...to ask you, who do you think is beautiful?! (no, Sam Brick - you are not so don't even try to say you are!)

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...following on from the delusions of Sam Brick who, is not, in my - or many people's eyes - a 'beauty', then who is?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course, but some people are just so universally damn gorgeous!

I think...

Women
Monica Belluci
Nicole Sherzinger
Christina Hendricks
Brighter Bardot (in her heyday)
Gina Lollabrigida (in her heyday)
Racquet Welsh
Halle Berry
Beatrice Dalle
Sherilyn Fenn

To name a few!

Men

Brad Pitt
Eddie Cahill (CSi NY programme)
Antonio Banderas

There are others who will come to mind eventually!

What about you?!

Rachel Weisz
Michelle Pfeiffer
Linda Evangelista
My friend Lucinda

Ralph Fiennes when he was younger
Morten Harket in his day
my ex

Ooh and that girl who is on Being Human. The ghost. I've only seen it once and I don't know her name, but I thought 'now there's a beauty'.

Holly willoughby (sp?) is one of the most beautiful people alive IMO.

Clemence Poesy is who I want to look like right now..

Cate Blanchett. I think she is super beautiful

You could make loads of lists of thousands of beautiful, famous people but anyone can look beautiful, it's what's in their eyes

Miranda Kerr, she's always all over the Daily Mail website.

Catherine Zeta Jones
Helena Bonham-Carter
Emma Watson
Honor Blackman
Ulrika Johnson
Pippa Middleton/Carole Middleton
The Duchess of Kent
Julie Etchingham

Colin Firth
Benedict Cumberbatch
Anthony Andrews (in Brideshead)
Robert Redford

Grace Kelly
Emma Watson
Kate Mos
Christy Turlington
Jennifer Lopez
Brigitte bardot
Claudia Cardinale
Romy Schneider

Alain Delon (when young of course)
Demon Albarn
Benicio Del Toro (a few yrs ago)
River Phoenix
Heath ledger
Keanu Reeves (when young)

Ah yes, Ralph Fiennes, when younger

Audrey Hepburn.
Gregory Peck
Cate Blanchett

Oh yes to Idris Elba

Miranda Kerr is gorgeous.
Kelly Brook
Keeley Hawes
Keira Knightley
But nobody holds a candle to Marilyn Monroe in her heyday. She lit up the screen.

And Gregory Peck
And Montgomery Clift
And Marlon Brando when young
and Marcello Mastroianni

Yasmin le Bon

A lot of beauty is youth - I find as I grow older!

Anyone who has bright, kind, eyes is beautiful.

I can take and leave all the megastars.

Ava Gardener
Bridgette Bardot
Marilyn Monroe (not the most beautiful but something about her)
Angelina Jolie (though she should lay off the botox)
Mila Kunis

Agree Michael Pitt has a beautiful face, those lips also Idris Elba

Penelope cruz
Kristin scott Thomas
In the older age bracket : Judi dench

Kareena Kapoor
Deepika Padukone
Laura Fraser (I have watched all matter of terrible films/tv programme with her in)
Heather Peace
Sue Perkins
Anjli Mohindra
Karen Gillan
Alex Kingston
Keeley Hawes
Lara Pulver

I'm sure there are some guys I like too, but I can't think of them right now.

Mena Suvari

Cate Blanchett
Reese Witherspoon
Hale Berry
Beyonce
The Duchess of Cambridge
Michelle Pfieffer
Eva Green
Samantha Bond
Rosamond Pike

Men:
Huw Edwards (oh yes!)
Josh Lucas
Channing Tatum

Hmm. There must be more men than that. Several men I know are very attractive but not particularly handsome. Same goes for women.

I have only heard of one of the women (Halle) on your list. Either you have obscure tastes or I'm celebrity-ignorant. (The latter, I assure you).

For me, Women: Liv Tyler, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson.

Men: Brad, ummm

Natalie portman