Experts decide on the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

The Age ^

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Film legend Audrey Hepburn has been named the most naturally beautiful woman of all time by a panel of experts.

Three Australians featured in the first 10 out of 100 beauties, actress Cate Blanchett, who came in third, singer Natalie Imbruglia and model Elle MacPherson.

Princess Diana came in 12th.

Hepburn, the star of Roman Holiday and Breakfast At Tiffany's, topped the poll of beauty editors, make-up artists, fashion editors, model agencies and fashion photographers who were asked to choose their top 10 beauties from the list of 100 compiled by the drinks firm Evian.

The women were chosen for their "embodiment of natural beauty, healthy living, beautiful on the inside and out, with great skin and a natural glow to their personality, as well as their complexion", Evian said.

Hepburn was joined in the top five by current US film star Liv Tyler, Blanchett, Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie and the fifties icon turned princess Grace Kelly.

"Audrey Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty," said Elle beauty director Rosie Green.

"She has a rare charm and inner beauty that radiates when she smiles. Her skin looks fresh in all her films and her personality really shines through as someone warm and lively."

More than 76 per cent of the beauty experts who voted in the survey mentioned Hepburn in their top 10.

The survey also showed that while 32 per cent of the icons placed in the number one spot by panel members were blondes, 22 per cent redheads and 46 per cent brunettes.

"People who are confident without a scrap of make-up and look healthy, happy and glowing, seem like natural beauties to me," Eleonore Crompton, of Heat magazine.

[hole_n_one]

All I see is a X

No remote linking allowed from a Geocities website, Skooz.

[ladylib]

Mamie Eisenhower came in just before her.

[al baby]

[hole_n_one]

I see her on ESPN/ESPN2 all the time!

She can chalk my cue stick any time!

[cmsgop]

She can chalk my cue stick any time!

But can she rack your B@@@S.............

[hole_n_one]

lol!

[Skooz]

No remote linking allowed from a Geocities website, Skooz.

I keep forgetting that. She's coming through just fine on mine, though.

[Army Air Corps]

I agree. Angelina Jolie is okay, but not a stunner.

[djf]

There are some very early photos of this one that show she was indeed an extraordinarily beautiful woman.

[Argh]

Yes, it is surprising.

[q_an_a]

someone was smoking funny cigs when they put sophia loren, ingrid bergman and nicole kidman after such beauties as Modonna or Cameron diaz. Those two women are to beauty what kids who are afraid of second hand smoke are to the heros of D-Day or Iraq.

[djf]

I tried to post a pic, but the server won't let a passthru. So here is another. She was a blonde, not a redhead:


While I'm at it, I can't not post this one:


And here is another, who was dazzingly beautiful, till she got up in age and started to look a bit skanky:



And I was married to this gal, till she passed in 2000, the second most beautiful woman I ever saw, I actually dated the most beautiful woman I ever saw in the mid '80s, but hey, thats another story:


My darling Joy.

[Moleman]

Jenna should be on the list especially how she uses that hot body of hers.

[Libertarian444]

Bingo. The contest isn't even close....2nd place is light-years behind....

[Skooz]

Good eye, my man.

The first time I saw "Braveheart," my jaw dropped when she walked onto the screen. The woman is absolutely breathtaking, and she hardly wears any makeup. That is purely natural beauty.