Film
icon Audrey Hepburn has been deemed
the most naturally beautiful woman ever in a poll of beauty experts.
The diminutive star of Breakfast
at Tiffany's was chosen by beauty and fashion editors, make-up
artists, model agencies and photographers.
They had to choose their top 10 beautiful women from a list of
100 compiled by water company Evian.
US film star Liv Tyler and Australian actress Cate Blanchett
were voted second and third.
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie and the actress-turned-princess
Grace Kelly completed the top five, while Princess Diana was placed
12th.
The women were chosen for their "embodiment of natural beauty,
healthy living, beautiful on the inside and out, with great skin
and a natural glow to their personality,
as well as their complexion", experts said.
"Audrey Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty,"
said Elle beauty director Rosie Green.
"She has a rare charm and inner beauty that radiates when
she smiles. Her skin looks fresh in all her films and her personality
really shines through as someone warm and lively."
Hepburn was included in the top 10 by more than three-quarters
of the beauty experts surveyed.
Almost half of the icons placed in the number one spot by panel
members were brunettes, a third blondes, and about a fifth redheads.
Australia scored a hat-trick in
the top ten, with singer Natalie Imbruglia, Blanchett and model
Elle MacPherson appearing.
"People who are confident without a scrap
of make-up and look healthy, happy and glowing, seem like natural
beauties to me," Eleonore Crompton, of Heat magazine.
Top 10 most naturally beautiful women:
Audrey Hepburn
Liv Tyler
Cate Blanchett
Angelina Jolie
Grace Kelly
Natalie Imbruglia
Juliette Binoche
Halle Berry
Helena Christensen
Elle MacPherson
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-06-02 01:00