# Poll: the most beautiful woman who ever lived **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992 "2003-06-15T10:32:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/1 "2003-06-15T10:32:02Z")
I’m not talking sex appeal necessarily (otherwise I think I’d say Laetitia Casta). I want evidence too - Helen of Troy doesn’t count coz there aren’t any pictures of her. Anyway, my vote goes to Audrey Hepburn in her prime. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/2 "2003-06-15T10:49:51Z")
I honestly can’t choose between Ava Gardner, Vivien Leigh and Hedy Lamarr, so I’ll pick all three. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/3 "2003-06-15T11:10:19Z")
While I am sorely tempted to say any number of classic women from the black & white years (particularly Jean Harlow) Gwyneth Paltrow is just … 10 helens. She’s just fascinating to look at. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/4 "2003-06-15T11:26:04Z")
Grace Kelly, no doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/5 "2003-06-15T11:42:00Z")
Queen Nefertiti of Egypt. [A LINK to a contemporary bust of her](http://i-cias.com/e.o/ill/nefertiti.jpg) [Another LINK–scroll down to see a profile view of her life bust.](http://members.hometown.aol.com/ruthsmoondance/images/nefertiti.jpg) [LINK-- detail of her face](http://www.abc-astro.com/images/egypte/nefertiti.jpg) [LINK–a site comparing Marilyn Monroe to Nefertiti.](http://www.jordan.palo-alto.ca.us/staff/lgoldman/public/mmart/Amin/amin.html) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/6 "2003-06-15T11:45:41Z")
**Bosda** , that’s weird, I was just looking up Nefertiti pictures to link to. Don’t you kinda think she looks like Audrey Hepburn though? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/7 "2003-06-15T12:06:02Z")
Word up on Gwyneth Paltrow. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/8 "2003-06-15T12:11:10Z")
Jennifer Connelly. [Courtney Thorne-Smith](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6813/cts/). Especially in that movie with Marc Harmon. And my SO. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/9 "2003-06-15T12:13:01Z")
The main “Corr”…she’s gorgeous. In my next life time I intend to look like her 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/10 "2003-06-15T12:23:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Spooje wrote: > **And my SO.** I would have said something similar, but then again, **jjimm** demanded proof, so where are the photos? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/11 "2003-06-15T12:43:55Z")
Elizabth Taylor (back in the day). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/12 "2003-06-15T12:53:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bibliovore \* > \*\*Grace Kelly, no doubt about it. \*\* My first thought exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/13 "2003-06-15T13:16:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Optihut \* > \*\*I would have said something similar, but then again, **jjimm** demanded proof, so where are the photos? 😉 \*\* The only photos I have right now are of the nekkid variety. And she would kill me if I showed them to anyone. So proff may have to wait a little. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/14 "2003-06-15T13:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by calm kiwi \* > \*\*The main “Corr”…she’s gorgeous. \*\* That’d be Andrea. A couple of years ago, I had dinner in a restaurant at the next table to her sister (the drummer), who isn’t even as good looking as her. I could hardly concentrate on my food (or my wife) - she’s stunning in the flesh. Having just seen her on the MTV movie awards re-run, I might have to replace my Audry Hepburn choice with Beyonce Knowles. Holy crap, she’s divine. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/15 "2003-06-15T14:14:07Z")
[Elle Macpherson](http://www.lucire.com/2001/1031fe1.jpg) [Elizabeth Hurley](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1010&photo=Events/1010/hurley_liz11&path=pgallery&path_key=Hurley,%20Elizabeth) [Or both together 😉](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=0829-van&photo=Events/0829-van/hurleymc.phe&path=pgallery&path_key=Hurley,%20Elizabeth) ---
**Author:** ![NotTheGreatGatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9a140/32.png) [@NotTheGreatGatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotTheGreatGatsby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/16 "2003-06-15T14:34:35Z")
Audrey Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/17 "2003-06-15T14:57:58Z")
Didn’t we decide about a year ago, that the most beautiful woman ever is Zev Steinhart’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/18 "2003-06-15T16:09:39Z")
Helen of Troy. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/19 "2003-06-15T16:11:36Z")
[Gwili Andre](http://fg.imaginecontact.com/browsename.html/00/01/Gwili/02/Andre/) [Greta Garbo](http://silverscreensirens.com/garbo.htm) [Olive Thomas](http://silentladies.com/PThomas1.html) [Maude Adams](http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/4639/maudeadamsphotogallery.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992/20 "2003-06-15T16:32:41Z")
My oh my love is blind! I vote Natalie Portman at least as a contender. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-most-beautiful-woman-who-ever-lived/181992.md?page=2)