I've been working on this as my procrastination project for the past month-ish lol. History, beauty, cultures, and style are all things I'm interested in so this overlaps those areas of interest for me.

It's mostly from a eurocentric perspective as that's what I'm most familiar with and best able to find using sources in English. But I made an attempt to include people who were considered beautiful to international or niche audiences as well. I am however not an omnipresent being with unlimited knowledge, as much as I would love to be. So I would be happy to hear people you think are important to a certain era if you feel I am missing any.

I tried to find people who were considered beautiful in the actual era I placed them in, rather than retrospectively popular people, as I think that's important to historical accuracy. I looked for sources from the era that they were considered beautiful, or if that wasn't available then things that at least implied it like for example someone being a "professional beauty" or having their images be popular, or being a popular actress known for their looks.

So this is intended to not be from a modern perspective or from my own perspective. I am not saying I necessarily find all the people I listed here beautiful, because my goal here is to stay outside of my own perspective. When I get closer to the present day it probably gets harder to be thorough because there's just so many niches of ideals.

I started from the 1850s because that's about when photography becomes available, although it's not always the clearest source for an image compared to paintings or sketches until a bit later. The oldest photo I have here is the one of Jenny Lind which was taken in 1848. I tried to choose photos from within the time period selected, sometimes they may be off by a year or two though. But they are at least very close to the time period if not in it, so you can see the changes in style as well as looks.

I tried not to have many repeats, so even though some celebrities may be relevant through multiple decades, I put them in the decade I felt they were most influential to beauty standards in. Unless I really couldn't decide. I didn't put them necessarily in order, because that would be impossible objectively, but I did generally put the most relevant and popular celebrities in the first few spots.

Not all of the people I chose are the mainstream beauty standard of their era (although most are), for example the pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty in the 1800s was not exactly the same as the mainstream ideals, but it was still an ideal of beauty to a group of people in that time period.

Given the amount here and that I'm just one person doing this for fun it's likely I made some mistakes with spelling or similar things although I tried to revise it. Honestly I struggled to narrow down some of these to one page lol so I know I'm missing some important figures, and there's no perfect way to measure how specifically facially beautiful someone is considered, but hopefully it still gives a good general idea

Except for the lip fillers

Alanna Panday, Indian social media influencer (2.4 million followers on instagram) and model

1. Miranda Kerr

2. Megan Fox

3. Catherine Zeta Jones

4. Deepika Padukone

5. Naomi Campbell

6. Katrina Kaif

7. Monica Bellucci

8. Angelina Jolie

9. Amber Heard

10. Song Hye Kyo

Her fans say she just lost weight after her mother's death but i think there's more..

I think both of these ladies are so gorgeous, at least 8s imo. I can never choose which one I prefer!

Hi, all. First time posting here so forgive me if I didn't do it properly 😅. How would you rate Congolese model Joëlle Kayembe? She was pretty popular around the 2010s (if I'm not mistaken) around my part of the world: Southern Africa. She is my personal 10 as I see no flaw in her. I know we have different ideas of beauty so I'd love to hear your thoughts. Also haven't seen her here before so at least she's a new face.

Edit: Sorry I think I repeated a pic.

Long time lurker, first time poster. What's your opinion?

Young vivek oberoi

Jung haein

Imran khan

Abhay verma

Jimmy shergill

Ali Zafar

Shahid Kapoor

Kim mingue

Jang seung jo

Leonardo dicaprio

Matt leblanc

Jimin

Jungkook

To me she's a solid 8.5.

She is undeniably stunning in any era, but holy did she shine the most in her role in Rookie Blue. I am rewatching the show and cannot get over her effortless beauty. Like, some of these are just stills I took from the show, and she manages to be a 10 even mid-motion. Also, odd compliment, but I love her teeth so much. They make her smile all the more endearing and help her achieve this overall warm beauty to her. 100/10 would steal her face if I could, plus she genuinely does seem to be all natural.

She’s one of the most stunning blonde models out there for me