Screen Goddesses of Yore:
Elizabeth Taylor
Ava Gardner
Brigitte Bardot
Ursula Andress
Vivien Leigh
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn (obvs)
60s/70s Beauties:
Julie Christie
Ali McGraw
Faye Dunawaye
Sharon Tate
Farrah
Britt Ekland circa The Wicker Man - simply stunning
Pam Grier
80s Starlets:
Lynda Carter
Lyndsay Wagner
Debbie Harry
Kate Bush
Sinead (sort of on the cusp of 80s/90s)
90s ‘Stunnahs’ (as The Sun used to say):
Pamela Anderson
Cindy Crawford
Naomi Campbell
Helena Christensen
Linda Evangelista
(never got the Kate Moss thing and still don’t)
2000s Onwards:
Keira Knightley (yes she does have a kind of feral little jaw and I strongly suspect she’s not naturally that thin, but she’s extraordinary pretty)
Cheryl Cole pre all the shit she’s done to her face
Catherine Zeta Jones, ditto
Monica Belluci
Cameron Diaz
Rachel Weisz
Thandiwe Newton
Angelina Jolie
Halle Berry
Margot Robbie
Rosamund Pike
Probably so many more, and I did sort of end up just listing beautiful women -although so many of those above truly take my breath away when I see them on screen. I’ve only seen two of those I’ve listed in the flesh: Rachel Weisz (who is tiny) and Thandie Newton, but both had that kind of star quality/luminosity about them.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Most Beautiful of All, though? Has to be:
Beyoncé, Beyoncé, Beyoncé! An absolute goddess. I’m stunned that I’m the first to have mentioned her.
That list took me fucking ages. I obviously have nothing better to do.