Today I signed onto AIM and stumbled upon this: http://dashboard.aim.com/aim/galleries/50-hottest-redheads?icid=aimDBPromoOne_1 . It is a list of the so-called "50 Hottest Redheads in Hollywood," with an anonymous author who I would suspect is a legally blind person.
Ignoring the previous 48 contenders before them, I scrolled onto #2 on the list, the lovely and incomparable Christina Hendricks who plays Joan Holloway on AMC's Mad Men. Below are some candids of her to prove her near-perfection:
Now, I was curious as to who could be #1. Nicole Kidman pre-botox, Kate Winslet circa Titanic or even Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element would have been debatable and interesting choices. Instead, I am greeted with a version of this:
Evan Rachel Wood, who first burst on the scene brilliantly in Thirteen and has since become famous for dating and breaking up with Marilyn Manson. I will give you that she was indeed beautiful in Thirteen and even Across the Universe, but she was blonde in both. Here, and in the photo the AIMers chose (which was more unflattering, check it out), she almost looks like a drag queen because she's wearing so much make up.
But maybe I'm wrong, and this is what the standard of Hollywood beauty now looks like. Give me your best argument that #1 is hotter than #2, and I will happily listen before dismissing the argument entirely on the basis of logic.
Images found via Google and Flickr.
Yes. You can't tell, but that dress shimmered like the star she is under the lights in the theater.
Melissa Leo, totally beautiful and age-appropriate.
Penelope Cruz, my favorite of the evening, in a dress that had such detail it belonged in a museum.
Melissa George, once again representing Alias to stunning perfection.
Evan Rachel Wood, understated and elegant.
SJP doing her best belted princess, with cleavage that came out of nowhere.
The Goddess we know as Sophia Loren, gracing the world with her presence. (She's 75).
