It’s official. I have been passed over, yet again, for Sexiest Woman Alive. Most likely because Esquire magazine did not get the video submission of me in time for the voting deadline. I am disappointed, of course, as this is a meaningful and auspicious award and would look good on my resume. However, I will keep both my chins up and move on knowing that I must have some other God given talents I could offer the world even though being the sexiest woman alive is, arguably, the most important.
I could focus on being a good friend, mother, daughter, person, sister, whatever… but no – the disappointment of not being chosen as The Sexiest is surely to ruin my day.
What good is it if I am a good person if I am not the most sexy as well?
What good is it if I am a good friend or colleague if I am not also one Hot Mama?
The goal, of course, is to land on the front cover of Esquire or Cosmo or Vogue, or some other fabulous magazine that really captures the essence of what it is to be an American woman these days.
My mother, who raised and educated nine children, who made sure we all had the opportunity to travel the world, who made sure we were raised with character, morals, and a good dose of humor, who made sure we grew up with gratitude for what we had, and thankful for the good people in our lives, and who also was passed over for the Sexiest Woman Alive award in the early 60′s, was able to rise above and carry on and live a meaningful and rich and rewarding life filled with friends and family and laughter.
I will follow her example and rise above the disappointment of the day and focus on the little things that may not land me on the cover of a magazine but that I know will land me square in the middle of the hearts of the people I love.
maybe next year…lets go for that goal
Thank you, Sue! I am sure next year will be my year!
Great post!
Thank you, Katie!
Holy Mother of The Burning Bush! You are sharp. Great entry!
Gracias Oh August One!
Thank you for writing this article.Seldom do I find somebody to write with such truth, simplicity and honesty.Today society focuses on the superficial looks, on the outer of the person and forgets the importance of the qualities and character that really makes a person an exceptional human being. There are many titles that may help me in life to succeed to be respected, but I somehow don’t think the “sexiest woman alive” puts women in a good light. it certainly shows women as sex objects and as desired and wanted in the eyes of many man. I would like to think of my self as more than an object for men’s desires. And If I’m to give the title the Sexiest woman alive to any person it would be to a hard working mother, to a person who has stayed strong, a person who has had courage, compassion and love for others, a person who has sacrificed for the well being of others. Your mom who raised 9 children is a woman who deserves such title, but that title wouldn’t do the justice she deserves, since raising nine children is a very difficult and courageous task and not for the faint of heart. Know that you are beautiful in every way with a Title or without. Our worth comes from who we are and how we treat others, what we do every day not from a Title.
Hello Renata. Thanks for speaking with clarity and honesty. I like the sentiment being expressed.
Nadeja: I think you miss the point of the “Sexiest [Insert Gender] Alive” articles, or whatever they are called. They having nothing to do with ordinary people. It is never Anne Lewinski from Irvine, CA, or Steve White from Orlando; these are all celebrities being… celebrated.
I agree, sexy in this instance seems to refer to a kind of airbrushed physicality that I’ve never found viscerally appealing. I’ve always found the type of images seen in the example photos to be almost abstract and distant. But it makes for easy packaging.
Here’s a news flash: women are sometimes desired by men for sex. Let’s hope this never goes away, assuming we want the species to continue. Women objectify men as well: sometimes for money and position and sometimes for looks. This is, at some level, our genes at work. How they expressed through culture is not always pretty however (foot binding in Asia, for example).
That will never go away, and in fact, it has always been. Every generation believes that their’s is the worst. Perhaps we are right in some cases. I’ve recently become conscious of sickness and disease in a way that I never had even with my mother: my wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer. I ask “why is this happening so often. what is going on? Has it always been like this?” Without hard facts, I feel that these occurrences of illness are more recent and speak to our ecosystem being upset.
At any rate, it is in our nature to worship, to put others above us. You want values to change (for everyone, I am guessing) so that people see the essential person. Was this more the case 50 or 60 years ago? But then, we hadn’t the benefits of the Sexual Revolution. Go back even further, and there isn’t effective contraception. I have an aunt who idealizes the 50s. My reply was “what about Segregation?” It’s early, I’m not properly articulating my point. At any rate.
Hi Variableapple – Thanks for reading and sharing.
Hello Renata
You’re welcome. I think I am subscribed now to your blog, I plan on following you. I like the idea of being a freelance writer — I would like to do this myself. So now I have another touchstone, a reminder that there is someone out there, a real person, living the life!
I can’t leave this alone. I did a bad job articulating the points. Speaking again to Nadeja: What I am trying to say is that I don’t believe there is a golden era where people related to one another inter-personally in such a way that we all saw past the outer and somehow got to the good and essential, the soul or spirit. We’re all born, we die, and in the meantime, some of us capture wisdom *and* act on it. Some of us get to the authentic, real life, and are probably happier and more fulfilled for it.
The problem now, at this time, is that media and marketing are pervasive. People have always been told what is beautiful, but now we are hearing it and seeing it everywhere and at all times. So it makes it harder to hear our spirit over the sounds of the animal, our mundane selves. It makes it a little harder to see someone in real life, see past an idealized, and essentially fake model of a person (not model as a profession), and appreciate their individuality. It happens though.
Nadejda, your photograph is nice. The pose would be considered enticing. I noticed that your personal icon/avatar isn’t a photo of you just waking up at 5:13AM on a Monday (likely bleary-eyed, hair less than perfect). I would guess that on some level, physicality is important to you, you care about how people see you. This *is* a function of society to some extent, but I think there’s a biological basis as well. Are you objectifying yourself? Why not replace your current photo with one that doesn’t compliment you? Or perhaps go for something like an abstract geometric shape. As for magazines, television, movies, advertisements: they must show all women in modest poses, wearing the following approved items: ankle-length dress, nothing form fitting, and no swooping neck line, flat shoes, minimal or no makeup — all red-hued tones are forbidden. Also, hair styles must be conservative. Head-scarves are optional, but strongly encouraged.
I think the answer is sometimes a little deeper. I think as people, men and women, we all have a tendency to drawn by the superficial. We may be being of pure light and energy, but boy, we sure love chocolate!
Yes, it may be harder now to get to a place that is ‘real’, but at the same time, there are so many more positive things to go with the negative — that we can even have discussions like this hundreds and thousands of miles away from one another.
Rats. I missed the submission deadline. It’s a lot of work to look this sexy. I have to wear my sweatpants at least four days straight to pull off this look.
Better luck next year. I’m sure they’ll pick you!
Yes! Sweatpants! What could be sexier!? Thanks for reading and supporting my bid to SWA!!
Thank you for verbalizing what so many smart women have felt about such magazines. On a side note, is it any wonder that young girls are being sexualized so fast in today’s society?? One look at the provocative poses of the women on these mags says it all.
Congrats on being FP! Well deserved!
Thank you! You know what I realized after getting married? I realized that I would never again get to snore privately.
My husband informed me of the very same thing!
Lol! I saw that Sexiest headline today and, though the jist (gist? gyst?) of my opinion resembled yours, my thoughts were piled in a jumbled-up, unsexy lump. SO well articulated. Thank you for sharing and, of course, congrats!
Thank you June. I love the gist of your response!
Take it as a compliment! Maybe it’s just me, but the women chosen for these types of awards don’t ever do a thing for me.
Me neither…
who knows next year might be your lucky year. being sexy is over rated, in our country we need more hard working individuals like yourself rather than the next top model. We have shows for that.
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I love it!!! I’ll follow your footsteps and stop wallowing in my own self pity at the injustice not receiving the Sexiest Woman title… and instead continue to focus on the other things in my life.
Good plan! If cars are sexy, software is sexy, clothing is sexy, food is sexy, phones are sexy…. what is sexy????
Great post! I really enjoyed it!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! Hope to write at least one other good post in this lifetime!
Great post and fantastically written. Good luck with next year’s submission
p.s. Congrats on being freshly pressed – at least you’re on the cover of WordPress!
Which is probably read by more people.
YES! This is a cover I can be proud of! Thank you! (And I got to keep my clothes on!)
Hah! Next year’s submission will be on time! Sending it in as I type…..
Liked the candid post. Congrats on FP!
Thank you!
Brilliant! I will have my daughters read this when they get home from school. I am certain that their disappointment at my having also missed this honor will only be banished by my super duper tacos for dinner. We will prevail. Onward and upward.
You make those super duper tacos and then you make yourself a tiara in appreciation for those super duper tacos! I will send you craft paper and Elmers glue if you need it…. (no – not for the tacos – for the tiara of appreciation….)
this was fabulous. thank you for being infinitely sexier with your humor and grace than any of those magazine cover women could ever hope to be in their teensy weensy outfits.
OMG I think I love you.
You sexy thing, you.
Yes I am, Your Royal Highness! Right back at ya!
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Though few can argue that Mila is not only the sexiest, but one of the funniest, women alive, the sarcastic insight of this post was fantastic and I enjoyed reading it.
Thank you! Am working on my funny as well as my sexy in order to compete…
What a wonderful post and ridiculous “award”. Isn’t beauty and sexiness in the eye of the beholder?
What is the criteria for this award anyway?
We all see men and women in our ever day lives who fit the bill for this award.
Great post. Thanks.
Mark
http://www.minimalistlifestyle.wordpress.com
You are welcome and thank you!
Spot on… thank you for writing and I am so happy the editors of Word Press decided to put you on their cover. Congratulations!
Thank you for your kind words! Am so glad I am not alone in the wilderness thinking these things!
Being a featured blog on wordpress > sexiest woman alive in my book!!!
Woo hoo!!! Thanks Rachel!! Pretty fun! You are next!! Everyone go look at Rachel’s blog “Full of Self” – You will LOVE it!
Haha thanks Renata!
Very clever post. Unfortunately in our increasingly vapid society, a woman’s value in the eyes of many men (and women) is determined by her appearance. How very sad indeed.
Indeed – and because I am so gorgeous I decided not to post my picture along with the post as it may have been to distracting for the reader…
Good plan!
Haha! Yes, what Dounia said ! Sexiest Woman on WordPress! Whoo Hoo !! I loved this, not so long ago I tried to write a post about how looks don’t matter….it was so hard to articulate what I felt. Priorities ! Congrats.
Thank you! Glad you had a good laugh!
I love this wow Great write up
brought a smile to my face
Thank you for reading and for sharing the smile!
you are a great writer now im excitedly (if thats a word )following your blog
Excitedly is a word! And so is this “word” I have added to the dictionary: Sticky uppie (as in my hair is stickie uppie today). Thanks for following the silliness!
lol my pleasure
My wife was also passed over, shame really because she is number to me. Smart, beautiful and real. Good stuff, thanks for the read.
Thanks for reading the blog and for sharing about your wonderful wife!
The sexiest woman alive is of course married to me: http://andreasmoser.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/am-cornwall-bunker.jpg
Yes! That’s the spirit! She is a lucky woman!
I am much luckier.
To me Mila was the sexiest woman alive when I was a teenager about a decade ago. That was when I thought she was hot. These days, I’ve switched loyalties. If I can’t trust her, it doesn’t matter if she looks like Ms. Kunis.
Everyone needs priorities. Black, white, sexy or not sexy. Not just the sexy!
You can try next year, again, that is, I’m hoping to be in the finalist list at least.
Well, perhaps I could win something if they had a “miss not really sexy but so very nice and helpful if you ever need a ride somewhere” competition!
I wish more people thought the same way. . .
More people SHOULD think like I do! I also think we should have a monthly Ice Cream day where you are allowed to skip work / school etc and just eat ice cream for the day.
That, too, is a very good idea!
It’s morning here; what a happy way to start my day–reading your post.Thanks for the humor. Well, there’s always next year and maybe you can just alter a magazine cover online and post your own version of the Sexiest Woman Alive on Facebook. It may even beat the magazine’s circulation record. All the best!
YES! That is what I must do! I will create a new Magazine, featuring ME, and I will call it – Sexiest Woman Alive That Lives in This House!
as a young lady in this society I totally agree with this entry. I feel like we live in an age where we need to be an independent working woman and feel responsible for ourselves, but also need to be sexy enough to be attractive for an equally attractive guy… and many times, we are lost as to what to prioritize first.
hmmm…. perhaps you can’t go wrong if you prioritize wisdom….
You are too funny! LOL, I like your idea of starting your own magazine called “Sexiest Woman Alive That Lives in This House!”
I must admit though, I do have a girl crush on Mila Kunis… I even name my cat after her… Yeah, not too weird I hope.
hah! See, now if you had a dog, you could never name him or her Mila. Or a goldfish. But a cat, yes. Mila the cat is perfect.
Her parents must be so proud. Looking at my girls, I can’t wait until they sufficiently mature to be considered. It’s every mother’s dream, right?. As for me? I took myself out of the running. It’s not fair to all the other women in the world, especially the young women who need a chance to compete– it’s not fair for them to have to go up against vintage sexy; we’ve been doing it longer. I also took myself out of mother-of-the-year category because somehow I feel there is a conflict. I would, however, like to be considered to be on the judging panel for the Sexiest Man Alive. I would also like Nobel Prize. Or a cookie.
I LOVE your term “vintage sexy” that is now in my lexicon! As for your choices… choose the cookie. More satisfying…
Loved it! Thanks for the smile! I would love to see someone make a magazine called “Sexiest REAL women alive” where we are judged in numerous categories.
On a side note, these photos are certainly not the best I have seen of these ladies. Mila looks kinda like she has been on a bender and lost her shirt… HUGE panda eyes. Keira… well to be honest resembles a malnourished pregnant lady. The third picture has been wrecked by photoshopping… HUGE man shoulders that look crazy with her hips and waist. Also, I think she should have stopped by the hairdresser to get that regrowth attended to.
I love man shoulders on a woman!
When you’re busy with life, being sexy is just well…being aware of yourself and one’s own possiblities.
And, knowing how to eat a cider donut without making a mess….
Sexy and you know it, right? It’s more than a tight bum gracing the cover of any mag, it’s about what really matters most. Thanks for the reminder that being sexy is more than just a cover, it’s a lifestyle; how we act, carry ourselves, the exmples we set and the good people we are each and every day. Congrats on FP! Great post!
Thank you! And thank you for reading!
You know, the last time I saw someone sucking their finger like that I think it was one of the inmates in “Girl Interrupted.” Either that or she’s so smart that she has to stick her finger in her mouth to keep her brain from drooping down and shutting off her airway.
Or, she could be a Nobel candidate for economics by demonstrating a economic efficiency model. It’s so efficient, she initiates her next purging episode DURING one photo shoot to get ready for the waif session in the afternoon.
It seems like these magazines are determined to condition the former human race of men to become lurching undead moaning and desiring flesh while pumped up on some kind of embalming fluid called Up-Til-Yer-Dead (New! Fortified with Omega 3′s and Vitamin C).
What motive do marketing people have to motivate so many young magazine readers to forget what it is to be a loving human being with integrated, balanced qualities and faculties who loves others just the way you’ve described in your well written blog post?
Great job by the way, and thanks for keeping the traditions of quality human being and existence alive.
Love YOUR writing: “… to forget what it is to be a loving human being with integrated, balanced qualities…” Love it. Thank you!
This is wonderful. I’m sad that they passed over me too…oh well..maybe next year?
Yes.. there is always next year!
Awesome post! FYI..sexy is in the “mind” of the beholder and there is nothing sexier than intelligence and confidence. You get the award in my book…and frankly so do some of the other commenters to your post. Great work
Thank you! And just checked out your blog.. love it. Glad I visited!
I appreciate that! Thanks
Damn me too! How come?
Seriously though, funny how ‘sexy’ is defined by magazines, seems very out of kilter with what real men think is sexy, like intelligence and humour and kindness and ability to love – well thats my experience of what real men find sexy – not the 14 year olds who read those types of magazines
Real men also like it when I make steak and my famous mashed potatoes for dinner..
Hey, your mom sounds like my mom! I don’t think the regime in the 70′s in Portugal would have allowed for a sexiest woman award… but if it did, she would have stood a chance!
Hahaha, I love this!
It´s like when people are asked to list their best assets and go; my eyes, my ass etc. Honey if those are your best assets then I´m afraid you´re in trouble! The only body part I would accept as an asset would be the brain. That is my best asset!
Yes! I am a big fan of the brain! Where would we be without the brain????
Thank you for writing this. Sure made me chuckle
You are welcome! Thanks for reading and glad you got a laugh!
What the most people forget is that being sexy is not (just) about the looks. As a man, I take into account the attitude, the lady’s way of expressing herself, the mystery behind what she’s trying to communicate, colors of her clothing, the way she moves and not the last, of course, the sarcasm and her power to reject my advances.
I believe the sexiest woman in the World is what each individual likes the most. As for example, I was 17 and I was totally in love with the girl at the cell phone shop in my neighborhood. She was amazing, very quiet, intelligent, always listening to what customers had to say, ready to help, keeping eye contact all the time. She was selling approx. 80-100 phone/day and most of them on contract.
I only talked once to her, I was 17, she was around 25-27, she was not in my league, and yet, I didn’t felt like she’s treating me in a different manner than she was treating older male clients.
For short: she was kind, beautiful in her way, smart, responsive, a lovely presence no matter if she was doing the dishes or presenting the Oscars. That’s just my two cents on what I call sexy. What makes you sexy is the sum of all your abilities and features both physical and moral. Any lady in this world is considered sexy by at least one man.
What Media throws at us is commercial, in real life you can compliment some super model, in real life you make compliments to the girl next door or to a lady you see in the street, someone you meet at a party, at work and so on.
Being sexy is being yourself. Hell yeah, I feel so sexy
Great, inspiring post!
Thank you so much!
You hit the nail on the head. Whereas there is a time to appreciate beauty, life is not just about looks. Congrats on being freshly pressed.
I FEEL freshly pressed! Thank you!
LOL…. two chins up!!!
Your post made me laugh. We are indeed a very self-centred society and we’re failing to see the importance of our everyday actions but focus on imagery to tell us what we should do or care about.
I am proud of both of my chins. Thanks for reading!
“I will keep both my chins up” – LOL,
Thanks for reading!
This is a lovely honest little post! Oh, and if you’re not a good friend, mother, daughter, person, sister, or whatever, you’ll just have to try and be extra sexy next year
Extra sexy is asking a lot after all the sexiness I expended with my first attempt to win the cover! I’m already exhausted from being as sexy as I am….
I bet you’ve won the “Most Fabulous” award, though? ‘Cause this is just fabulous. Congratulations on being freshly pressed!
Thank you! I accept the Most Fabulous Award on my behalf! I must share it, however, with all you Fabulous people on the interwebs who are reading my blog!
Great post. Freshly pressed….congrats!
And your writing is like gravity.
Keep blogging!
Cheers!
Thank you so much! Cheers to you as well!
Nice post, hope you got the award next time.
I think I have a good chance.. I’m going to hang outside the Esquire magazine headquarters with my shirt off whilst leaning on the front door.
Why not? Nothing is impossible right?
I was passed over in the 80s — actually I hate the term “sexiest”– it seems so low brow and not much of an aspiration – this was an excellent post and you delved below superficiality to what really matters
Such a good post!
Thank you so very much!
We should totally have “the most awesome woman of the year” awards. That way, I can finally eat my cupcakes in peace.
Eat those cupcakes! And have a slice o’ pie while you’re at it!
Being good and alturistic should be of some note too, but I guess we live in a different time where these things don’t sell and my experience not what others are looking for.
Goodness and altruism do count. And always will. And, at some point, my sexiness will prevail!!
Unfortunately, we live in a world that worships celebrities. All people want to do now is appear on a reality show and become an instant celebrity. I don’t have children yet, but I’m well aware it’s our responsibility to make sure they get their priorities straight.
Great post!
I worship a really good tuna sandwich with extra mayo, capers, on whole wheat with a dill pickle on the side and some good old fashioned salty potato chips. THAT is a worship worthy meal!
My husband thinks I have this title, and that works fine and well with me (he doesn’t get out much). Congrats on FP!
Your husband is very sexy! Good for you both!
OH NO!!! I didn’t even NOTICE that I was passed up again. I need to have my people better trained to watch these things so that they can tell me when I fail as a human. Ugh.
I’m with you…I’ll take my spot in people’s hearts over my spot on a newsstand shelf. Great post!
Thank you! And, you did not fail.. They did.
I love this post. I love this blog. Congrats on a much better level of award!
Yes, I do feel like a winner today after being Freshly Pressed! Thanks so much!
It’s hard to talk about these issues without the use of sarcasm – and you’ve managed to call attention to a topic in a way that’s tasteful and articulate. I rolled by eyes at this ‘story’ when it came out. I know people will say that our society is obsessed with beauty because human beings like beautiful things – and that may be true – but you hit the nail on the head: it’s about priorities. Bravo!
Grazie!
I love this!
And I love the fact that you took the time to read and comment – thanks so much!
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Great Post Renata, please believe that you are worth more than that inaccurate fickle title that changes every year from country to country and bears no importance or meaning to anyone other than the makers of the magazine.
I wish I really did have a title – I would choose Duchess of Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.
LOL!
Great post. I not only laughed at the humor in your post but I also, once again, questioned who decides the world’s sexiest woman alive, or the best picture, actor actress, best actor for the Academy Awards, the Noble Peace Prize in literature, the Pulitzer, etc.?
Do these people really represent more than seven billion people that live on the Earth?
Well… I wanted to decide on who it would be and I would have chosen ME however, I was unable to reach the Esquire Sexiest Woman Alive Judging Panel as they had already been dismissed from Middle School. Thanks for reading!
Being the sexiest woman isn’t at all important but too many people seem to think it is. Girls grow up thinking they have to look a certain way and that just isn’t case. We should all concentrate on other things. Great Post!
I am going to concentrate on spelling your blog name correctly lovesandhatesofagrumpyyoungwoman! Thank you for reading and commenting. PS – I ADORE Ewan McGregor….
Haha I must admit the name is quite long and complicated!
You’ve sure got your priorities straight! We need more young ladies like you to speak out. Great post and congratulations on being Freshly Pressed.
Great post! I’ve been preoccupied with the perception of beauty and success lately. I have an 11 year old daughter who thinks being famous is a desirable goal for her future. It’s very hard to explain to her (in a way that won’t make her shut me down) that success and being famous is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
I’d really like to know what makes one pretty chick out of all the ones in the world (non celebrity and celebrity alike), the “sexiest.” Man, these magazine editors (and I guess like half of America) are lame….
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Thank you!
I hear where you are coming from, and I don’t disagree at all, but a lot of people go too far to the extreme. Mila Kunis, for example, is an intelligent and charitable young woman. Posing half nude on the cover of Esquire just happens to be part of her job. Don’t know why people feel the need to look down on her and others for it, as if that’s all there is to them as people, thinkers, women, etc.
Zachbissett – thank you for reading. I can’t and don’t look down on anyone who wishes to pose nude or even half nude. The human body is a beautiful thing! I do disagree that it is “part of her job” as there are actresses who have not disrobed during their careers and have not suffered. I just disagree with the “Sexiest Woman Alive” stuff. It is all so silly really. Especially since I did not win…
I am shooting for looking like the Sexiest Bowl of Strawberry Jello award. Nominate me, please, because as you know…everyone love Jello.
I have nominated you and voted for you! I love Jello!
This just made my day! You’re absolutely stunning—I’m sure of it!
You are correct!
Thanks for reading!
You get one vote from me if that counts for anything
Yes! Here in America every vote counts! My tally has now reached TWO! (You, and of course, I did vote for myself…)
If only I were as sexy as her.
Now now.. it’s not a competition… oh, wait…
After reading your post I have come to the conclusion that you are, perhaps, the sexiest woman alive.
Well, see…!?!?!? That’s all I’m sayin’!!!!
Renata, as often as I secretly mourn the loss of my 16 yr old body that somehow became my 43 yr old mother-of-four-body; I must admit there’s something inherently sexy in having come through all the crap that accompanies raising a large brood of children to adulthood. I may not particularly like my stretch marks, but by George I earned ‘em… And my husband sure doesn’t complain about ‘em!
Wonderful piece! I enjoyed your frank, fresh perspective & wish little Mila could give it a read!!
Carlene
Carlene – You are awesome. I can hear it in your writing. What could be more amazing than being the mother of four? Yeah Mama! That is beautiful and hard work and inspiring and tiring! You and your husband are one sexy couple!
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This says a lot about what matters and what today’s society unfortunately focuses on
Thanks for the reblog!
Why aren’t there any Best Personality of the Year awards? I wouldn’t win that either but at least losing that wouldn’t make me cry into a tub of ice cream while criticizing the sexiest women and saying things like, “She’s not even that pretty; she’s bow-legged for god’s sake!”
Amy – you can not cry into a tub of ice cream!!! That forms ice crystals and makes the ice cream inedible. Please cry AWAY from the tub…
lots of comments down the page, and you still can be seen commenting, and still maintain the “relative sexiness”
quite rare that,… your mother must had been really sexy… now make that three votes.
Three votes! I am sure I at least tied in the voting count with Mila!
Oh, thank you!! My FAV line, “However, I will keep both my chins up and move on knowing that I must have some other God given talents I could offer the world even though being the sexiest woman alive is, arguably, the most important.” Great blog!!
Thank you for candy coating my reality this evening!
You had me rolling on the floor laughing! Great post, thank you! I would love for you to visit mine and get your opinion as well. Oh, and we always have next year’s shot at Esquire right? LOL
Glad to give you a laugh! Thanks for reading- Esquire 2013 here we come!
Well put! Thank you. I love your sexy mind!
That is the best compliment EVER! Thank you!
I don’t think Mila Kunis is the sexiest woman alive. She’s stick thin and she’s not WOMANLY enough. She reminds me of a bug,actually. If i could name a sexy woman it would be Monica Bellucci or Bridget Bardot.
Sexy is in the eye of the beholder – definitely.
I laughed along with your post, but might I point out that it might be more, mmm “relative” if you were actually a celebrity (i.e., someone who would be a “contender” because they’re famous, since unfortunately us plebians don’t get to register) who was actually miffed about it? Actually, I would love to see a celebrity who is not that “attractive” (as the term goes) write something like this, but I doubt they’d ever would, although it would be a great F-U to the entertainment industry !
Yes, but I am a celebrity… amongst my people. ( I have about 6 people).
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Funniest thing I’ve read all week! Thanks for the laugh! Needed some inspiration to get on the blogmobile again…
Well, thank you! I find that when my blogmobile is running out of gas, it helps to eat 4 cider donuts, then turn on the radio and dance a bit around the kitchen. After that a good nap sets things just right and after my sugar, exercise, and rest, I am able to write complete sentences again!
Well said, girl.
Thank you Red Toenails! I recommend “Vampire State Building” as an optional color for your toe nails if you are ever so inclined…
LOL! Will do!!
Always dissapointed but never too surprised that the women’s/gossip mags are virtually as mysogynistic & shallow as those for men but just go about it in a more judgemental, appearance-obsessed manner i.e. articles on cosmetics/clothes/shoes and photoshoped cauasian-ified cover starlets.
Your post makes an important point humourously executed.
You are absolutely correct in mentioning that men receive the same objectifying treatment. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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thank you so much!
aha this is amazing!!!
glad you got a laugh!
Being comfortable in our own skin radiates confidence and Sexiness. That’s the sexiest one can ever get
Being comfortable in our own skin radiates confidence and sexiness. That’s the ultimate award for real sexiness
Amen!
I think you should call for a re-count – as I am not entirely sure everyone received the ballot papers to cast their votes, let alone the invitation to every woman on the planet (alive) to submit their entry form.
I mean, what were the criteria for being nominated anyway? Was there a category that would include those with keen intelligence or humanity?
Oh well – perhaps things will change when the lifeforms on other planets start sending their entries for Miss & Mr Universe.
Great post!
I SHOULD ask for a recount! I am sure there are some hanging chads on many of the ballots yet uncounted in Florida!
That’s what I’m saying, Mark! Apparently, only mags like Maxim and Esquire have the “qualifications” to decide who is sexy…
Reblogged this on milvavonakan and commented:
Came across this post, thaught it was very well written with a little dose of humour and of course getting the point across very well. Enjoy!! See you next wednesday
Thank you so much! Not sure how I missed these replies for so long but thanks for commenting and reading!
Cool.. really cool!! You are amazing Renata!
Good Job… I can’t wait to read what you will write next year.
Thanks! Not sure I will try again next year but I did manage to get in another jab at the media in my most recent post….
Great post!
Thank you so much!
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