Brunettes have beaten blondes in a poll of the world's 100 most beautiful women.
The top five in the Harpers & Queen magazine list, compiled by 1,000 experts from the worlds of fashion, arts, the media and, peculiarly, plastic surgery, are brunettes.
Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie topped the poll, followed by supermodel Christy Turlington, Queen Rania of Jordan, film director Sofia Coppola and domestic goddess Nigella Lawson.
Following behind are supermodel Christy Turlington, Queen Rania of Jordan, film director Sofia Coppola and cooking diva Nigella Lawson.
Blondes such as supermodel Kate Moss, Kill Bill star Uma Thurman and Lost in Translation's Scarlett Johansson are in the top 100, but have been relegated out of the top five.
Harpers & Queen editor Lucy Yeomans said: "We were really surprised when the brunettes came out on top.
"But from our panel results, we witnessed a definite shift away from the traditionally deified blonde stereotype.
"Instead, people with a more unusual and interesting beauty ranked higher.
"We encouraged people to vote on the all-round package, rather than on physical beauty alone, so it was great to see less obvious beauties such as film director Sofia Coppola making the top five."
Aishwarya Rai is ninth in the poll of the 100 Most Beautiful Women of Today, which appears in the July issue of Harpers and Queen.
The Top 25:
Angelina Jolie, Christy Turlington, Rania of Jordan, Sofia Coppola, Nigella Lawson, Uma Thurman, Emmanuelle Beart, Kate Moss Aishwarya Rai, Charlotte of Monaco, Charlotte Rampling, Beyonce Knowles, Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, Ziyi Zhang, Sophie Dahl, Natalie Portman, Liv Tyler, Gisele Bundchen, Jennifer Connelly, Natalia Vodianova, Dita Von Teese, Julie Christie, Margherita Missoni, Gwen Stefani.
Cutiepie Rani
02-06-2005, 04:24 AM
srry buh i completly disagree.....i think rani shud be on da list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dun like aishwarya and neither do i think she's pretty...
miss_teryus
02-06-2005, 08:59 AM
srry buh i completly disagree.....i think rani shud be on da list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dun like aishwarya and neither do i think she's pretty...
rani??!
arite no way in hell does rani-kaani look better than aish..
*Clairey_Fairy*
02-06-2005, 10:04 AM
Also alot more ppl know who Aish is rather than Rani otherwise im pretty sure she would be on that list somewhere!
simo
02-06-2005, 10:32 AM
i also heard taht out of 100 aish came in 59th for sexiest women, jolie was number 1
brownsuga_25
02-06-2005, 01:42 PM
its always changing sum sites it says shes 2nd most beutiful sum say 3,,,4,,,5 u noee how it is... y are people judging how sexy people are... yeahh dere all hot.. buh so are many oder people in dahh world who evr made dahh list (like which ever company) needs 2 find better things 2 doo.... no offence :p
aksstar
02-06-2005, 11:04 PM
shes tha only indian to have made it on tha list en thats somethings to be proud of..who da fuk knows..rani? nodbody in hollywood knows her ..:P...so ...sh finished b4 she even started lol...
aishwaryas made indians all ova tha world proud...grow up lol
BryaN
03-06-2005, 12:18 AM
i think aish. is more beatiful then angelina,(aleast more beatiful then uma thurman) en angelina is not that sexy and hell what a background she haves, i heard she was a pornstar?
Cutiepie Rani
03-06-2005, 04:22 AM
Rani does have a place in hollywood.......in fact she waz gonna sign a film for hollywood buh then didn't...............buh oh well...
i don't like aishwarya @ all...i cant stand her....
buh that's jus me!!!!!
brownsuga_25
03-06-2005, 01:15 PM
i think aish. is more beatiful then angelina,(aleast more beatiful then uma thurman) en angelina is not that sexy and hell what a background she haves, i heard she was a pornstar?
yeahh guy she izz ... :mad:
simo
04-06-2005, 08:57 AM
angelina is really pretty, i think better looking than aish
BryaN
05-06-2005, 03:29 AM
a great example of humanity:P not all has the same tast
simo
05-06-2005, 01:58 PM
brownsuga_25 i agree with u when u said that there are so many ppl taht are beautiful around the world!!! i mean u can't just pick a few and say okie these are teh most beautiful, so many ppl haven't seen others who are prettier than ppl on teh list
royce4u2002
05-06-2005, 02:01 PM
hey I juss read that in the newspaper
but i think she deserves it cause or her eye I juss Love 'em
simo
07-06-2005, 02:11 PM
yea nice color
tania_2004
12-06-2005, 12:54 PM
angelina jolie is beautiful!!!
there are lots of other celebs that are very pretty adn not on the list and yes their are more beautiful people in the world that arent famouse but are better looking then somepeople on that list i think katie holmes in very cute!..LOL
miss_teryus
12-06-2005, 12:56 PM
hey I juss read that in the newspaper
but i think she deserves it cause or her eye I juss Love 'em
yes..her left eye, eh?
haha
tania_2004
12-06-2005, 12:57 PM
Lol!
simo
12-06-2005, 05:10 PM
hehe katie holmes is pretty
trini
12-06-2005, 07:38 PM
hey thats jus crap.....Aish relly doesnt deserve 2 b there...i rellly wish Rani wud expose herself esp in Hollywood then she wud b right up there...def thats reason why she isnt on list..Aish is pretty but there r alot of actresses who r wayyyyyy prettier......Rani wud b No. 1...or atleast in Top 5......shes beautiful.....pplz dont b brainwashed by Aish's false Ms World title...n her eyes oh puhleeeeeeez......they r big.....n well it relly doesnt help her looks either....Karishma has prettier eyes than her.....there r ppl like NADIA BJORLIN who r soo pretty compare to Aish....including others!
Cutiepie Rani
12-06-2005, 07:49 PM
hey thats jus crap.....Aish relly doesnt deserve 2 b there...i rellly wish Rani wud expose herself esp in Hollywood then she wud b right up there...def thats reason why she isnt on list..Aish is pretty but there r alot of actresses who r wayyyyyy prettier......Rani wud b No. 1...or atleast in Top 5......shes beautiful.....pplz dont b brainwashed by Aish's false Ms World title...n her eyes oh puhleeeeeeez......they r big.....n well it relly doesnt help her looks either....Karishma has prettier eyes than her.....there r ppl like NADIA BJORLIN who r soo pretty compare to Aish....including others!
i totally agree with you on the Rani part... she shud be number 1...
miss_teryus
12-06-2005, 10:02 PM
rani may be a nice person..
yh, she looks sweet and wut-not..
but it looks like u're viewing her on a plasma screen..and its stretched horizontally..
teehee..she has nice curves..just..lose sum weight na :p and shes short too!..lol
...ah, im just not a fan :p
maybe aish isnt de best...
but..rani....bleh!
i'd be embarrassed on behalf of Indians, if she got into bollywood
tania_2004
13-06-2005, 10:57 AM
rani may be a nice person..
yh, she looks sweet and wut-not..
but it looks like u're viewing her on a plasma screen..and its stretched horizontally..
teehee..she has nice curves..just..lose sum weight na :p and shes short too!..lol
...ah, im just not a fan :p
maybe aish isnt de best...
but..rani....bleh!
i'd be embarrassed on behalf of Indians, if she got into bollywood
enmbarraced? WHAT! but why?! shes awsome and plus shes already in bollywood, does that mean your embarrased of her already?
Cutiepie Rani
13-06-2005, 11:08 AM
she's more talented than most bolly actresses including aish....i mean i dun see wats the big fuss ova aish....and who cares if she short? so am i.....many ppl in da world r short....well i guess every 1 is different...
i personally think rani is da best and no actresses can beat her..not even aish.
and there is nothing 2 be embarrased about...............
RANI IS NUMBER 1
miss_teryus
13-06-2005, 11:59 AM
lol tania..hmm..sumwut...? :p
:p nah i think she should just stick to bollywood..
i cant picture her in h-wood...
personally, i dun like rani dat much..
shes over-rated :p
it seems shes a nice person in real life..
but who cares??!
im talkin bout her entertainin'-skills :p
simo
13-06-2005, 03:30 PM
aish has no entertainment, she does her same thing again and again, and she is compeltely white wash, i mean she wants to represent indians and did u guys see what she wore at the cannes last here, i mean even that murder gurl is doing it, that is the only reason why they are in hollywood cuz of exposing
*Red Angel*
14-06-2005, 01:52 AM
Ayyyaa.....don't argue with fans yaar. I guess everyones entitled to an opinion here's mine.......
I think Rani is a FAB actress, I mean she's done the most varied and difficult roles in Bollywood ever (apart from Madhuri). An example of that was 'Black', you have to give her credit for that, if there was any other actress I don't think they could have pulled it off like Rani did. It's her acting that's made her so popular.
Just my thoughts... ;)
simo
14-06-2005, 01:18 PM
i miss madhuri :( she was the best!!!!, yea i give rani credit for black i mean that is a hard role to play!!!
Cutiepie Rani
14-06-2005, 01:19 PM
yea madhuri's great 2....i talked 2 her sister couple days bak....she said madhuri waz so busy with her kids n all..
simo
14-06-2005, 01:20 PM
hehe awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that is true
trini
15-06-2005, 06:59 PM
madhuri was excellent actress..her smile def beauty!
Cutiepie Rani
15-06-2005, 08:17 PM
madhuri's jus one amazing actress.....luv her
simo
15-06-2005, 09:27 PM
yep she was GREAT!!!! hope to see her soon in films