{"id":97730,"date":"2022-07-27T14:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/?p=97730"},"modified":"2022-07-27T14:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:28:37","slug":"who-is-the-most-beautiful-woman-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/who-is-the-most-beautiful-woman-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is The Most Beautiful Woman Of All Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the saying goes, \u201cbeauty is in the eye of the beholder\u201d. Therefore, any compilation listing history\u2019s most beautiful men or women can be debated. A lot of these ladies owe their success to their beauty. So, if you\u2019re curious to know, take a look at the women who made our list and we\u2019ll see who takes the crown as the best of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Pfeiffer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In the \u201880s and \u201890s, one of the most well-known actresses in the movie industry was Michelle Pfeiffer and she owed this to her great acting skills and her jaw-dropping beauty. She broke out of the pretty girl stereotype in her movies in the late \u201870s and got a supporting role in Scarface. This in turn opened doors to better roles for her afterward. A contributor from the Daily Telegram said she possessed beauty that could take one unawares in the middle of a conversation, making them stop and stare a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Brigitte Bardot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Young dancer, Brigitte Bardo,t dropped her dancing shoes and took to the screens in the \u201850s. In 1956, she was cast in the controversial movie, And God Created Women, by Robert Vadim. This made her internationally popular. An American critic said that she was a creation crafted with the utmost skill.When Brigitte Bardot stepped out onto the international screens, it was such a sight that a femnist essay was written about her by Simone de Beauvoir. He titled it Brigitte Bardot and The Lolita Syndrome. At a later agae, she began fighting for animal rights. She received a fine for instigating racial hatred five different times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Bisset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Since the \u201860s when Jacqueline Bisset, an actress of England was cast in the Hollywood movie, Bullitt, she has appeared many times on the big screens. With time, she became known as a serious actress and this garnered her more critical roles such as the one in Day for Night by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut. In 1977, she was cast in The Deep. In the movie, she emerged from the water covered only on top and completely soaked. This role was so great that it made rhe wet T-Shirt competitions popular. Ever since, Jacqueline Bisset has featured mostly in TV shows and movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sharon Tate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, the life of Sharon Tate was a wonder but her tragic, unnerving death will always shine more. Tate steeped into the movie industry much before Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She was praised for having a promising future with all the good reviews she had garnered for her dramatic and comedic roles. In 1968, she got married to Roman Polanski, her co-star and director of the movie, The Fearless Vampire Killers. Tate was in her eight month of pregnancy when she passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kim Basinger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Basinger worked hard to become a well-to-do model in the \u201870s and took to acting when she moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in many made-for-TV movies. However, she got her debut role in a drama, Hard Country. Her performance as a Bond girl in Never Say Never Again made her into a poster girl and this stayed through into the \u201890s. Ever since, she has taken up roles in several movies and still acts till date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Audrey Hepburn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Audrey Hepburn shot to stardom with her unique beauty after she took a lead role alongside Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. This role won her a Golden Globe Best Actress award, an Academy Award and a BAFTA. After a long time, she focused on philanthropy and received humanitarian honorary awards while alive and after her death. In 1953, Audrey suffered a rare type of abdominal cancer. Her evergreen lagacy can be seen in her appearances in pop culture through the years after she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Tyra Banks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tyra Banks is popular as a TV personality and American model. Her modelling career started in 1990 with a world-class renowned agency, the Elite Model Management. She alos made the Vogue Magazine cover in Spain, getting recognied as another Naomi Campbell and you can easily see why! She made an appearance in GQ magazine and featured in Victoria\u2019s Secret catalog. She went on to appear on America\u2019s Next Top Model as a host and executive producer – and this was one of the biggest achievements she made in her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Marilyn Monroe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Every list would be incomplete if Marilyn Monroe isn\u2019t listed. She was a world-renowned celebrity. She said that there is beauty in imperfection and that madness is genius. She also said that it\u2019s preferable to be completely ridiculous than boring. Those were words she lived by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ursula Andress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ursula Andress is popular because she was the original Bond girl in the 1962 movie, Dr No, alongsde co-star, Sean Connery. Regardless of the fact that her voice was masked by another recording to hide her Swiss-German accent, this role shot her to stardom, making it one of the greatest introductions of a female star in the history of films. Many years after, she appeared in Playboy magazine and was asked why she consented to publicly sharing her nude photos. To this, she simply replied that it was because she was beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jayne Kennedy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jayne Kennedy, initially Jayne Harrison, was born in 1951. She\u2019s a sportscaster, an American model and an actress. She won the Miss Ohio title in 1970 and was the first black woman to do so. That year too, she met Leon Isaac Kennedy whom she married shortly after they met. She appeared on TV severally amd even scored a role in The NFL Today. She started producing work-out vidos in the \u201880s and got divorced in 1982. In 1985, she got married to Bill Overton and they had three daughters who take after her looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ava Gardner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ava Gardner hailed from South Carolina and had an accent that made it almost impossible for MGM to understand her. But it didn\u2019t deter her from leveraging her looks and getting them to sign her. It took almost half a decade for her to get her big break in The Killers, a film noir that brought her into fame. For 50 years, she was a big-shot actress in Hollywood till the mid 1980s. Her lon-term smoking habit overpowered her. Emphysema and two strokes after in 1986, she became paralyzed. In 1990,she died from pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lauren Bacall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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With a unique voice and looks that could kill, this actress was famous and was listed as the 20th greatest female star of Hollywood classic cinema. She was awarded an honorary Academy Award at a later time in her life to recognize her contributions to the Golden Age of cinema. Before she jumped into the movie scene to become an exceptional actress, she was a cover model on Harper\u2019s Bazaar and Vogue. Her sultry, cat-like grace, blue-green eyes and blonde hair made her beauty widely recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Barbara Parkins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Parkins was born in Canada and moved to Los Angeles at 16 to find her spot in the spotlight. She began by singing backup and dancing in nightclubs for big stars. Her debut as an actress was in the 1961 low-budget crime movie, 20,000 Eyes. But she took part in a big project that won her an Emmy Award in 1966 as Best Leading Actress – the film adaptation of Valley of the Dolls. She was on the series right to its end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Julie Ege<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Julie started her modelling career when she was 15. At 18, she won second place in the Miss Norway pageant. She went on to compete for the Miss Universe title after which she worked as an au pair in England to brush up her English. In the late \u201850s, she took up some small acting roles but the one that stands out the most is her role in Up Pompeii, a comedy movie done in 1971. She was called a glamour actress but she revealed afterwards that it didn\u2019t bother her because her beauty was a source of income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sophia Loren<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sophia Loren is popular as an actress and is one of the beloved stars in Italy. She got into the movie scene at age 14 and is still in the business till date. She has acted in so many movies, some of which are The Pride and the Passion, Grumpier Old Men and A Countess from Hong Kong. However, there\u2019s something remarkable about this gorgeous woman; she didn\u2019t hide the fact that she disliked shaving her armpits from the world. It\u2019s not cute to say but it doesn\u2019t change the fact that she\u2019s a pretty sight for the eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vanessa Williams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Vanessa Wiliams stormed the beauty world in 1984 when she became Miss America. However, she had to relinquish the title due to issues of a personal nature.While everyone thought she would stay from the spotlight permanently, she started her acting career in 1986. She was most known for her role in Ugly Betty. This role won her many awards including a SAG, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award as well as numerous nominations. She did some musical performances as well which received several Grammy nominations. The albums included The Sweetest Days and The Right Stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jane Birkin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In as much as the England-born actress thrived in both British and French movie industries, her world fame came from the ten-year relationship she had with Serge Gainsbourg. She still remained a successful actress even after separating from him. She appeared in various movies like A Soldier\u2019s Daughter Never Cries and Red Fox. Regardless, Birkin\u2019s popularity is hinged strongly on the fact that there is a Herm\u00e9s bag named after her because she said she was unable to get a leather weekend bag she fancied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Britt Ekland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The actress and singer of Swedish origins played roles in several movies all through the \u201860s and \u201870s. Her mot popular roles were in the movies Get Carter and The Night They Raided Minsky\u2019s. She was also cast as a Bond girl in the 1974 The Man With the Golden Gun. Ekland instantly got more attention when she dated the actor, Peter Sellers in 1964. Peter professed his intentions to her after encountering a photograph of her in the newspapers. She was one of the internationally famous and photographed celebrities all through the \u201870s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Loretta Young<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Loretta Young got into the public scene ZRight from her childhood at the age of two or three! From that moment in 1917 up until 1953, she enjoyed her career in the public scene. Her performance in Come to the Stable got her an Oscar nomination while her tole in 1947 The Farmer\u2019s Daughter, won her an Academy Award for Best Actress. Between 1930 and 1931, Loretta was wife to Grant Withers, an actor as well. However, she and Spencer Tracy had an affair publicly. The actress began smoking when she was only eight but she stopped in the mid \u201880s to put on about 10 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Grace Kelly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Grace Kelly had a career in Hollywood for five years only before she got married to Prince Ranier III of Monaco but her charm and beauty secured her a spot in Hollywood\u2019s spotlight as one of the biggest personas in Hollywood in her time. Kelly was out of the movie scene permanently after she married the prince of Monaco. However, this gave her ample space to focus on philanthropy and promotion of the arts. Unfortunately, she died in a car crash caused by a stroke she had while driving. Her daughter was with her but made it out of the accident alive. She stays evergreen in our hearts for her elegance and poise, on screen and off it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jane Fonda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A real highflier during the Oscar seasons, Jane Fonda remains active in the movie industry despite being in her 80s. Daughter of the iconic Henry Fonda, Jane comes from one of the most successful families in Hollywood. Regardless of this, she has strived to carve a name for herself with her enthralling beauty, her charisma and roles in her repertoire. Jane Fonda seems invincible considering her success in TV, film and even Broadway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Judy Garland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Judy Grland who starred in the classical Wizard of Oz seems to have fallen prey to the other part of being a glamorous star in Hollywood. Judy received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Judgement At Nuremberg and A Star Is Born. She sat on top of the world before she tragically died. Her legacy stays alive in her daughter, Lizza Minnelli and Renee Zellweger who played her character in her biopic shot in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Katharine Hepburn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Albeit not wanting to give in to the challenges of Hollywood celebrity life, it appeared like co-stars and fans could not get enough of Katharine Hepburn. Her marriage to actor, Spencer Tracy was well in the public eye. She and Spencer also co-starred in ine different films and this is just one of her relationships. She garnered four Lead acting Academy Award nominations proving that she was among the greats in the world of acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jessica Lange<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jessica Lange seems to have lived twice in the movie industry. With six nominations in the Academy Awards in the \u201880s and \u201890s, it appeared that Jessica became a little slow-paced, choosing more carefully what she worked on. But the past ten years have shown a somewhat fierce re-emergence of the actress. This is especially true seeing as she took up a role in all five seasons of the American Horror Story. She also played the role of Joan Crawford in the short series,Feud: Bette and Joan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Faye Dunaway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s amazing to see what Faye Dunaway has accomplished in her career as a celebrity especially with roles in top-tier movies like Bonnie and Clyne, Chinatown and The Thomas Crown Affair. Faye who at 78 isn\u2019t still retired also has a fruitful theatre career with many completed roles in her repertoire. In relationships, Dunaway has been with people like Peter Wolf, Jerry Schatzberg and Terry O\u2019Neil among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Veronica Lake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Thinking about the fact that Veronica Lake has been dead for almost 50 years is unbelievable. Lake reached the climax of her success in the \u201840s and is most popular for her seductress roles in several movies. But her career went into a downward spiral after she developed a habit of excessive drinking and a trail many relationships that didn\u2019t work. At last, her drinking habits seems to have dragged her to the grave in 1973. She made her last appearance in the 1970 horror movie, Flesh Feast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mia Farrow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s a big deal to have one celebrity as a partner but Mia Farrow gotto date two famous celebrities! They were Frank Sinatra who came first and then Woody Allen, after a while. Keep in mind that Mia already had her own spot in the spotlight and is disputedly one of her generation\u2019s most gorgeous-looking actresses. Her biggest role is undoubtedly the role of Rosemary in the 1968 horror film, Rosemary\u2019s Baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Gene Tierney<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Compared to others on this list, Gene Tierney may not be the most popular but she has certainly left her mark in Hollywood. She is most popular for the role she played in Laura. Tieney received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1945 movie, Leave Her to Heaven. She played her last movie role in 1964 in the movie, The Pleasure Seekers. The years that followed saw Tierney in a couple of TV shows before she died in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Carrie Fisher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Carrie Fisher who has inspired women all across the world changed the narrative in modern cinema. She changed the \u201cweak woman in need\u201d stereotype while playing the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars of 1977. Her portrayal of an independent female who those meant to be her helpers to escape the Death Star was epic. Her career was mostly hinged on the Leia character in the sequels afterwards. She would make a posthumous appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Pam Grier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Pam Grier who has a reputation as the Blaxploitation movie queen has basked in success while playing major roles in the genre especially in the 1970s. She played lead roles in several movies in the genre some of which are The Big Bird Cage, Coffy and Foxy Brown. Quentin Tarantino seems to have introduced her to a totally different audience when he cast Pam as Jackie in Jackie Brown, a film he made in 1997 as a tribute to Blaxploitation. Grier also has experience in Television with the role she played in The L Word, a Showtime series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the saying goes, \u201cbeauty is in the eye of the beholder\u201d. Therefore, any compilation listing history\u2019s most beautiful men or women can be debated. A lot of these ladies owe their success to their beauty. So, if you\u2019re curious to know, take a look at the women who made our list and we\u2019ll see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":97731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[626,628,627,630,625,632,546,631,629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97730"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97763,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97730\/revisions\/97763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}