# Who's the most beautiful woman in the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672 "2001-10-05T21:03:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/61 "2001-10-08T14:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*I have a three-way tie between Michelle Pfeiffer, the young Vera Ellen (White Christmas) and the young Glynis Johns (The Court Jester). \*\* Almost spewed my coffee, but then noticed you had the word “tie” between the words “way” and “between”. ---
**Author:** ![Curdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Curdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curdog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/62 "2001-10-08T15:51:06Z")
Rita Heyworth!!! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/63 "2001-10-08T16:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Demise \* > **Salma Hayek. The scene in _From Dusk Till Dawn_ where she dances with the snake puts me into a drooling stupor every time.** dingdingdingdingdingdingding!!! We have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/64 "2001-10-08T16:15:25Z")
**The Controvert** : > [@](#): > > The answer to the OP can be verified scientifically by measuring the beauty of every woman in the world. Elizabeth Hurley was measured recently at 97,400 millihelens. Wouldn’t that be better expressed as 97.4 helens? ---
**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 8, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/65 "2001-10-08T18:12:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\ ***The Controvert** : > > > [@](#): > > > > The answer to the OP can be verified scientifically by measuring the beauty of every woman in the world. Elizabeth Hurley was measured recently at 97,400 millihelens. > > Wouldn’t that be better expressed as 97.4 helens? \*\* Unfortunately, no, because the helen was adopted as a unit of measurement of how many movies an actress can make in one year (named after Helen Hunt). The millihelen remains the industry standard of measurement of beauty. So, in retrospect, I’ve got a four-way tie. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/66 "2001-10-08T19:01:04Z")
\*\*Halle Berry Robin Wright Penn Catherine Zeta-Jones, who made Julia Roberts look plain in “America’s Sweethearts” ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/67 "2001-10-08T20:11:59Z")
There are different kinds of beauty. There’s elegant beauty, a human being with such grace and proportion, that they seem almost a work of art: [Grace Kelly](http://www.djmcc.com/grace.jpg) [Natalie Portman](http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sant0379/natalie.jpg) And there are women who are the sultry kind of beautiful, the kind that makes you want to roll them around on the nearest horizontal surface: [Laetitia Casta](http://www.diehard.it/images/Foto_Dive/Page3/Casta/letitia.jpg) [Salma Hayek](http://www.rincondelvago.com/html/jardin/cine/reportajes/salma_hayek/salma08.jpg) There’s untraditional beauty: [Gwen Stefani](http://image.pathfinder.com/people/50most/1997/images/gwen.jpg) [Ani DiFranco](http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jriggs/AniDiFranco/Anipretty.jpg) There’s wholesome beauty: [Sandra Bullock](http://digilander.iol.it/mabu7/bullock0.jpg) [Julia Roberts](http://www.omen.ru:8080/f/celeb/JR/julia04.jpg) There’s glamorous beauty: [Nicole Kidman](http://www.allposters.com/images/54/039_15840.jpg) [Catherine Zeta-Jones](http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rwakelin/epoc/celebs/jpg/catherine.jpg) I know some will probably disagree with my definitions. I just wanted to point out that with so many different kinds of beauty, much less so many different beautiful women, it’s hard for me to narrow it down to one final answer. ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/68 "2001-11-06T07:53:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Unfortunately, no, because the helen was adopted as a unit of measurement of how many movies an actress can make in one year (named after Helen Hunt). The millihelen remains the industry standard of measurement of beauty. > \*\* Helen Hunt? Don’t be silly. Obviously, a millihelen is beauty sufficient to launch one ship. ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/69 "2001-11-06T08:24:09Z")
Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglas ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ Christ but that woman is beautiful. She definitely makes me question my sexuality (well, her and one particularly erotic dream I had that didn’t involve her, but we won’t get into that here! anope!) … I think if she beckoned, I would come crawling on my knees to her … I wanted to cry when I found out she was getting married. It meant there was almost no chance I would ever meet her, seduce her, and experiment with lesbianism with her! ☹ (Like I had a chance before … heh) Anybody got a good C ZJD clone I can practice on? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![obidiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@obidiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obidiah)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/70 "2001-11-06T13:53:24Z")
My vote goes to Cate Blanchett, but I think that is based soley on her role in Elizabeth. I got a thing for the redheads. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/71 "2001-11-06T14:35:32Z")
Laetitia Casta is hard to argue with, as are Phoebe Cates, Famke Janssen, and Salma Hayek. But how could we get this far into the thread without mentioning the One True Movie Goddess of Glamour and Sexiness, [Sharon Stone](http://www.cinema-stars.com/sharon/imageHtms/34.htm)? Good God, what a truly beautiful woman, and at 43 she ain’t lost a thing. ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/72 "2001-11-06T15:00:21Z")
One more vote for Salma Hayek here, especially in Desperado, with pigtails in Dogma or, as previously mentioned, serving an unusual shot of whiskey in From Dusk Till Dawn. I have to go now, something’s just come up. 😉 milo ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/73 "2001-11-06T15:03:02Z")
Another vote for Cate Blanchett. She is my goddess. A gallery can be found at [http://www.cate-blanchett.com/](http://www.cate-blanchett.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/74 "2001-11-06T15:07:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saudade \* > I remember seeing some movie with Phoebe Cates, under a waterfall…whoa! Paradise. A truly lousy film, made to capitalize on the success of The Blue Lagoon. Starring that master thespian, Willie Aames ( Tommy on Eight is Enough ) 😃 . But it’s worth it just for Phoebe 😉 . I’m on board with Phoebe Cates. She always did it for me ( still does, really ) and is #1 in my book. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/75 "2001-11-06T15:11:02Z")
[Celine Dion] For I… am the most beautiful woman… in the _WORLD_! [/Celine Dion] ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/76 "2001-11-06T15:36:05Z")
Daisy Fuentes [http://www.daisyfuentes.com/](http://www.daisyfuentes.com/) Shania Twain is pretty hot. Rebecca Romjin-Stamos (Uncle Joey is SO lucky!) There’s a whole bevy o’ beauties here: > **[Top 20 Badass Girls Who Will Drive You Crazy - Maxim Online](https://maximonline.com/sex-and-dating/top-20-badass-girls-that-will-drive-you-crazy/)** > > 20 badass girls who deliver on multiple counts! From dominating sports to advocating social causes, these gorgeous ladies have done it all. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/77 "2001-11-06T17:39:21Z")
Demise: My boyfriend went and rented that movie just because of your post. Holy cow you were right! We have a winner.I’m as straight as they come and I couldnt keep my eyes off those hips. MAN, what a body in that scene! Unfortunately, the whole movie, which was pretty decent so far, started to SUCK directly after her appearance. If a chick may note someone who hasnt been mentioned, and I agree with many posts (except that Beatrice whoever chick. Huh? Fishmouth!)–I would have to say Rose McGowan. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/78 "2001-11-06T18:47:27Z")
Anne Archer or Catherine Deneuve or Grace Kelly. Honorable mention to stunning Debbie Dunning. ::drool:: ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/79 "2001-11-06T19:47:13Z")
How about Juliette Binoche? I thought for sure someone would have mentioned her after all these posts. Also, I’m fond of telling people that Sarah Mclachlan is my wife. When I fantasize about my future, y’know, with a wife and family and all that, Sarah usually plays the part of Mrs. Cuautemhoc. And this other woman who went to the school I worked at, but you don’t know her. I don’t know that there can be _one_ most beautiful woman in the world. It’s all so subjective. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world/85672/80 "2001-11-06T19:48:08Z")
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