# Not conventionally pretty, but attractive nonetheless **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384 "2010-04-16T19:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/41 "2010-04-18T23:17:37Z")
What I’m getting here is that there is not much consensus on what is attractive, conventionally or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/42 "2010-04-19T02:26:51Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > How about: > > [Dichen Lachman](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/32/22/0000053222_20081110111439.jpg) > > I would think her narrow face combined with the oriental features would qualify as unconventional. It has been suggested I find her attractive because she looks like a friend of mine. I would suggest you’re attracted to her because she’s smoking hot by nearly all conventional standards. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/43 "2010-04-19T03:11:00Z")
From Bones [Tamara Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1379961600/nm0853231) and [Michaela Conlin](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm346590720/nm0174819) Both unusual, both exotic, both hot as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/44 "2010-04-19T03:14:22Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I would suggest you’re attracted to her because she’s smoking hot by nearly all conventional standards. I think she’s pretty weird looking. Attractive, but still really peculiar. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/45 "2010-04-19T03:24:50Z")
I ran across infected site so I gave up for the moment on trying to link up the pictures but a few more, IMO would be Calista Flockheart and Deborah Harry. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/46 "2010-04-19T03:42:15Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Deborah Harry. What the fuck? Since when has Debbie Harry not been conventionally pretty? This thread’s a bust. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/47 "2010-04-19T03:52:12Z")
**Natalie Merchant** is a bit of a two-face. In some pictures she looks [really pretty](http://www.gew3.org/covers/r/artists/200/natalie-merchant.jpg). In others, [not so much](http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/natalie%20merchant.jpg). The same effect comes through in videos. From some angles she looks great, from others, pretty ordinary. She can look pretty and plain by turns in the same video. Also, she seems to struggle a bit with her weight. (Not too badly, though.) Anyway, in all her incarnations I find her very attractive-- for her voice and also for her attitude and carriage. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/48 "2010-04-19T10:47:48Z")
Yeah I was going to mention Natalie Merchant. Now that non actors are in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/49 "2010-04-19T11:03:24Z")
Catherine Keener ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/50 "2010-04-19T11:57:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Catherine Keener My turn to say- WHA? ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/51 "2010-04-19T12:15:16Z")
Catherine Keener is plain looking. I’m attracted to her, but I wouldn’t call her pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/52 "2010-04-19T12:27:51Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > Catherine Keener is plain looking. I’m attracted to her, but I wouldn’t call her pretty. Which, I think, fits the definition of “Not conventionally pretty, but attractive nonetheless” perfectly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/53 "2010-04-19T12:37:31Z")
I think [Charlyne Yi](http://www.angryasianman.com/images/angry/sundanceportraits_charlyneyi.jpg) is adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/54 "2010-04-19T13:21:44Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > If you’re not going to post seriously, why post at all? I mean, really, Megyn Price is a tall long-haired blonde with fairly large breasts. How much more conventionally pretty can you get? I know plenty of people who have long blonde hair & big breasts who aren’t the slightest bit attractive. Megyn Price is average, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/55 "2010-04-19T13:57:44Z")
Criminy, when will I learn to stop reading “What’s your favorite . . .” and “What’s the worst . . .” threads? It might as well be named “_Post any female who has appeared in any media ever_.” ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/56 "2010-04-19T14:09:59Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > Criminy, when will I learn to stop reading “What’s your favorite . . .” and “What’s the worst . . .” threads? It might as well be named “_Post any female who has appeared in any media ever_.” I know. My nomination for unconventionally pretty but attractive nonethless is Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, age 25. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/57 "2010-04-19T14:28:42Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I know plenty of people who have long blonde hair & big breasts who aren’t the slightest bit attractive. Megyn Price is average, in my opinion. Then, you sir, need a stronger prescription. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/58 "2010-04-19T14:36:08Z")
Well, if intellect and personality are used to judge, [Rebecca Watson](http://www.publicradioquest.com/misc/finalists/rebecca_watson_lg.jpg) is smoking hot. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/59 "2010-04-19T14:39:48Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > From Bones > [Tamara Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1379961600/nm0853231) > and > [Michaela Conlin](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm346590720/nm0174819) > Both unusual, both exotic, both hot as hell. These are the silliest examples of all. They are not conventionally pretty, they’re conventionally GORGEOUS. My contribution to the thread is [Gwen Ifill](http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/ww/newshour_images/gwen_ifill.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384/60 "2010-04-19T20:05:46Z")
What about Kate Jackson of the original “Charlie’s Angels”? [![](http://www.larrytt.com/celebrities_playing_tt/kate_jackson1.jpg) ](http://www.larrytt.com/celebrities_playing_tt/kate_jackson1.jpg) I always thought that she was gorgeous, but I remember that some of my friends considered her “not conventionally pretty”. So what do you guys think? Is she conventionally pretty, or not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-conventionally-pretty-but-attractive-nonetheless/536384.md?page=4)