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Who was the clever pretty girl at school?

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wildpoppy · 08/04/2015 23:02

Stuck for names so thought this might be a fun was of getting inspiration. The clever pretty girl at my school who was also nice to people, basically a fab all rounder, was Abby.

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Canyouforgiveher · 09/04/2015 01:01

clever - and somewhat pretty: Stella
pretty- and somewhat clever: Caroline
girl/woman you'd most want to be friends with (neither cleverest nor prettiest): Joanne

30 years on, Joanne is still the woman we most want to be friends with. no idea whether Caroline would still be regarded as pretty but Stella is still very very bright (and very pretty) - but her career has stalled a bit because of children.

Don't want to be the downer here but were there really all these girls who were nice, cleverest and prettiest? Because that is not my experience - it was way more nuanced than that.

Is someone really saying that Cindy Crawford was the prettiest and the cleverest and the nicest girl in her grade. amazing.

LittleIda · 09/04/2015 01:04

kate

FatSwan · 09/04/2015 01:09

Claudia

squoosh · 09/04/2015 01:10

Men's baby names choices are often a bit dated, along the lines of Jennifer and Alison, because they associate these names with the cool pretty girls from school and want that for their daughter.

squoosh · 09/04/2015 01:11

Men's baby names choices are often a bit dated, along the lines of Jennifer and Amanda, because they associate these names with the cool pretty girls from school and want that for their daughter.

Handbag55 · 09/04/2015 01:16

Jennifer, Susan, Adele and Melanie

LittleIda · 09/04/2015 01:16

In reply to Canyouforgive, the name I gave was of a girl who was clever and pretty and lovely, rather than the cleverest and nicest and prettiest.

WhatsGoingOnEh · 09/04/2015 01:18

Emma. Emma Banfield.

LittleIda · 09/04/2015 01:18

Don't think op was asking for cleverest, nicest, prettiest

HerRoyalNotness · 09/04/2015 01:29

Kyla
Sonya
Susie (Susanna)
Juliet

Theimpossiblegirl · 09/04/2015 01:58

Glad to see my name features on the list (wondering if they actually mean me...)

My offerings: Emily, Catherine, Belinda, Eleanor, Grace, Rebecca, Sacha and several Claire/Clares.

manicinsomniac · 09/04/2015 02:46

Amy

TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 09/04/2015 03:42

Gwen

TwinkleThis · 09/04/2015 03:47

Is someone really saying that Cindy Crawford was the prettiest and the cleverest and the nicest girl in her grade. amazing.

Not sure what point is being made here but OP asked names of the girl who was clever and pretty. I reckon most people think Cindy could be described as pretty, and she was class valedictorian. So that seemed to fit the bill.

What am I missing?

CheerfulYank · 09/04/2015 03:48

Riana. Not always the nicest, but nice enough and she's very nice now. Very clever and very pretty.

Jessica. Funny, completely down to earth and not a snobby bone in her body despite being so pretty.

BikeRunSki · 09/04/2015 03:55

Jessie

Cleanbean · 09/04/2015 04:03

Roxanna and Heidi,

Izzy24 · 09/04/2015 04:17

Juliet

WhatAHooHa · 09/04/2015 04:21

Carly, Amy, Suzie, Jenny

lottieandmias · 09/04/2015 04:41

At primary school it was Zoe. At secondary, Beth, Clare and Juliet

KoalaDownUnder · 09/04/2015 05:50

Jessica and Holly

sleepywombat · 09/04/2015 06:00

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AuntieStella · 09/04/2015 06:03

Clever: Catherine and Linda
Popular (though one definitely, with hindsight, a Queen Bee): Joanne and Sally

JimbosJetSet · 09/04/2015 06:30

Camilla... I was in awe of her!

Amy106 · 09/04/2015 06:32

Deanna