# Who Is The Sexiest Woman Of All Time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 1999, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105 "1999-12-04T15:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/1 "1999-12-04T15:47:00Z")
Over in GD I made a list of predictions for the 21st Century, one of which was that Emma Peel would still be the sexiest woman of all time. RTFirefly sez I could get a whole 'nuther thread out of that. Let’s find out. Votes for Barbarella, Hilary and anybody who ever apeared in a 3 page foldout with a staple in her navel will be treated with the contempt they deserve. * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/2 "1999-12-04T15:50:00Z")
Girlbysea. Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/3 "1999-12-04T16:39:00Z")
I’m assuming we are seperating “sexiest” from “prettiest” or most attractive. In that thinking, I think the girl that exuded the most sex appeal was marilyn or betty page * * * We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/4 "1999-12-04T16:47:00Z")
Rebecca DeMornay. For her scene in Risky Business, where she stood in front of the open window, delicately adjusting her hose, her foot on the window sill, a gusty breeze billowing around her skirt, and a lusty breathful, “Are you ready for me, Ralph?” * * * “It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/5 "1999-12-04T16:50:00Z")
Straight female checking in: Isabella Rossellini. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/6 "1999-12-04T17:32:00Z")
Helen of Troy. ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/7 "1999-12-04T17:59:00Z")
Mark Serlin ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/8 "1999-12-05T06:05:00Z")
Another straight woman checking in – Selma (Salma?) Hayek’s snake dance in From Dusk Til Dawn. On a pretext, so I could justify watching it a second time, I rewound the tape, called hubby into the room and said “you gotta see this!” He didn’t seem nearly as impressed as I was. ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/9 "1999-12-05T06:20:00Z")
Elisa Moolecherry ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/10 "1999-12-04T19:46:00Z")
Chelsea Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/11 "1999-12-04T19:50:00Z")
Me, without a doubt ! Of course I’m too shy to say so. * * * Ayesha - Lioness * * * There are two solutions to every problem : the wrong one, and mine (Thomas A. Edison) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/12 "1999-12-04T19:51:00Z")
Is this another one of those Michelle threads ? Anyhow, Cleopatra for historic significance. Peel and Hayek are good ones for this generation. Also throw in Jamie Lee Curtis as well. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/13 "1999-12-04T20:09:00Z")
Val- Hah! I’m gonna vote for Catherine Zeta-Jones… * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) “The world is a dungheap, and we are maggots that crawl on it!” -Aldonza, Man of La Mancha ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/14 "1999-12-04T20:55:00Z")
Well I instantly remembered both the scenes with Rebecca DeMornay and Selma Hayek, so I guess that settles it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/15 "1999-12-04T22:42:00Z")
Sorry, but centerfolds MUST be included, cuz, without them, you lose Bettie Page. Just look for her on the net. Man O Man O man… ---
**Author:** ![Jacknife2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@Jacknife2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacknife2000)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/16 "1999-12-05T01:11:00Z")
Bea Arthur! ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/17 "1999-12-05T02:20:00Z")
This isn’t original with me, but I liked it: If Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships, would a lady whose face would launch one ship be rated at one “millehelen”? ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/18 "1999-12-05T02:41:00Z")
My wife. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/19 "1999-12-05T02:43:00Z")
Well, she was standing right behind me. I played it safe. She’s in the kitchen, now. Okay. Lana Turner. Yeah, she was a tramp, but a sexy one. * * * This space for rent. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 1999, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105/20 "1999-12-05T04:03:00Z")
Well, I don’t see how anyone can be expected to know whether Cleopatra or Helen of Troy were **really** sexy. Or Mata Hari. Or a hundred other historical peronages. But if we restrict it to women that we have actually seen in person, film or photograph I would probably add a vote for Salma Hayak and the snake dance. It sure caught my attention. (I must mean it, because I even remember how to spell her name.) She isn’t my ideal woman, but she has the sex appeal thing whupped! * * * - The best lack all conviction The worst are full of passionate intensity. \* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-sexiest-woman-of-all-time/12105.md?page=2)