Audrey Hepburn 'most beautiful woman of all time' June 1, 2004
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Pefection personified ... experts have voted Audrey Hepburn the most naturally beautiful woman of all time.
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Film legend Audrey Hepburn was yesterday 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 '50sicon turned princess Grace Kelly.
"Audrey Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty," said Elle beauty director Rosie Green.
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"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 No. 1 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," said Eleonore Crompton, of Heat magazine.
Top 100 Beautiful Women:
1. Audrey Hepburn 2. Liv Tyler 3. Cate Blanchett 4. Angelina Jolie 5. Grace Kelly 6. Natalie Imbruglia 7. Juliette Binoche 8. Halle Berry 9. Helena Christensen 10. Elle Macpherson 11. Cameron Diaz 12. Princess Diana 13. Kate Moss 14. Charlize Theron 15. Scarlett Johansson 16. Isabella Rossellini 17. Nigella Lawson 18. Beyonce Knowles 19. Madonna 20. Jamelia 21. Nicole Kidman 22. Monica Bellucci 23. Audrey Tatou 24. Vanessa Paradis 25. Julianne Moore 26. Jennifer Lopez 27. Marilyn Monroe 28. Julia Roberts 29. Liberty Ross 30. Kylie Minogue 31. Estelle Warren 32. Gisele Bundchen 33. Gwyneth Paltrow 34. Kate Winslet 35. Katharine Hepburn 36. Ava Gardner 37. Keira Knightley 38. Iman 39. Jerry Hall 40. Heidi Klum 41. Ursula Andress 42. Virginie Ledoyen 43. Sophie Dahl 44. Michelle Pfeiffer 45. Uma Thurman 46. Kim Catrell 47. Jennifer Aniston 48. Eva Herzigova 49. Brigitte Bardot 50. Felicity Kendal 51. Claudia Schiffer 52. Jacqueline Kennedy 53. Marlene Dietrich 54. Milla Jovovitch 55. Lucy Liu 56. Penelope Cruz 57. Neve Campbell 58. Sharon Stone 59. Vivien Leigh 60. Sophie Marceau 61. Linda Evangelista 62. Dido 63. Catherine Zeta Jones 64. Jessica Lange 65. Ingrid Bergman 66. Greta Garbo 67. Jodie Kidd 68. Laetitia Casta 69. Princess Caroline of Monaco 70. Kathleen Turner 71. Rachel Weisz 72. Naomi Campbell 73. Grace Jones 74. Christie Turlington 75. Famke Jensen 76. Catherine Deneuve 77. Cindy Crawford 78. Heather Graham 79. Judy Garland 80. Ginger Rogers 81. Sophia Loren 82. Yasmin Le Bon 83. Kirsten Dunst 84. Sandra Bullock 85. Melanie Sykes 86. Cleopatra 87. Lisa Snowdon 88. Rita Hayworth 89. Katie Holmes 90. Honor Blackman 91. Joely Richardson 92. Joanna Lumley 93. Andie MacDowell 94. Alicia Silverstone 95. Cat Deeley 96. Rene Russo 97. Sienna Miller 98. Rachel Hunter 99. Jade Jagger 100. Kelly Brook
1.) The survey also showed that while 32 per cent of the icons placed in the No. 1 spot by panel members were blondes, 22 per cent redheads and 46 per cent brunettes.
2.) They are celebrities
I invite you to draw your own conclusions
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Paris, please be joking, because if women like Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson are "oldish", then I guess that I should be playing shuffleboard in Boca Raton as we speak
Monica: Isn't there any way that you could look at this as flattering? I mean, she's doing this to be more like you. Rachel: Well, then, couldn't she have just copied my haircut?
This is one of the dumbest posts ever on here. Who cares about this dumb list by some austrailian website. The list is ridiculous why dont we all put a stupid list on here that has nothing to do with hair. STUPID STUPID STUPID
As we all know, any such list is very subjective. As an example very few of us would not put our mother on the list or some other women who has impressed us at a point in time. How many of us looked at the list said they don't have " " on the list. If you ask 100 people the same question you will get 100 different lists. But one thing they all do is stimulate the grey matter.
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Any list which does not include Crystal Gayle is not worth my consideration. She was more beautiful than, oh, about all 100! And the late Nicolette Larsen would make my Top 10 also. And they didn't need all that hair to make my list. Both were purely stellar beauties. The extra-galactic tresses were simply icing on the cake. Bob
I would of included Jennifer love Hewitt, I have seen pics of her with no makeup on and she is prettier with out the makeup. How much more natural can that be? She is compared to Audrey Hepburn and she was number one so Jennifer should be number two, but she is always number one in my book. Also as some one else said Alyssa Milano should be on there.
How come all of the women on the list are/were celebrities? Surely they don't all fit the following criteria: "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." Two salient examples in my mind are Madonna (#19) and Sharon Stone (#58), two women who could have made the Top 100 A Holes of All Time, and ranked highly.
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