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Just for balance: The Most Beautiful Women Ever

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AngleofRepose · 29/08/2026 22:55

In reference to The Most Beautiful Man thread,

Just for balance, I thought we ought to show the women as well...

Gong Li
Zhang Ziyi
Louise Brooks
Cyd Charisse

Just for balance: The Most Beautiful Women Ever

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JeanSimmons · 30/08/2026 10:41

XelaM · 29/08/2026 23:44

When? No one in the Royal family was particularly good-looking before Diana and Kate added their good genes.

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Kate? She's average. So are all the RF.

Geegeehadid · 30/08/2026 10:43

Michelle Pfeiffer

JeanSimmons · 30/08/2026 10:44

ilovepixie · 30/08/2026 01:40

Didn’t Robbie Williams say she had a face like a satellite dish and my nans ankles 😂😂

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Bit rich coming from him! He's a fat knob with a face like a styrofoam brick.

JeanSimmons · 30/08/2026 10:47

Meeeee!!!

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 30/08/2026 10:48

Andie MacDowell
Ali McGraw
Jamie Lee Curtis

Banjas · 30/08/2026 10:52

AngleofRepose · 30/08/2026 00:06

Yes, very similar! And they both died in plane crashes, unfortunately. But Carole Lombard never had any children.

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They could still be related @AngleofRepose as Carole had siblings.

14goingon40 · 30/08/2026 10:55

Aishwarya Rai

tommyhoundmum · 30/08/2026 11:05

I like Julia Roberts

CharlesPetrescu · 30/08/2026 11:12

Nastassja Kinski
Gemma Arterton
Senta Berger

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AngleofRepose · 30/08/2026 11:17

Banjas · 30/08/2026 10:52

They could still be related @AngleofRepose as Carole had siblings.

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Good point! The resemblance is remarkable.

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Gwenhwyfar · 30/08/2026 11:20

HeBeaverandSheBeaver · 29/08/2026 23:14

Sofia something (the woman in modern family) she is stunning.

Vergara, yes and an amazing figure.

I agree about Monica Belucci and Keely Hawes.

I think Marilyn Monroe is more sexy than beautiful.

Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer for the cheek bones.

Hollyhobbi · 30/08/2026 11:28

Don’t think Jackie O has been mentioned yet?
Ruth Negga
Dolores O’Riordan

ebfwtf · 30/08/2026 11:29

Monica Vitti, Diane Krueger

Magpiecomplex · 30/08/2026 11:30

Anne Hathaway. Also agree with you Angle on Cyd Charisse. And Audrey Hepburn.

dietcokeandapizzaplease16 · 30/08/2026 11:45

placemats · 30/08/2026 09:59

Jesse Buckley is also an exceptionally good looking woman.

I was unaware of her until recently, but yes, she is. She also seems refreshingly natural.

IStillHearTheWaves · 30/08/2026 12:01

tanqueray10 · 30/08/2026 03:05

Cindy Crawford
Christy Turlington
Stephanie Seymour
Monica Belluci

Those 80s and 90s supermodels were truly special.

willowtree66 · 30/08/2026 12:15

Carey Mulligan

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 30/08/2026 12:22

greylox · 30/08/2026 02:40

And Catherine Deneuve.

My aspiration.
My mum and my dd.

Lampzade · 30/08/2026 12:27

DY10DY11 · 30/08/2026 09:28

Pam Grier was incredibly beautiful. Only knew her from Jackie Brown but she's absolutely stunning then and when younger.

She is very beautiful

IcedPurple · 30/08/2026 12:28

AngleofRepose · 29/08/2026 22:55

In reference to The Most Beautiful Man thread,

Just for balance, I thought we ought to show the women as well...

Gong Li
Zhang Ziyi
Louise Brooks
Cyd Charisse

Gong Li is/was is an absolutely mesmerising beauty, and a brilliant actress too.

The opening scene in Raise the Red Lantern is unforgettable. No words, just a single tear. She can express so much with just that magnificent face.

Zhang Ziyi is also gorgeous but imo lacks that special something that Gong Li has.

bigplate · 30/08/2026 12:35

Lurleene · 30/08/2026 09:18

I don't believe anyone has mentioned Gemma Arterton yet. I think she is stunning.

I was going through the whole thread seeing if someone would say this!

She's absolutely beautiful. Hauntingly so in the BBC's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

SerendipityCat · 30/08/2026 12:37

My older brother's longtime 60's crush, Francoise Hardy -

Gwenhwyfar · 30/08/2026 12:39

JeanSimmons · 30/08/2026 10:41

Kate? She's average. So are all the RF.

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I'm no Royalist, but I think both Kate and Megan are beautiful and even more so in their youth.

DY10DY11 · 30/08/2026 12:40

dietcokeandapizzaplease16 · 30/08/2026 11:45

I was unaware of her until recently, but yes, she is. She also seems refreshingly natural.

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Amazing actress. Listen to her desert island discs episode. She's fantastic.

Gwenhwyfar · 30/08/2026 12:42

DY10DY11 · 30/08/2026 09:09

There's some left field choices here. Bit like the other thread, some women I'd say are pretty but not unusual looking as in you can go to any city and see pretty (often young) women about.

Absolutely agree with Kristen Scott Thomas. So elegant. And yes , Megan Markle is a very beautiful woman despite what anyone thinks of her. She is absolutely stunning in Suits!

For balance, Catherine Princess of Wales is beautiful too. Not a royalist, but she is lovely.

Julie Christie is another one. Have we mentioned her yet?

Brigitte Bardot ?

Yes, the young BB.

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