Ladies: Beauty of Powerful Women
 

What grabs your attention when you see a woman of power? Is it her eyecolor, her physique, her makeup, clothing choices, hair? Does one ruler grab your attention? Have you found a way to feel more powerful in your life through beauty? Have you seen a woman in power who was not beautiful?


A few fun things you can do with this thread:
Share images of our world's powerful women: heads of state, policy-makers, leading scientists, or historical figures.
Share your impression of their beauty, be it internal or external.
Share personal empowering experiences dealing with beauty

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It's difficult to ignore the beauty of Ukraine's prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Not only is she beautiful, but she is highly educated. She holds a Ph.D in Economics and had a successful career in the oil industry along with her relative success in politics.

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Amelia Earhart...powerful, beautiful, strong minded, and at home in a male dominated occupation...so focused and ahead of her time. I''v always found her life story fascinating. I think what appeals to me most is her sense of adventure and braveness. The fact that she is a natural beauty has no bearing on her position of power, in my mind, but she sure was a looker!

I may have an unconventional view of beauty...I truly have not seen many people who I though were truly ugly to look at. More often it's a persons personality that can make them ugly.

Are you asking about power in the political or economic sense, or just celebrity, style, or fame?
This sounds like celebrity, fashion, style, fame.
Everyone has a different idea of what makes beauty, but when I was a dancer, I found that men would prefer tits over eyeshadow and mascara...oh... let's see, about 999 times out of a thousand.:) Oh my, let me count the ways:
Hillary
Margaret Thatcher
Czarina Catharine the Great
Eleanor Roosevelt
Indira Ghandi
Golda Meir
Queen Victoria
Madeleine Albright
Susan B. Anthony
(but really, what kind of question is that?)

Ms. Tymoshenko is a classic beauty --high cheekbones, long, thick blonde hair, great smile. She's beautiful, but she's also not distractingly sexy, and doesn't try to be. And she got her position on her own, not on somebody's coattails. How much do you think she'd let a Bill Clinton get away with?

Amelia Earhart is compellingly beautiful! I have seen photos of her that I just couldn't take my eyes off of. I could look at her for hours! Same with Katharine Hepburn. And, unconventionally beautiful, singer/poet, Patti Smith.
Strangely, I think that Amelia Earhart bears somewhat of a resemblance to her contemporary and rival, Charles Lindbergh. (no relation;) )

Lindy

Susan B. Anthony simply didn't age well:
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Young Susan B.
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Political & economic power frequently meets with beauty.

I see the way they gaze or look at people; if it's cool, curious, inviting. I find that tells a lot about a person.