Ode to Straight Noses - Part 7

More straight noses (reminders that if FFS doctors say you need to have a scooped nose to be beautiful, it is not true).

Jenna Elfman (she is  not beautiful straight on, but is picture perfect in profile)

Loretta Young (she was an actress long, long ago)

This is just a post card. I have no clue who the woman is but thought she had a pretty straight nose.

 

Just a random photo off the internet, but her profile is lovely.

Mischa Barton

 

Nicole Scherzinger. Too turned up for my tastes, but definitely straight.

Ode to Straight Noses - Part 6 (straight profiles by artists)

Since I usually post photos of people I thought I'd post something different. So here are profiles of beautiful women as portrayed by artists.

Charles Dana Gibson

This is Gibson Girl. She is gorgeous. I don't think she could be any more feminine. Feminine, but adult. Not child-like. Full lips, small mouth, beautifully shaped face, perfect nose, high cheekbones... She was the  personification of the ideal woman of his era, but I think she could be the ideal for an era with that bone structure.

Charles Dana Gibson's Gibson Girl

The Gibson Girl in profile (notice the straight nose)

Harrison Fisher

Harrison Fisher was an artist known for his illustrations of beautiful women. This is what the man did for a living. He drew beautiful women.

 

A very beautiful woman as drawn by the illustrator Harrison Fisher.

Another Harrison Fisher illustration (although this woman has a tiny bump on the bridge). Clearly beautiful though. Clearly feminine.

McClelland Barclay

He was another illustrator. I just thought I'd include this since it shows a comparison between a masculine and the feminine nose.

 

Feminine and masculine noses (both straight) by McClelland Barclay

Thutmose 

This is Nefertiti, as portrayed by an artist well over 3,300 years ago. It is believed that the sculptor is Thutmose. Anyway, Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen known for her beauty (as if this wasn't obvious).

Nefertiti - 3,300 year-old proof that straight noses have always been considered beautiful =)

Ode to Straight Noses - Part 5 (models only)

 Yes, more straight-bridged noses but this time they all belong to models.

The gorgeous Paulina Porizkova. I believe she was, hands down, the most beautiful of the '80s models.

Paulina in an Estee Lauder ad. Notice the straight nose.

More of the extraordinarily beautiful Paulina

The beautifully feminine Monica Bellucci - She started modeling at 13, although that doesn't necessarily mean she's good looking. Runway models are often odd looking or masculine. But Monica is clearly NOT one of them.

More Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci in profile

As usual I have to mention that if she visited FFS doctors, many would suggest surgery to correct her profile to make it more scooped and pig-like. But in my opinion, if beauty means being able to see up a person's nostrils while viewing her straight on, give me ugliness =)

Heidi Klum won her first modeling competition, against nearly 25,000 other contestants, with a classic, straight, non-piggish nose.

Ode to Straight Noses - Part 4

Yes, more straight noses.... If your FFS doctor tries to convince you that in order to pass or be beautiful, your nose needs to have a scooped bridge and be turned up like a pig snout (ok, my words, not theirs), remember these lovely women and their straight noses.

Rita Hayworth

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Rita Hayworth

It's also worth mentioning that this hairline on Rita Hayworth is not natural. It was created through electrolysis. Her original hairline was lower in the corners. So in order to make her more attractive they gave her a hairline that FFS doctors would consider more masculine, but it worked.

Lucille Ball (She started out as a model and showgirl before doing comedy)

More Lucille Ball

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alicia Keys' great profile (she may look even better than she does from the front) and perfectly straight nose

 

Liv Tyler and her straight nose

Ode to Straight Noses - Part 3

For your viewing pleasure, more non-scooped noses...

Rudolf Valentino (feel free to ignore his nose) and Natacha Rambova (who has a lovely jawline, that is both defined and feminine, to go with her great profile)

Carole Lombard's perfectly straight nose (although I can't say much for her jaw line)

Joan Crawford close-up by George Hurrell (the man's nose has a little bump, but hers is great)

More Joan Crawford

Ursula Andress

Keira Knightley (Her nose is turned up, but straight. Also, I know she's had rhinoplasty but don't know what her original profile was or if it was changed at all.)

Until later...

Ode to Straight Noses - Part 2

In an earlier post I asked why the world of FFS is gaga about scooped noses when this concept (scooped is the ideal) only seems to exist among FFS doctors and their patients. So here are more examples of straight noses.

Elizabeth Taylor

Louise Brooks (I know, not the normal profile shot but I just happened to come across it on accident)

Audrey Hepburn (Not classically straight, but definitely not scooped either. More convex, actually.)

 Also, you might be asking... where are all the scooped noses? I have photographs of beautiful profiles on famous women, but why am I leaving out the scooped ones? Well, like I've mentioned before... scooped notices are, historically, not considered an attractive feature. That is why Angelina Jolie had hers fixed. But to be fair, I've included one. Julie Andrews' nose is scooped. Granted, she did not accomplish what she has by her looks. But I've included her still.. And I straightened her nose a bit while I was at it.

Julie Andrews (The 'before' shot is her natural nose... the 'after' shot is my doing. Which looks better?)

Ode to Straight Noses

So I'm always hearing from within the trans community how women want scooped noses. It's, apparently, the be-all and the end-all of noses. Why? I've NO idea. I happen to dislike them and find them ridiculous on a 6 footer.

So in honor of straightness... here is my ode to beautiful women with beautifully straight noses (which is the norm, actually). And if anyone has any idea WHY the transsexual community is gaga about scooped noses, do tell.

Let's start with Angelina Jolie, who had her scooped nose fixed to make her beautiful.

Angelina Jolie, before and after nose surgery

Catherine Deneuve - Upturned but straight as an arrow

Ava Gardner

Natalie Portman

Lauren Bacall

More to come...