I’ve been wanting to write an entry about the Winter Olympics and how much I enjoyed watching snowboard cross and figure skating. Snowboard cross is without a doubt the most exciting event to see on TV, in large part due to my own fondness for snowboarding. From my own experience I could tell right away that it is also extremely dangerous. Even in the Olympics there were some horrible spills, with several athletes being carried off in stretchers. Then I saw this in yesterday’s news: “Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a snowboardcross run down.” The 26-year-old Olympian lost control when he was doing a jump. Even though he landed within the boundaries of the course and was wearing a helmet, the internal injuries caused by the fall were still lethal. It’s crazy enough to go down the slope at 30 to 40 miles per hour and pulling off crazy jumps, but to do it while bumping against 3 other people is just too extreme. Downhill events simply should not be made into contact sports.
Figure skating, even though it is getting more dangerous as well, is just an elegant sport to watch. It’s a shame that the Japanese girl beat out the more graceful Sasha Cohen and the more athletic Irina Slutskaya due to major mistakes made by the latter two. But that’s not why I spent so much time on this blog. If you did not watch ice dancing, then you missed out on seeing a woman whom I consider to be as close to physically perfect as any female can be: silver medalist Tanith Belbin.
To put my opinion of her into the proper perspective, below is my fantasy collection of female celebrities whom I believe to be the most beautiful and sexy. They're judged not just on physical appearances, but also on what I perceive their personalities to be.
Listed in no particular order after Jennifer Love Hewitt:
Kristin Kruek 
Natalie Portman 
Kelly Brook 
Samaire Armstrong 
Monica Bellucci 
Lee Hyori 
Rachel McAdams 
Eva Longoria 
Kate Beckinsale 
Beyonce 
Heidi 
Ayumi Hamasaki 
Elizabeth Hurley 
Alyssa Milano 
Cindy Crawford 
Cecilia Cheung 
And others who, while very pretty, lack that extra "umf" to be at the very top:
Halle Berry 
Charlize Theron 
Salma Hayek 
Jessica Alba 
Kournikova 
Sharapova 
Zhang Ziyi 
Adriana Lima 
Jessica Simpson 
(Did I leave out any other super babe?)
To me, if you combine the best features of Julia Roberts, Heather Graham, and Maria Menounos,
each a gorgeous woman in her own right, and have the product be greater than the sum of all its parts, you get the single most splendid beauty in the world:
To outshine all those other women is no small feat, to say the least. I thought no one could ever supplant Jennifer Love Hewitt as #1 on my list, until now. If I were Tanith Belbin and is getting paid less than, say 2 million dollars in endorsement this year, I would fire my agent right away.
Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder, in this case, yours truly. Looking at it "scientifically," because a few of her genes lined up in a certain sequence, she'll be making more money than 99.9% of the people can ever dream of. Even though genetics is a major factor for the development of any talent, this is a gift that she doesn't have to cultivate. From an economic standpoint, however, whatever she gets paid in money is far exceeded by the amount of utility she creates just by being in the public's view. Hell, I can't even put a dollar amount on how much personal enjoyment I'm getting out of seeing her. So it is "just" for her to earn that kind of money, even if it does not seem "fair."
11 comments:
Are you going to publish an RSS/Atom feed?
your new blog looks so festive. happy st pattys day!
ha, my background color just happens to be green
Yo rich, is there place for me to comment on your blog?
This be Daren
no arguments about your fine selection!!
Yeah dude, I spent a long time searching for the best pictures I could find for each of them. It was especially difficult locating a non-provactive picture for Kelly Brook, and this was the best I could do.
very entertaining (and accurate) post. my only suggestion: where is diane kruger? She's nowhere to be found! -apoorva
Diane Kruger? No way she's in the same league as these other women. She does have pretty good (though not stunningly so) looks, but I haven't seen much charisma emanating from her on-screen personality. I only saw plenty of lethargy in her eyes.
z how can you put that gaping fishmouth rachel mcadams in your top group but not salma hayek?
Mmmm, excellent taste. Never liked Ayumi though, large eyes are good and all, but hers just look freaky. And your post needs more Nicole Kidman.
Nope, no comments enabled on my site (for good reason) :)
But you definitely need to enable your RSS/Atom feed so us techie's can get updates from your blog! (There's an option in Blogger to enable it.)
You know, I did consider Nicole Kidman. Before she turned 30 I thought she was nothing special at all. Yet, she morphed from a duckling to a swan soon after her big divorce from Crazy Tom. Now I see her as one of the most elegant and classy beauties around. Still, I liken her to an exquisite painting - something you want to admire from afar, but not to be touched.
And what's wrong with a wide mouth? Many attractive women, including some of the other fine ladies here share the same feature. Plus, Rachel McAdams has a radiant on-screen personality.
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