History Main / WhiteHairedPrettyGirl

* Brunhilde from Thor: Tales of Asgard.

* In PatriciaAMcKillip's "Oak Hill", Elaine's dye, she claims, will find its color on Maris's hair. What it does is turn it white, like a spider web.

* {{Homestuck}}: Calliope [[spoiler:except that it's a white wig, and she's actually bald. She wears it to cosplay as a troll version of Calmasis, a character in Post-Scratch Rose's books.]]

* The current page image: Micaiah of ''FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]''. She's called the Silver-Haired Maiden, and yes, that's a plot point. [[YouCanRunButYouCantHide Several]] [[MysteriousWaif plot]] [[HalfHumanHybrid points]].
** For that matter, there's also Ninian the Dancer from ''FireEmblem'', and the shaman Diadora and [[spoiler:her daughter]] Julia in ''Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War''. Not ''quite'' white in these cases, but [[HairColorDissonance close enough]]. Similarly, Ishtar from the same game is either portrayed with whiteish-pink or silver hair. Also Idoun of [[FireEmblemElibe Sealed Sword]].

* Princess Nuala from ''HellboyII'' has long silvery hair, a common trait among elves.

* Susan[=/=]Ginormica from ''MonstersVsAliens'' hair was originally brown but after getting hit by MagicMeteor her hair turns white and she grows into a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant fifty foot woman]].

* LadyGaga has white hair in her ''Alejandro'' video, and several others (it's a wig).

* The heroine of the Nintendo DS game ''AnotherCode: Two Memories'' (''TraceMemory'' [[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish across the pond]]) has white hair. This is a little strange considering her father has blonde hair and mother has black hair.
* ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' had Jedi Master Atris has white hair despite being human.

* Sapphire from ''{{Disgaea 3}}'' has white hair. More of a dirty white than pure white, though.

* In NeverwinterNights this trope is rather common among female Aasimar and other celestials in Faerun. The half-celestials Melissa from the Trials of the Academy module and Kaelyn the Dove from NeverwinterNights2 Mask of the Betrayer both also have white hair.
* Seolla Schweizer and Calvina Coulange from ''SuperRobotWars''. Granted, it's dark silver for Calvina, but otherwise, it fits.

* ''RuneFactory 2: A Fantasy HarvestMoon'' has several pale-grey-haired women of varying ages. One of them is the mother of a fairly young boy, so she could possibly have come by the color in the usual way, but two of the bachelorettes, who are probably under 25, have the same coloring.
** RuneFactoryFrontier has Stella, who, in her usual appearance, is an old woman, making the white hair seem plausible. But an appearance by a ghost of her younger self reveals it was always that white.
* In HarvestMoon, there's The Witch from Animal Parade, who lives deep in Fugu Forest and has silver hair.

* Vanessa Lewis from the 4th ''VirtuaFighter'' game is a DarkSkinnedBlond with white hair.

* Juno Eclipse from TheForceUnleashed is the platinum blond haired LoveInterest of the main character.
* Jazz from [[JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]] is a DarkSkinnedBlond with short white hair.

* Drew Saturday from ''TheSecretSaturdays'' has white hair. This seems to be a genetic trait, since her 11-year old son has black hair with a white SkunkStripe (or whatever the equivalent is for the spiky crazy anime hair Zack has).

* Dani from ''DannyPhantom'', although only when in ghost form...

In RealLife, white hair indicates either age (very young ''or'' very old)), bleach, or albinism. Not so in fiction, where white hair can occur naturally on women of any age. For a given value of "natural", that is: white locks tend to mark their owner as special in some way. Maybe her hair is indicative of some spiritual (or outright magical) qualities, or maybe it's a hint of a nonhuman background. At the most mundane, it suggests [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wisdom beyond her years]]. It is a common mark of a MysteriousWaif.

In RealLife, white hair indicates either age, bleach, or albinism. Not so in fiction, where white hair can occur naturally on women of any age. For a given value of "natural", that is: white locks tend to mark their owner as special in some way. Maybe her hair is indicative of some spiritual (or outright magical) qualities, or maybe it's a hint of a nonhuman background. At the most mundane, it suggests [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wisdom beyond her years]]. It is a common mark of a MysteriousWaif.

* Nu Wa from ''[[WarriorsOrochi Warriors Orochi 2]]'' is a white haired godess.

Often, this is treated like a variation on [[HairOfGold blond hair]]--"platinum blond"--with the character having blue eyes to match. Unless she has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], which would suggest she's an albino. Or she's a DarkSkinnedBlond, in which case, it's probably a good idea to book it, fast.

Compare and contrast with HairOfGold.

* In Pandora Hearts, the [[EvilTwin IntentionoftheAbyss]], who is the twin of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bloody Black Rabbit.]] She seems gentle and kind, but is actually quite mentally unstable. [[spoiler: practically a GenerationXerox of her mother, Lacie Baskerville.]]
* In ''{{X1999}}'', Princess Hinoto has white hair and is one of the most powerful magical beings in that world.
* Also by CLAMP, in ''{{Clover}}'', Suu has white hair and ''is'' the most powerful magical being in that world.
* The first Reinforce from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', the physical incarnation of a powerful WeaponOfMassDestruction. Ditto for Reinforce Zwei, her successor/daughter.

* In ''{{Kurohime}}'' the titular character is a white haired gunslinging witch.
* ''RozenMaiden:'' Suigintou, Barasuishou and Kirakishou all have white hair. [[ArtificialHuman All three are dolls brought to life]].
* Zazie Rainyday from ''MahouSenseiNegima'', one of the more mysterious characters, is a DarkSkinnedBlond with white hair.

* Azmaria in ''ChronoCrusade'', a young girl with white hair and the power to heal people when she sings.
* Tessa from ''FullMetalPanic'' has white hair and additionally comes with an AloofBigBrother. Guess which [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy hair color and alignment]] he sports...

* In ''IriyaNoSoraUFONoNatsu'', [[spoiler:Iriya's hair gets dyed white against her will.]]
* Towa Kannagi from ''MermaidSaga'' hair turned white after her sister, in an attempt to save her life, fed her mermaid blood.
* The sensual [[TheGunslinger shot]] and DarkActionGirl Hibari Ginza from ''SpeedGrapher'' has silver hair.
* Jiang Lihua aka Empress Tianzi is a white haired HeroicAlbino from ''CodeGeass'', also a MoeMoe ChineseGirl.
* Sophie Oswald from ''KaleidoStar'' white hair. Her older brother Leon was a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy, so it makes sense.
* Rally Cheyenne from ''SilentMoebius'', at least, in flashbacks, since she's pushing 40 by the time of the main body of the series. (She's still good-looking.)

* Maestro Delphine of ''LastExile'' is practically the living embodiment of evil, but she does have white hair and is arguably attractive, at least in flashbacks. It seems to be a racial trait, as her 17-year old brother is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy, and others of her race all have very pale hair.

* ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has a couple of examples in HRL SuperSoldier Soma Peires [[spoiler:a.k.a. Marie Parfacy]], and Celestial Being's ''[[Manga/Gundam00Sidestories Fereshte]]'' member Chall Acoustica. For the latter, her hair was naturally brown, until a reactor overload in her Gundam caused it to turn white (in addition to scarring her face and [[spoiler:killing all her comrades]]).
** Ditto on Soma's {{Expy}}, Laura Bodewig from ''InfiniteStratos''.
* The original Queen Serenity in ''SailorMoon''. Sailor Moon herself was originally supposed to be white haired when transformed and blonde as Usagi. This was vetoed by Naoko's editor Osa-P. In the manga, she does have white hair as Princess Serenity and Neo Queen Serenity, but not in the anime.

* The hair of all {{Claymore}}s turns white during their [[HalfHumanHybrid hybridization]] process.

* Jo from ''BakuretsuTenshi'' has silver hair and [[spoiler:is later revealed to be a [[ArtificialHuman genetically engineered]] SuperSoldier.]]

* Sylia Stingray of ''BubblegumCrisis 2040'', if you can overlook drinking and/or drug problems and a few general mental issues.

* An interesting variation occurs in the ''{{Slayers}}'' series: protagonist Lina has [[FieryRedhead reddish colored hair]], but when she casts a particular high-level spell, her hair turns white. This occurs once in the LightNovel series, and twice in the anime.

* The titular heroine of ''{{Canaan}}''. JustifiedTrope in that [[spoiler:it actually turned white as a side effect of her exposure to the Ua virus.]]

* Saiki from ''GhostTalkersDaydream'' is albino.
* Gretel from ''BlackLagoon'' is a young girl with white hair, and her brother Hansel was the [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy male counterpart]] of this trope...[[SingleMindedTwins sometimes]]...[[VillainousCrossDresser we think]].
* Togame from ''{{Katanagatari}}'' has epically long white hair - long enough for Shichika to wrap around himself ''several times''.
* Fujiko from ''ZettaiKarenChildren'' is a white haired vampire
* [[LadyOfWar Astaroshe Asran]] from ''TrinityBlood'' has white hair ([[LockedIntoStrangeness except a single red forelock]]) in the original novels. She was changed to a [[AdaptationDyeJob natural blonde in the anime]].

* Shiro from ''DeadmanWonderland'' is a HeroicAlbino ([[spoiler:[[SplitPersonality well, when her evil side doesn't takeover]]]]) with white hair and red eyes. The word "Shiro" in Japanese literally translates to ''White'' in English.
* Princess Romina from ''NinjaSenshiTobikage'' is a [[HumanAliens human looking alien]] with silvery-lavender hair.
* Matsuri from StrawberryMarshmallow is a rare non-magical, realistic example, where her hair has started graying early. It's entirely mundane, but is also a subject of some debate early on in the manga. Not quite white, but give her a few years...
* The eponymous Index from ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' has silvery-white hair.
* [[spoiler:Victorique]] from ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'' [[spoiler:becomes one in the final episode. Her hair was previously [[HairofGold golden blonde]]. The reason for the sudden change is left unexplained in the series, but due to the events that took place shortly before said change, it's most likely a case of DiseaseBleach.]]
* Hidden by Setsuna of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' and Himari of ''OmamoriHimari'', as both of them dye their hair for personal reasons. Setsuna dyes her hair because she considers her albinism to be a point of shame, and Himari dyes her hair because she thinks her master prefers brunettes.
* Sakurako Saiki from SakuraGari is albino with white hair and red eyes.[[spoiler:But in a subversion, we later learn that Sakurako is... Youya, a ''WhiteHairedPrettyBoy''.]]

* Koko Hekmatyar in ''{{Jormungand}}'' is a white-haired blue-eyed [[OneeSama Onee-sama]].
* Meiko "Menma" Honma from AnoHana while not ''hot'', is regarded as being very pretty and cute. The symbolism also works both ways, as after dying as a child, she has grown, but her demeamor remains the same, so she's a ghost but also innocent.
* Tenshi/Angel from ''AngelBeats'' has long white hair to emphasise her [[TheQuietOne eeriness]] and [[EmotionlessGirl emotionlessness]].

* Ash March in ''SwordOfShadows'' has very pale blonde hair, putting her right between this and HairOfGold, depending on the lighting.

* Aisling from ''TheSecretOfKells'' has white hair. She's a fairy.
* Kida from Disney's ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''. White hair seems to be a racial trait of all the Atlanteans, suggestive of their longevity (but not their age--the children have white hair, too).

* In ''[[{{X1999}} X/1999]]'', Princess Hinoto has white hair and is one of the most powerful magical beings in that world.

* Maestro Delphine of ''LastExile'' is practically the living embodiment of evil, but she does have white hair and is arguably attractive, at least in flashbacks. It seems to be a racial trait, as her 17-year-old brother is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy, and others of her race all have very pale hair.

** Ditto on Soma's {{Expy}}, Laura Bodewig from ''{{Infinite Stratos}}''.

* Jo from ''BakuretsuTenshi'' has silver hair and [[spoiler: is later revealed to be a [[ArtificialHuman genetically engineered]] SuperSoldier]]

* Sylia Stingray of ''BubblegumCrisis 2040,'' if you can overlook drinking and/or drug problems and a few general mental issues.

* Shiro from ''DeadmanWonderland'' is a HeroicAlbino ([[spoiler: [[SplitPersonality well, when her evil side doesn't takeover]]]]) with white hair and red eyes. The word "Shiro" in Japanese literally translates to ''White'' in English.

* LadyDeath is a white haired, white skin goddess.

* Lucretia from ''Literature/{{Bystander}}'' has silver hair

* Yuki from the live action version of ''CuteyHoney'' had white hair when she "flashed" into her battle form.

* Young Danish actress, [[http://berlingske.image.unwire.com/IP/ss/a.bimg.dk/node-images/627/5/620x/5627271-forbrydelsen-3.jpg?IP_w=800 Kaya Fjeldsted]], who plays Emilie in series 3 of {{Forbrydelsen}} (''The Killing'') has naturally platinum-blonde hair so fair that it looks white.

* Raine Sage of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' like her little brother is a white haired elf ([[spoiler: she's really half elf]]).
** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Grune]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' has white hair.[[spoiler: She's later revealed to be a goddess]].

** Following ''Tides of War'', Jaina Proudmoore has silver-white hair with one blonde streak.

* Lenneth in ''ValkyrieProfile'' is a silver haired [[{{Valkyries}} Valkyrie]].

* Swan of ''CityOfHeroes'' and Ghost Widow of ''CityOfVillains'' both have white hair and both got their powers from magical sources.

* Tomoki in {{Canvas 2}}. It looks more blue than white on occasion, though.

* Noire and Uni from {{Neptunia}}, at least when they activate [[SuperMode HDD]].

* ''{{Webcomic/Zoophobia}}'''s Penelope, who also [[WomanInWhite wears white]], is one.

* {{Homestuck}}: Calliope [[spoiler: except that it's a white wig, and she's actually bald. She wears it to cosplay as a troll version of Calmasis, a character in Post-Scratch Rose's books.]]

* Drew Saturday from ''TheSecretSaturdays'' has white hair. This seems to be a genetic trait, since her 11-year-old son has black hair with a white SkunkStripe (or whatever the equivalent is for the spiky crazy anime hair Zack has).

* [[WinterRoyalLady The Ice Queen]] ([[AnIcePerson The Ice King's]] DistaffCounterpart) from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has blue skin and white hair.

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* Actual white (platinum blonde) hair occurs naturally in some children, mostly in Northern European countries (Scandinavia, the UK, North Eastern Europe). The hair is very fair and appears white, although it gradually darkens to a more usual blonde with age. Young Danish actress, [[http://berlingske.image.unwire.com/IP/ss/a.bimg.dk/node-images/627/5/620x/5627271-forbrydelsen-3.jpg?IP_w=800 Kaya Fjeldsted]], who plays Emilie in series 3 of {{Forbrydelsen}} (''The Killing'') has naturally "white" hair.

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* Actual white (platinum blonde) hair occurs naturally in some children, mostly in Northern European countries (Scandinavia, the UK, North Eastern Europe). The hair is very fair and appears white, although it gradually darkens to a more usual blonde with age. Young Danish actress, [[http://berlingske.image.unwire.com/IP/ss/a.bimg.dk/node-images/627/5/620x/5627271-forbrydelsen-3.jpg?IP_w=800 Kaya Fjeldsted]], who plays Emilie in series 3 of {{Forbrydelsen}}(The Killing) has naturally "white" hair.

* Actual white (platinum blonde) hair occurs naturally in some children, mostly in Northern European countries (Scandinavia, the UK, North Eastern Europe). The hair is very fair and appears white, although it gradually darkens to a more usual blonde with age. Young Danish actress, [[http://berlingske.image.unwire.com/IP/ss/a.bimg.dk/node-images/627/5/620x/5627271-forbrydelsen-3.jpg?IP_w=800 Kaya Fjeldsted]], who plays Emilie in series 3 of Forbrydelsen (The Killing) has naturally "white" hair.

* Actual white (platinum blonde) hair occurs naturally in some children, mostly in Northern European countries (Scandinavia, the UK, North Eastern Europe). The hair is very fair and appears white, although it gradually darkens to a more usual blonde with age. Young Danish actress, [[http://a.bimg.dk/node-images/629/5/580x362-c/5629172-forbrydelsen.jpg Kaya Fjeldsted]], who plays Emilie in series 3 of Forbrydelsen (The Killing) has naturally "white" hair.

** Ditto on Soma's {{Expy}}, Laura Boedwig from ''{{Infinite Stratos}}''.

* Mirajane of ''FairyTail'' has pure white hair and blue eyes. Apparently, though, it's hereditary and has nothing to do with her age, personality, or magic, since both Elfman and their DeadLittleSister, Lisana, have (had, in Lisana's case) white hair.

** CaptainMarvel's Phyla-Vell a.k.a. Quasar, who's Titanian. Titanese? (With a few alien genes thrown in.)

** Dream Girl / Dreamer, Princess Projectra and White Witch from the ''{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}''. The latter is (usually) a HeroicAlbino.

* [[TheChosenOne Jenna]], from Jane Yolen's ''Literature/GreatAltaSaga'', has pure white hair and BlackEyes, a sign of her status as a messianic figure; she is a heroine of legend who is reincarnated every few hundred years, always with white hair from birth.

** Also in her AcornaSeries, the title character has white hair and is a human-unicorn hybrid, with healing and other magical powers through her horn, though the whiteness of her hair stems for her people's tendency to go white after spending large amounts of time in space.

* There's Wolf Gal from Lil Abner.

* Mariko from ''{{PHD}}'', a white haired minor recurring character and a former Japanese exchange grad student who quit her PhD to start her own company.

* Chall Acustica of ''[[Manga/Gundam00Sidestories Gundam 00F]]''. Her hair was naturally brown, until a reactor overload in her Gundam caused it to turn white (in addition to scarring her face and [[spoiler:killing all her comrades]]).