This list grabbed my attention. I'd just watched Sophia Loren (and Clark Gable) on TCM and wondered where on the list she placed. The shocking answer was, "No where." http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-glamo...
These would be my top fifteen:
15.) Sophia Vergara
14.) Farrah Fawcett
13.) Lauren Bacall
12.) Angelina Jolie
11.) Raquel Welch
10.) Scarlett Johansson
9.) Salma Hayak (Sexiest AAAA actress)
8.) Jane Russell
7.) Ann-Margret (Strictly for opening number of Bye Bye Birdie)
6.) Rita Hayworth
5.) Beyonce (Not so much in her size 2 configuration, but a little heavier)
4.) Jennifer Lopez
3.) Elizabeth Taylor
2.) Sophia Loren
1.) Marilyn Monroe (Who supposedly was a size 12 - 16)
What are your thoughts?
Jill
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Favorites
I have some favorites that aren't on your list but it's a good list. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
It's a silly list
All time? Where is Cleopatra? Its really 20th century and later.
I would argue for Bettie Page being on the list. I think she also had the biggest impact on pop culture. Sadly she didn't even know it for decades. Absolute perfect hourglass figure. Even if you don't know it you've seen her or art/images based on her look.
{{Hugs}}
Interesting
I wonder if she was the inspiration for the silhouette on mud flaps.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Bettie Page not just mudflaps
Today, she's everywhere. Postcards, posters, playing cards, calendars, lunch boxes, beach towels, fridge magnets, rum labels, mud flaps, and hundreds of websites pay tribute. There's a Zombie Bettie Page subculture with online portals devoted to undead variations of her images. On Halloween, the town of Roswell, Ga., even hosted a Bombshell Bettie'z Zombie Pin-Up Contest.
http://www.newsweek.com/2013/11/15/original-wrecking-ball-24...
Misguided
I viewed the link, and was actually APPALLED by what they actually found "sexy" (read fake boobs and over-inflated egos). In what warped universe does Brittney Spears rank #4 overall? Only 2 1/2 of their choices would even merit my consideration (I'm a little ambivalent about J-Lo), and those based on WHO they are, as PEOPLE, not WHAT they are. Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, Marilyn, Raquel, Farrah all made my list, as did Jackie O and Gina Lollobrigida. One surprise, though: Tina Louise, AKA "Ginger" on Gilligan's Island. Jennifer Aniston is a MUST HAVE for any list -- the way she handles herself, even through all the adversity she's been through. And we all know that there's not an actress nearly as graceful as Susan Lucci.
*Kisses Always*
Haylee V
Can't Disagree
Ginger floated my S. S. Minnow.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
If Ginger (deservedly) makes the list,
then we MUST list another television babe from that time - Barbara Eden (from "I Dream of Genie/Jeannie")!
Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
-Thomas Shadwell
Annette Funicello
TV sweethearts have to include Annette, Donna Douglas, Eva Gabor, Gale Storm, the five girls who played the daughters on Petticoat Junction, oh, jeez, the list gets long. :) Mary Tyler Moore!
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Linda Carter was my first "I wanna look like her" woman
along with Lindsey Wagner (from the Bionic Woman). Madeline Kahn (from Blazing Saddles), Bernadette Peters, Cher, Stevie Nicks, Valerie Bertinelli, Jan Smithers, and probably lots I have forgotten. Oh, and Princess from Battle of the planets.
Madeline
"Lili Von Shtupp: Hello handsome, is that a ten gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show."
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
You asked...
In no particular order, I've admired these:
Racquel Welch, Marilyn Monroe, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Russell, Liz Taylor, Angie Dickenson, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Natalie Wood and Salma Hayak.
dallasgirl
Angie Dickinson
Angie was born in a small town in western north Dakota. . .south of Dickinson, ND.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Actually though the title said that
The list was compiled from FHM magazine's last two decades so in reality the choices were from 1997-2017. And like any list it depends on the voters ages. It's just like the lists of the greatest movies of all time. If done by movie critics you get a sweeping list but if done by movie patrons the list is dominated by the most recent films.
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I'll have to echo Erin on this...
Overall, I'd scratch a few from the list and add (in no particular order):
Cher
Cyd Charisse
Mae West
Marlee Matlin
Lily Tomlin
Don't Forget
Lucy Lu and Xena The Warrior Princess. As far as I am concern Linda Carter will always be The Wonder Woman. Oh, one more person I failed to mention. Daisy Duke from The Dukes of Hazard the TV series, not the movies. All tho the second girl to play Daisy Duke did do her justice.
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
I Share Your Passion for Cher
Especially in Moonstruck.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Sexiest?
As a teenager, when she and Bogart fell in love with her, no one was sexier than Loren Bacall ! I have her and Marilyn Monroe tied for number one
Selma Hayak? How about Maureen O'Hara, and Grace Kelly? Joey Heatherton, Anne Francis,Gina Lollobrigida, and Tony Curtis. ^J^
Karen
The Quiet Man
Maureen O'Hara was amazing as Mary Kate Danaher.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Hmm
Thinking about this from a BigCloset perspective, I'm going to suggest a different list. Anyone want to add to this one? (No particular order, just the order I type them in.)
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Eartha Kitt
Julie Newmar
Raquel Welch
Julie Andrews
Debbie Reynolds
Ellen Barkin
Lauren Bacall
Jaye Davidson
Lee Pace
ZsaZsa Gabor
Felicity Huffman
Mae West
Calpernia Addams
That's fifteen. Anyone have names to add to THIS list? :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
additions
Pam Grier
Sean Young
Again
Bettie Page :)
Like your list
Your list is more in keeping with what I consider sexy in a woman. Sophia Loren and Lauren Bacall would certainly top my list.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann
some change would fit for me
Jessica Alba ( the look from the Dark Angel series )
Nia Peeples
Kelly Hu
Linda Carter ( Wonder Woman from the 70's series )
Lucy Liu
ok I admit it, Brunettes have always been more attractive to me.
Stupidity is a capital offense. A summary not indictable.
here are a few imo
here are a few imo
Emily Bett Rickards 'green arrow'
joy harmon 'cool hand luke' and she can cook! tasted it myself!
Erika Eleniak 'ET and bay watch
Jolene Blalock 'star trek'
Jeri Ryan 'star trek'
Barbara Bach 'bond'
Caroline Munro 'bond'
Famke Janssen 'x-men'
Denise Richards 'various'
Maggie 'Q' Live free or die hard
Proud member of the Whateley Academy Drow clan/collective
Jeri Ryan
Queen of lip gloss. Agreed!
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Barbara Bach is referred to
Barbara Bach is referred to as Daisy Duke in a previous post.
Both beautiful Bachs but two
Both beautiful Bachs but two different actresses. Catherine was Daisy Duke, Barbara was a "Bond Girl"
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
All have fabulous bodies...
But how can you put one above another? I'd guess that most of us would want to have the bodies (in one sense or another) of any one of them.
I fall in love with the wonderful characters they play, rather than the scheming bitches which many of them were/are. (Why do so many have multiple divorces?) Living with them must be hell.
But my vote goes to the one who knocks on my door in five minutes time and tells me she urgently needs somewhere to stay. And if she wants me to wear her clothes as well, that really would be heaven. Sounds like the start of my next story...
The whole concept
is sexist twaddle.
Angharad
Absolutely!!!
But . . . so much fun!
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
sexist?
Hey Ang, I did mention Tony Curtis.
When Life Gives You Lemmons
Can't forget Jack Lemmon! Or Dustin Hoffman.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
sexy laidies
Some women are sexy by body some by attitude just a few more for the list to be considered Yvonne DeCarlo, Pat Priest, Barbara Eden, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dawn Wells, Carolyn Jones and there are many others that I don't know about so many choices so small a list. Well now that I have added to the confusion. Have a good day and enjoy life.
Have a good day and enjoy life.
Lili Munster
Yvonne was wonderful in that role.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
I Always Wanted To Be
Jane Fonda (and still do).
More Than Fond of Fonda
She's perfect as Grace. . .. She has to have a mirror in her attic.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Not impressed
I'm not impressed with the pictures FHM used. Apparently, FHM thinks to be sexy a woman has to show a lot of skin, often to the point of being immodest. For me sexy has a lot more to it than nearly flashing boobs or the need of a Brazilian to keep from showing pubic hair.
Not only that, I'm so far out of it, that a lot of the women on their list, and yours, are names I don't even recognize. however, I'm with you, Sophia Loren ought to be near the top of any such list.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann
Missed my chance
A friend of mine is a photographer (and a teacher at my college) and he had an assignment to photograph Sophia when she was performing at a casino at Niagara Falls. I begged to go as his assistant, but was unable to convince him that he needed me. It is to his credit that he was able to get photos that impressed an 80 year old woman who was the most beautiful woman in the world 50 years ago.
Dawn
no Helen of Troy
Because a woman who's beauty is measured in military might must be hella beautiful
I must say that I'm kind of appalled!
That no one has yet to mention "Pretty Woman" aka Julia Roberts! But then again I have a biased opinion! Loving hugs Talia
Julia Roberts
Often included on these lists.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)