# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/21 "2010-05-24T23:17:15Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > 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. Well, he’d be not bad on the eyes with a leave-in conditioner treatment, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/22 "2010-05-25T00:12:46Z")
[My grandpa](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v731/trublmakr/relatives/?action=view¤t=img003.jpg) was pretty hot back in the day. Picture blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/23 "2010-05-25T00:34:31Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > [Pole vault girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/522180747_a611bb932b.jpg). Wow, no kidding. Can anybody put a name to this picture, or at least a nationality? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/24 "2010-05-25T00:39:49Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > Wow, no kidding. Can anybody put a name to this picture, or at least a nationality? Alison Stokke ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/25 "2010-05-25T01:09:36Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > 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/). Turkish oil wrestler? Are any of them not hot?? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/26 "2010-05-25T01:24:48Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > Wow, no kidding. Can anybody put a name to this picture, or at least a nationality? > [@runner pat](#): > > Alison Stokke I recall reading an article about her and how much that photo disrupted her life. When the photo was taken at age 17, she was a serious high school athlete in SoCal and the unwanted fame from that photo was very distracting to her (because it shows up on the web like in this thread). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/27 "2010-05-25T01:26:10Z")
Doesn’t the fact that an article was written about her and that people know her by name sorta make her a low-tier celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/28 "2010-05-25T02:26:02Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > Wow, no kidding. Can anybody put a name to this picture, or at least a nationality? > [@runner pat](#): > > Alison Stokke The view is [even better](http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/attachments/mortal-online-discussions/3712d1266937249-disappoints-again-allison_stokke-350.jpg) from the rear three-quarters. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/29 "2010-05-25T02:31:34Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I recall reading an article about her and how much that photo disrupted her life. When the photo was taken at age 17, she was a serious high school athlete in SoCal and the unwanted fame from that photo was very distracting to her (because it shows up on the web like in this thread). The actual controversy was about her father, who, IIRC, was an Internet celebrity due to the fact that he defended, adamantly, a rapist under the auspices that “she dressed like she was askin for it,” or something to that effect. ETA: link found, [http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html](http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html) ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/30 "2010-05-25T02:48:54Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Alison Stokke Thanks. Somewhat _apropos_ that you would have the answer 🆒 > [@Autolycus](#): > > Doesn’t the fact that an article was written about her and that people know her by name sorta make her a low-tier celebrity? Well, googling her (heh) would suggest that she has become a sort of internet celebrity. She seems to have her fans, in any case. > [@Todderbob](#): > > The actual controversy was about her father, who, IIRC, was an Internet celebrity due to the fact that he defended, adamantly, a rapist under the auspices that “she dressed like she was askin for it,” or something to that effect. > > ETA: link found, [http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html](http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html) The plot thickens. (off to read the article). ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/31 "2010-05-25T04:38:11Z")
As I said in the OP, the working definition of ‘celebrity’ is anyone who depends upon or cultivates some kind of image for their job: actresses, actors, musicians, models. I don’t count athletes because they look all kind of tore up and still be proficient atheletes, and no one cares much. In order to contribute, I’ll share my thoughts on a couple of the most gorgeous men I’ve met IRL. I think the handsomest man I’ve ever laid eyes on in the flesh was named Adam, and I got to wait on him at my job when I lived in MD. I have never forgotten his name or his face. I remember it very clearly because it was not long after that cruise ship was hijacked by IIRC Somali pirates, and he told me that his parents had been on that cruise! The other guy was in Americorps with me last year. He looked a lot like a better-looking Jake Gyllenhaal. I was originally not going to post a photo in order to protect his privacy, but then I realized that his Facebook photos were all set to public, so its not like any random person can’t view them anyway. So with that being said, [here’s a photo of him](http://www.facebook.com/peterczarkowski#!/photo.php?pid=54606696&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=8651161&id=8651161). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/32 "2010-05-25T05:48:22Z")
Several dozen women I went to college with would fit the bill, but I don’t have photos. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/33 "2010-05-25T10:58:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The view is [even better](http://www.mortalonline.com/forums/attachments/mortal-online-discussions/3712d1266937249-disappoints-again-allison_stokke-350.jpg) from the rear three-quarters. The butt is too manly. And those calves… _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/34 "2010-05-25T11:43:37Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413363)’s a similar thread I started a while ago. Sadly, bank girl is gone, but she’s been replaced by receptionist hottie. I’ve been doing some client work at a site near my job, so I’ve been visiting once a week for the last few months, and RH immediately struck me as sweet, radiant, and incredibly pretty (plus, she’s got the most amazing rack I’ve seen in ages). Again, nothing would or could ever happen, but my contract with them ends this week so it’ll be the last time I see her…possibly ever. :sigh: ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/35 "2010-05-25T13:17:35Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > The actual controversy was about her father, who, IIRC, was an Internet celebrity due to the fact that he defended, adamantly, a rapist under the auspices that “she dressed like she was askin for it,” or something to that effect. > > ETA: link found, [http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html](http://feministing.com/archives/007124.html) Jeez, I read the linked Washington Post article, too. Way to make us all feel like scum. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/36 "2010-05-26T00:45:04Z")
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov: [gulnara karimova - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=gulnara+karimova&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) At one time, it was thought that she might be Uzbekistan’s next president, though RFERL has been suggesting that she may be falling from favor. Shame - if she got the job, she’d be the world’s hottest head of state by a considerable margin. Of course, Uzbekistan is a fairly brutal dictatorship, and there’s no reason at all to think Karimova would be a reformer. But still - hot! She could charge me with slander and have me sentenced to hard labor any time … Also - she’s no longer in power, but Yulia Tymoshenko was at one time the world’s hottest head of government, serving as Ukraine’s prime minister after the Orange Revolution brought Yushchenko into the presidency. In fact, the revolution was probably more Tymoshenko’s baby than anyone else’s. I don’t know about you guys, but I’d certainly occupy Kiev if she asked me nicely: [http://www.oldfashionedpretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Ukrainian+Prime+Minister+Yulia+Tymoshenko.jpg](http://www.oldfashionedpretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Ukrainian+Prime+Minister+Yulia+Tymoshenko.jpg) Finally - I give you Samantha Power, the world’s most highly smoking international security wonk: [http://www.edrants.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/samanthapower.jpg](http://www.edrants.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/samanthapower.jpg) A fine writer (I’ve got a copy of her “A Problem from Hell” on my shelf), and I think she’s currently serving on Obama’s National Security Council. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/37 "2010-05-26T07:29:54Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I recall reading an article about her and how much that photo disrupted her life. When the photo was taken at age 17, she was a serious high school athlete in SoCal and the unwanted fame from that photo was very distracting to her (because it shows up on the web like in this thread). Seeing as the first photo I found on Googling her was [this photo from a shoot](http://img520.imageshack.us/i/alinavacariu2vh9nn1.jpg/), I’d say she’s over that now. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/38 "2010-05-26T07:41:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Seeing as the first photo I found on Googling her was [this photo from a shoot](http://img520.imageshack.us/i/alinavacariu2vh9nn1.jpg/), I’d say she’s over that now. That’s Alina Vacariu, an entirely different person. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/39 "2010-05-26T17:50:10Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > That’s Alina Vacariu, an entirely different person. Fine - [this one](http://lerynfrancophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/waite79.jpg) is listed as Stokke. And is it just me or does “Turkish Oil Wrestler” sound like the straight gal’s equivalent of the Swedish Bikini Team? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399/40 "2010-05-26T17:58:23Z")
Okay - I’ll play. I was researching Venture Capital firms - the ones that invest in Silicon Valley startups and biotech companies and the like - and came across this photo of one of a VC firm’s [managing directors](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bio.org/images/features/20031021d.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bio.org/news/features/20031021.asp&usg=__1jRKOg1BCtgaMc0kV_5h29uUlk4=&h=150&w=150&sz=6&hl=en&start=1&itbs=1&tbnid=mhHOR-PeayvdoM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCamille%2BSamuels%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enUS320US321%26tbs%3Disch:1). Look for a woman with the first name Camille with long hair and glasses. So she’s a Managing Director at a highly-regarded VC firm - which means she probably has a Harvard or Stanford MBA or a Master’s in Engineering or something - and makes HUGE amounts of cash if she’s even remotely good at what she does…and she looks like that. Oy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorgeous-non-celebrities/540399.md?page=3)