The Hourglass Figure

1. Sophia Loren

2. Rita Hayworth

3. Dita Von Teese

4. Mayra Veronica

5. Marilyn Monroe

6. Monica Bellucci

7. Sherry Britton

8. Brigitte Bardot

9. Joi Lansing

10. Jessica Biel

11. Diana Dors

12. Scarlett Johansson

13. Salma Hayek

14. Raquel Welch

15. Ava Gardner

16. Jayne Mansfield

17. Yasmine Bleeth

18. Mae West

19. Honor Blackman

20. Bettie Page

21. Catherine Zeta-Jones

22. Sharon Tate

23. Madeline Smith

24. Jane Russell

25. Mariah Carey

26. Tina Louise

27. Jennifer Tilly

28. Jennifer Love Hewitt

29. Lynda Carter

30. Sabrina

31. Kelly Brook

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 11:48

All 'deadly curves' suggestions appreciated. But remember, nothing top heavy or bottom heavy. The bonnet must match the caboose!

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 12:14

Adding measurements to prove the hourglass shape of these starlets. If I find all of their measurements, might sort this list by a mathematical formula ;)

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 12:30

I shall get back to you on some additions if I think of any, but this was the perfect remedy to the sickening feeling incurred from the other list. Bleh! Well done!

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 12:59

This list makes me hungry as well, but not for food.

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 13:00

FOR PUSSY?? LMAOROFL!!!11

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 13:18

Rose McGowan is a good candidate for your list.

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 10 14:16

Don't forget Sophia Loren - cannot discuss hourglass figures without her!

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 14:41

Thanks for the suggestions, people. Especially Sophia. Yeah, hourglass goddess!

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 14:48

Ok, found a crazy good pic of Sophia, so she's my new number one.

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 14:51

Does Lynda Carter qualify? Only great hourglass pics of her are in her Wonder Woman suit.

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 15:00

Yes but only naked - she's a little bottom heavy when in costume!

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 15:06

Added Sharon Tate, Brigitte Bardot, Raquel Welch. All worthy hourglasses, I'm sure you'll find.

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 19:11

Diana Dors (Measurements: 36 1/2D-24-35) :)

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 10 22:49

Now this is a fucking hot list! [2]

even if they are hot, beauty, 'femme fatale', i prefer some 'non-curves' women xD
equilibrium between both (thin + slight curves) would be ideal (for me, sure)

nice list :D (and hotter than mine, huahauhau)

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 11 7:07

Added Diana Dors, Joi Lansing, and Tina Louise.

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 11 14:04

Added Mariah Carey, Jennifer Tilly, and Honor Blackman. Proceeding to wipe drool off my lips.

Posted : 9 months, 1 week ago at Feb 12 9:31

Took out that Bollywood girl who didnt quite make the cut, and added Yasmine Bleeth.

Posted : 9 months ago at Feb 18 21:47

Got one for you: Sherry Britton.

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 25 11:27

Added Sherry Britton (thanks tartan!) and Madeline Smith (she was very curvy, but don't have a good full-body shot of her, just her upper half)

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 25 16:23

Not sure about Britton's total measurements, but Wikipedia and her NY Times obituary do give her an amazing 18 inch waist. Which is believable considering the pictures.

Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 26 17:38

Been working on my Burlesque list and noticed two screaming absences from yours. Mae West and Bettie Page. For shame, man. :P I've also linked to yours throughout mine, along with Danie's pin-up lists for comprehensive coverage of these diamond dolls.

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Apr 15 22:11

truly depressing as a chick. at least i can starve myself and be skinny. i'd have to have my liver removed to have that shape. not that i wouldn't try.

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 6 22:43

This is fascinating! But I think there is some erroneous thinking that an hourglass figure means heavier. I had this but was thin when young: like 33, 23, 33. No matter what the weight, the proportions stay the same. Now at almost 72 (tomorrow) I'm heavier, wear a 6 - 8 and am 36, 27, 36. BTW, I don't think Mariah Carey belongs on this list -- she is much too big in the waist for a true hourglass, big rib cage too. The true hourglass has a rather small rib cage; look at the others. I didn't realize only 8.6% of us were hourglass. Oh, what about Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez???

Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 24 23:14

Such a wonderful list. But there's one very obvious omission. Angie Dickinson.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 5 16:18

Where is JENIFER LOVE HEWIIT AND LYNDA CARTER!
Rose McGowan? Beyonce? Neither are hourglasses. Rose has almost no hip to waist (and that pic is photoshopped!) and Beyonce is far too small busted in proportion with her hips. Dita has breast implants so she is not true hourglasses, or she should at least be judged alongside others with implants not all natural figures. From the most widely googled article about hourglass figures which I wrote in its entirety (as I actually have one!):

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Pam Grier, Monica Bellucci, Nigella Lawson, Diana Dors, Lisa Marie Smith, Raquel Welch, Gina Lollobrigida, Lynda Carter, Brigitte Bardot, Kim Kardashian, Jayne Mansfield, Salma Hayek, Jane Russell, a young Anita Ekberg, Rita Hayworth, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Christina Hendricks, Uschi Digard, Betty Weider, Mamie VanDoren, Raven Delacroix, Jessica Simpson, Keelel Hazel , Peta Todd, Tyra Banks, Kelly Brook, Somaya Reece and Scarlett Johansson are a few examples of truly symmetrical hourglass figures. They range from fuller figures, to average sized, to tiny framed, to toned dancers, to short waisted to long torsos and also to very busty and voluptuous but all have hips and busts that are about ten inches or more larger than their waist lines.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 5 16:20

@Old Chick: Aniston is pretty but nowhere near an hourglass!
To have a true hourglass figure you do need a bust measurements that is also at least ten inches bigger than your waist measurement, however if you have a small waist and big hips you can balance out a smaller bust with clever clothing choices and give the impression of an hourglass figure much more so than someone with a big bust and narrow boyish hips. Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez and pin up legend Bettie Page are three examples of smaller busted women who have given the impression of a symmetrical hourglass figure by accentuating their impressive hip to waist ratios and wearing padded and/or bust enhancing clothing.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 5 16:27

FAMKE JENSEN? Those are fictional measurements and a photoshopped pic. goggle her in a non-retouched red carpet pic and she is closer to 34a/b-28-35 maybe. Few models are hourglasses only Tyra Banks actually. Gisele, Cindy Crawford etc are all media hype.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 6 15:24

Thanks for all the input, SuperAmanda. I will revisit this list and do a fresh update and do additions and removal based on your notes. thank you.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 7 1:08

Anytime! Strike Peta Todd of the list btw she is one of the world's MOST beautiful women but closer to a perfectly endowed long torosed tall type not an hourglass.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 8 7:17

Removed Famke, Rose and Beyonce. Added Hewitt and Carter.

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago at Oct 15 7:05

Hello,
can you be full figured and hourglass as well?
i'm 40x31x40/41.......is this considered hourglass?
thanks;-) i'm trying to embrace my full figure instead of thinking i need to be thin like most models...i used to have an eating disorder and was super thin..but now am at a normal weight. just wondering if i could still be considered hourglass w/ these measurements?

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago at Oct 15 15:27

Star13: I would have to see a photo. Curvy can also mean fat and an hourglass figure is rarely if ever fat unless the woman has a naturally tiny waist. Being a fuller figured hourglass is largely contingent on the clothing you wear, your bone and frame size and how big your breasts are. A 40a/b cup with 41 inch hips and a 31 inch waist would be closer to Pear shape though you'd still have an optimal hip to waist ratio. Christan Hendricks from MadMan has similar measuremnets but is 5'8. Google pics of her and a young Antia Ekberg and see if you look similar.

Posted : 1 week ago at Nov 14 13:36

What about... Francia Raisa? She does have a big bottom, quite the top, and a tiny waist, I think.
Judge it yourself:
http://i02.bdbphotos.com/8L/53/0000361853-85590L.jpg
http://images.askmen.com/photos/francia-raisa/83854.jpg
http://boloround3.wordpress.com/category/actresses-a-f/francia-raisa/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIKAuEzDzw

Posted : 6 days, 19 hours ago at Nov 14 19:27

Francia Raisa has almost no hip to waist ratio. She is simply sticking her hip out in each pose.