# 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:** 3
**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 12, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/41 "2013-01-12T07:09:54Z")
> [@St.Barthgirl](#): > > I prefer the Term, “Rubenesque”. And others may prefer the term “skinny.” But neither is voluptuous. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/42 "2013-01-12T08:25:14Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Not on the list: Dolly Parton Only her boobs are big. The rest of her is tiny. ---
**Author:** ![pluto1973](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@pluto1973](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto1973)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/43 "2013-01-12T12:40:59Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > How about Lynda Carter? Or Pam Grier? I love Lynda, she was my first ever girlfriend (never came to anything I was 6 she was 26 - guess the age gap was too much). But not sure I would define her as voluptuous. She is Mexican-Irish American and as an Irishman myself I think the rear was unfortunately a bit too Irish… Now if I was defining statuesque…😛 Agree if describing voluptuous in the UK might use Nigella.But again Christina Hendricks was the first person I thought of too… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/44 "2013-01-12T14:07:20Z")
I think the list should include [Beyoncé](http://style.time.com/2013/01/11/sexiest-woman-of-the-century-why-beyonce-is-poised-for-an-incredible-2013/) – recently named by _[GQ](http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/01/beyonce-gq-cover-february-2013.html)_ magazine as one of the Sexiest Women of the Century (not _the_ sexiest, as _Time_ seems to misapprehend). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/45 "2013-01-12T14:54:05Z")
Mimi Rogers. ---
**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, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/46 "2013-01-12T15:18:06Z")
I think some of the women mentioned are more buxom than voluptuous. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/47 "2013-01-12T18:25:44Z")
I guess we can add **Jessica Simpson** to the list now. 😉 [http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/article\_large/public/2012/04/09/260061-jessica-simpson.jpg](http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/article_large/public/2012/04/09/260061-jessica-simpson.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/48 "2013-01-12T18:37:55Z")
> [@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. This… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/49 "2013-01-12T18:46:24Z")
Should we go for a second poll that drops the top ones from this poll (Hendricks, Hayek, Monroe, Loren) and adds in the ones who got mentioned here? I can understand the poor showing for Angelina, but Anita Ekberg was so much an eyeful in her glory days. Who are some more recent women who ought to be considered? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/50 "2013-01-12T19:01:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The people who voted for Sophia Loren\* cannot possibly know what “voluptuous” means. > > \*not a knock on Ms. Loren. If your point is that she is not quite fat enough in a Rubenesque sense to qualify I think you are holding onto the dictionary definition a little too strictly. She is more than [hippy and chesty enough](http://24.media.tumblr.com/TmLYPRSTZnwrw34ocsqiJHfAo1_500.jpg)to be considered “voluptuous” in a modern sense. ---
**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 12, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/51 "2013-01-12T22:56:16Z")
Y’know, for a thread that’s largely about how voluptuous Christina Hendricks is, there are distressingly few links to her. [Let’s](http://socialitelife.com/photos/christina-hendricks-at-the-2012-emmy-awards/64th-primetime-emmy-awards-arrivals) [remedy](http://www.fansshare.com/gallery/photos/435966/Christina-Hendricks/) [that,](http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/christina-hendricks/images/8730587/title/christina-hendricks-screen-actors-guild-awards-2008-photo) [shall](http://www.entil2001.com/series/firefly/season1dvd/ff1-6.html) [we?](http://uaddit.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=19178) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/52 "2013-01-13T00:23:45Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Jessica Rabbit. Damn you, beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/53 "2013-01-13T00:33:52Z")
I’m a woman who doesn’t normally think of whether or not a woman is voluptuous. But I know of most of the women on the list and I voted for Salma Hayek. Ever since I saw her dance in From _Dusk til Dawn_, I’ve thought “OMG, that was sexy”. Well, until she turned anyway! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/54 "2013-01-13T00:51:10Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Voluptuous women are filled out everywhere (which is not to say fat). I suppose I’d think of _hips_ as being the most signal curvature. You, and several others, need to learn a new word 😉 As is often the case, Yiddish has just the right term for what you’re describing - ‘[ZAFTIG](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zaftig)’. Oh, and by the way, why is [Christina Aguilera](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12700000/Xtina-looking-hot-christina-aguilera-12723430-490-604.jpg) not on the list? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/55 "2013-01-13T04:09:51Z")
I’m familiar with the term. I’d say _zaftig_ is a bit heavier than _voluptuous_, as is _rubenesque_. Notice that the definition includes the word “plump”; I don’t think a voluptuous woman is necessarily plump (not that there’s anything wrong with that). The point above was that it’s not just, or even primarily, a matter of chest; it’s her whole figure. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/56 "2013-01-13T05:04:47Z")
I took the list from Post #21 and updated it through Post #55 with counts for the ones mentioned more than once: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nigella Lawson 6 Anna Nicole Smith 3 Ashley Graham 3 Jennifer Coolidge 2 Jessica Rabbit 2 Kim Kardashian Sofia Vergara Dolly Parton Elvira Dita von Teese Scarlett Johansson Ursula Andress Kat Dennings Mae West Adele Gina Torres Lynda Carter Pam Grier Kate Winslet Kate Upton Rosario Dawson Beyoncé Mimi Rogers Jessica Simpson Christina Aguilera ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And if I’m counting correctly that’s 38 individuals so far. Who should be added to this list? I’ve always thought Virginia Madsen is voluptuous. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/57 "2013-01-13T05:15:49Z")
> [@astro](#): > > If your point is that she is not quite fat enough in a Rubenesque sense to qualify I think you are holding onto the dictionary definition a little too strictly. She is more than [hippy and chesty enough](http://24.media.tumblr.com/TmLYPRSTZnwrw34ocsqiJHfAo1_500.jpg)to be considered “voluptuous” in a modern sense. She looks really lovely in that picture. But Hendricks gets my vote as the very idea of the word. And I know from voluptuous having worn a bra since sixth grade and not by choice either. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/58 "2013-01-13T05:21:13Z")
This [photo of Miss Hendricks and a model wearing the same dress](http://a2.img.mobypicture.com/765ff84a4e8321eefa99c8f2f699e584_view.jpg) should be the dictionary definition of “voluptuous”. Hendricks’ breasts are larger and she has far curvier hips than the model. She clearly weighs more, but no sensible person would call her “fat”. [Here’s another great defining photo.](http://faystyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Christina-Hendricks-2.jpg) [And wow, just wow.](http://magazine.foxnews.com/sites/magazine.foxnews.com/files/styles/700_image/public/hendricks1600.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/59 "2013-01-13T07:30:57Z")
I don’t know her name, but [the black women who did a number of the “cold opens” on the _Craig Ferguson_ show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEf0BPCQj18) pretty well defines voluptuous to me. ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888/60 "2013-01-13T15:19:48Z")
Nitpick: Ms. Hendricks is wearing the dress. The model in the picture next to her is not wearing the dress, she simply has the dress draped over her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888.md?page=4)