# Who's the best example of "voluptuous"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888 "2013-01-11T19:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/21 "2013-01-11T21:43:05Z")
Thanks for these additional choices: Kim Kardashian Sofia Vergara Dolly Parton Elvira Dita von Teese Anna Nicole Smith Nigella Lawson Scarlett Johansson Ursula Andress Jennifer Coolidge Kat Dennings Ashley Graham Keep 'em coming! ETA: If you like jigsaw puzzles, you’ll find quite a few of these women in various sized puzzles at [http://www.jigidi.com/](http://www.jigidi.com/) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/22 "2013-01-11T21:55:28Z")
Mae West. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/23 "2013-01-11T22:05:07Z")
Anna Nicole Smith [like this](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/gallery/anna_nicole_weight/anna_nicole_weight300.jpg) Adele [like this](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A953NfpaUyc/T2c10_88EgI/AAAAAAAAGCU/N7hE6afJZCA/s1600/adele%2BCosmopolitan%2BS.Africa%2BApril%2B2012%2Bpdf%252C%2BAdele%2Bcover%252C%2BCosmopolitan%2BSouth%2BAfrica%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BApril%2B2012.jpg) Jennifer Coolidge [like this](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2JKuWrTooYs/TphO_sFHQKI/AAAAAAAADws/cQZOP150M10/s1600/Jennifer%2BCoolidge%2Bred%2Bhot%2Bever%2Bgang%2Breunite%2Bfor%2Banother%2Bslice%2BAmerican%2BPie%2B8.jpg) IMHO “voluptuous” does not simply mean “big chested” Neither Barbie nor Dolly Parton is voluptuous ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/24 "2013-01-11T22:11:56Z")
I’m yet another voter for Hendricks, but since **RobDog** mentioned her, I have to agree that Nigella Lawson is another excellent example. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/25 "2013-01-11T22:12:55Z")
Gina Torres ( **Zoey** on Firefly) ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/26 "2013-01-11T22:13:13Z")
Like others I picked Ms Hendricks because she is a contemporary example that almost anyone in touch with pop culture can call to mind. Before seeing the poll, she’s who came to mind just based on the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/27 "2013-01-11T22:39:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The people who voted for Sophia Loren\* cannot possibly know what “voluptuous” means. And apparently, neither do you. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/28 "2013-01-11T22:50:59Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I vote [Ashley Graham](http://kattadellic.hubpages.com/hub/Featured-Curvilcious-Woman-Ashley-Graham). Ever since seeing that Lane Bryant commercial, I’m definitely hooked. Wow. That ‘bare it all’ picture is one of the sexiest pictures I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/29 "2013-01-11T22:52:31Z")
How about Lynda Carter? Or Pam Grier? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/30 "2013-01-11T22:58:34Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I vote [Ashley Graham](http://kattadellic.hubpages.com/hub/Featured-Curvilcious-Woman-Ashley-Graham). Ever since seeing that Lane Bryant commercial, I’m definitely hooked. > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Wow. That ‘bare it all’ picture is one of the sexiest pictures I have ever seen. I have to agree, and I offer another example that you may have seen if you do much surfing and you may not even know her name: [Amanda Marie Scott](http://tshirtgroove.com/meet-road-kill-t-shirts-model-amanda-marie-scott/) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/31 "2013-01-11T23:31:11Z")
Why is Kate Winslet not on the list? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/32 "2013-01-11T23:45:54Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > I think in a UK dictionary you’d find a picture of [Nigella Lawson](https://www.google.com/search?q=nigella+lawson&hl=en&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MWvwUKm8Ocqs0QXc14GIDA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=327&sei=iWvwUJ-zF8eI0AWmxoHICA) under voluptuous. That’s the stuff: [http://lh3.ggpht.com/\_5CRvWVZPcoM/TAQFR9C\_NDI/AAAAAAAACck/m3HmpfeBIJA/s800/nigella-lawson-415x289.jpg](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5CRvWVZPcoM/TAQFR9C_NDI/AAAAAAAACck/m3HmpfeBIJA/s800/nigella-lawson-415x289.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/33 "2013-01-12T00:09:16Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Why is Kate Winslet not on the list? No rack. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/34 "2013-01-12T00:09:47Z")
Thanks to this thread, I’m seeing ads for plus-size women’s clothing now - beats the inexplicable Xtian singles ads. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/35 "2013-01-12T00:39:29Z")
Kate Upton has a voluptuous womans body. Full hips, big boobs but not fat. She was in Sports Illustrated. If she can act, then I predict a big career for her. Sophia Loren is the classic example of a voluptuous woman. But, she’s pushing 80 by now. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/36 "2013-01-12T00:43:54Z")
Jessica Rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/37 "2013-01-12T04:15:54Z")
Rosario Dawson ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/38 "2013-01-12T04:41:07Z")
Just reading the subject line, even before I clicked, I thought to myself, “I bet Christina Hendricks is on this list. Hell, it better be Christina Hendricks in the lead, or the whole thread is fraud.” I’m glad to see she’s in the lead. 😃 /voted Christina Hendricks ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/39 "2013-01-12T05:01:11Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > No rack. Really? [This](http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/kate-winslet-loves-single-mum-life-20110308-1bm3p.html)doesn’t look exactly flat-chested to me. ---
**Author:** ![St.Barthgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@St.Barthgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Barthgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/40 "2013-01-12T05:50:07Z")
I prefer the Term, “Rubenesque”. Peter Paul Ruben was a Painter who Celebrated Voluptuous Bodies. Renoir inherited this veneration of the Luscious Form… Times change, styles change. Economies Change. Women Change… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888.md?page=3)