arts/archives/upload/2006/11/julavits.jpg) [Julavits](http://images.nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2006/books/books060828_8_198.jpg) is a great author who’s also incredibly sexy. She’s cute. And if we’re talking novelists, [Siri Hustvedt](http://roverarts.com/2010/04/an-untamed-other-self/) is astoundingly beautiful. I’ve heard women say the same about her husband, Paul Auster. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/19 "2010-05-24T22:52:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Last fall, I was travelling in the southwest. For my return trip, I caught a flight on a little 20-seat turboprop from Cedar City, Utah, to Salt Lake City. It was very early in the morning, still dark as we boarded the plane. I had a window seat on the right hand side of the plane. As we flew north, I watched the sunrise over the Rockies from the first feeble hints of dawn in a cloudless sky, to the breathless anticipation of seeing the sun itself. > > That was not necessarily the best part of the trip. The flight attendant (her name was Jenna) was, quite possibly, the most drop-dead gorgeous woman I have ever seen. In the year 1998 (if I remember right) I was riding a motorcycle east to west across the country. I was mostly staying off the interstates. I was in somewhere in New Mexico, on a two-lane highway, when a storm started blowing in. I rode on, looking for someplace to shelter, and came to a small town with a Burger King. I pulled in, ordered some food, and sat down to wait out the storm. There was a girl there applying for a job. She was probably about 16 or 17 years old. I have never, ever forgotten her face. To this day, she remains the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. And there was something about the light in the restaurant that made her look, in the flesh, like a Richard Avedon photograph. I will never forget her face. I know nothing about her. I don’t know if she ever got out of that town, or even if she got the job at Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/20 "2010-05-24T22:55:58Z")
Also, the German (of Turkish descent) actress [Sibel Kekilli](http://www.sibel-kekilli-fan.de/eingang.html). She may or not be a celebrity in Germany (I have no idea), but she certainly isn’t here in the U.S. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399.md?page=2)