The true beauties have a few things is common, the most important being natural, meaning no surgical enhancements, you age well and you look good without makeup and in person and your beauty is universally accepted.
Top-5: (not in order)
Grace Kelly - Pretty much a perfect 10 in every category used to define beauty…there shouldn’t be a lot of debate with this one.
Halle Berry - A perfect blend of European and African features; no paparazzi have ever captured a bad picture of her, that includes walking her dog and even pregnant.
Christie Brinkley - The quintessential blonde-haired, blue-eyed all-American beauty; 3 consecutive SI Swimsuit Issue covers, 25 years as the face of CoverGirl, she has appeared on over 500 magazine covers and has appeared on numerous most beautiful women lists as far back as the late 1970s.
Cindy Crawford - With a slight more Mediterranean look, she broke stranglehold the blonde-haired, blue-eyed women had on the modeling industry. And like Brinkley, Crawford has appeared on numerous most beautiful women lists.
Elizabeth Taylor - A unique, exotic and exceptional beauty, classic Anglo face structure, but with thick eye brows, black hair and aqua blue eyes.
Honorable mention:
Natalie Wood
Elle Macpherson
Nicole Scherzinger
Audrey Hepburn
Monica Bellucci
Beautiful but overrated:
Aishwarya Rai - Had work done at an early age, average body, not aging well, not even top-5 among Bollywood actresses. Aishwarya unique eyes, slightly European features and tons of promotion made her stand out.
Heidi Klum - Exceptional body, slightly less than exceptional face.
Megan Fox - Not uniquely beautiful, her look is too common and is only a few notches above the cute girl working at the shopping mall and her visible tattoo is distracting.
Marilyn Monroe - Bleached hair, always made up and plastic surgery at a young age.
Tyra Banks - Exceptional body, extremely photogenic, but not nearly as attractive without makeup and in person.