# Star Trek TOS: Who was the most beautiful woman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765 "2002-10-04T02:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/1 "2002-10-04T02:05:00Z")
This is for _Star Trek_ the original series only. In the original series, who was the most beautiful woman to appear? My vote is for France Nguyen, who appeared in the episode _Elaan Of Troyius_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/2 "2002-10-04T02:07:18Z")
Jill Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/3 "2002-10-04T02:40:45Z")
Terry Gar. Someone at Hanes needs to understand that seeing her butt in their underwear doesn’t make me want to buy their underwear. What can I say, she’s still hot. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/4 "2002-10-04T03:18:35Z")
Joan Collens as Edith Keeler ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/5 "2002-10-04T04:02:43Z")
Lt. Uhura! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/6 "2002-10-04T04:25:31Z")
Dr. Helen Noel. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/7 "2002-10-04T04:44:21Z")
[This babe was always the hottest](http://www.startrek.com/content/PHOTO/tos/tos00601.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/8 "2002-10-04T05:03:20Z")
Nancy Kovack ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/9 "2002-10-04T05:06:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*[This babe was always the hottest](http://www.startrek.com/content/PHOTO/tos/tos00601.jpg) \*\* _sigh_. Why do they always put fake ears on an actor and hope people will think it’s an alien? I mean, what was that, a Vulcan? _d&R_ ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/10 "2002-10-04T08:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*Dr. Helen Noel. \*\* Oh yeah, she was definitely my favorite from the original series, followed by the Captain’s Woman from the mirror universe… Eric ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/11 "2002-10-04T08:29:24Z")
Lt. Marlena Moreau in “Mirror, Mirror” Honorable mention: The android in “What Are Little Girls Made Of”, and Yeoman Rand ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/12 "2002-10-04T10:13:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*The android in “What Are Little Girls Made Of” \*\* I can’t believe I forgot her. I’ll have to revise my favorites: 1. [Sherry Jackson](http://www.giantsandgirls.com/images/beyond/whatarelgmo1.jpg) as Andrea in **What are Little Girls made of?** 2. [Marianna Hill](http://www.sherylfranklin.com/trekwomen_helen_noel.html) as Dr. Helen Noel in **Dagger of the Mind’s Eye** 3. [Barbara Luna](http://members.aol.com/lunaact/phaser.htm) as Marlena Moreau in **Mirror, Mirror** Eric 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/13 "2002-10-04T15:33:01Z")
3 words: dancing. slave. girl. Yow. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/14 "2002-10-04T15:44:24Z")
No contest. Nichelle Nichols. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/15 "2002-10-04T15:56:15Z")
I have to vote for Sherri Jackson. But I think the history of Star Treck costume design would have been forever changed if Nichelle Nichols didn’t have a GREAT set of legs, and Bill Theiss had ended up putting all the female crew members in slacks. In terms of sheer “hottiness” I’d give the nod to Nancy Kovack. And I can’t believe no one has mentioned Julie Newmar. Granted, she was pregnant throughout the episode, But COME ON, it was still Julie Newmar. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/16 "2002-10-04T15:57:52Z")
Slortar, you mean Yvonne Craig, aka Batgirl, from the episode with Captain Garth? My top three are France Nuyen, Arlene Martel (T’Pring), and Lee Meriwhether (Losira, aka Catwoman). Losira… first female starship captain… my wife wanted to name our daughter Losira… my mother didn’t speak to us for two weeks… ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/17 "2002-10-04T16:35:27Z")
Good pull folks…I love that **Helen Noel** (Marianna Hill) has gotten so many mentions here. But how can any discussion about TOS babes not start with **Vina** (Susan Oliver) from “The Menagerie,” particularly as an Orion slave girl?? Mmmmrrooowwrrr. And Yeoman Smith, who preceded Yeoman Rand in the earlier episodes, was a hottie. Oh, and it was Mariette Hartley’s role of **Zarabeth** that provided me with my lifelong fetish for fur bikinis 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/18 "2002-10-04T16:57:12Z")
OK Android Girl (already mentioned) The Chick from the really really fast people. The chick from the people from Andromeda who turned the crew to cubes. The crewChick on that episode who did not get crushed. The cute little red hair yomen from the pilot. Spocks girlfriend from the planet with the mind control flowers. Dr. Pulaski on the one with the big spheres. And finally the one in the tinfoil bikini from The Gamester of Triskillion. I’d pay some serious quatludes to score on her. BTW I posted this way because I know some of you will enjoy the challenge of nameing each of these women. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/19 "2002-10-04T17:50:09Z")
I liked Grace Lee Whitney. Sure she had a basket head hairdo but those legs… Though I don’t condone Evil Kirk’s actions I can understand his motivations. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/20 "2002-10-04T18:02:57Z")
Gotta go with the Evil Lt. Marlena Moreau, but i’d also take the green chick…😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765.md?page=2)