History Main / WorldsMostBeautifulWoman

** Casca isn't exactly stated... but when numerous men, women, 100 enemy soldiers, fellow mercenaries, demons, cultists and the goddamn queen of the Elves consider Casca supremely attractive, you bet she's at least a candidate. Especially in the series' CrapSackWorld, Casca is so beautiful that she's not only been worshiped by cultists, in the same arc [[HookerWithAheartOfGold Luca]] had to [[SoBeautifulItsACurse disguise Casca as a syphilitic leper]] just so she wouldn't get [[AllMenArePerverts torn apart by men]]. Ironically, [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses Casca is ashamed of femininity, and being a proud mercenary, dislikes wearing dresses]], thinking she's unattractive; this is despite [[SheCleansUpNicely looking like a goddamn princess]] both times she cleaned up.

** Nami the navigator may or may not be this, a [[LustObject certified]] DudeMagnet there’s very few male characters in the series that aren’t attracted to her (Bonclay a VoluntaryShapeshifter uses her appearance to great effect). Sanji often claims she is this even mistaking Nami for “an goddess” when she wears a wedding dress, but he’s such a lovesick horndog for beautiful women his opinion is unreliable. Regardless in Wano the sight of Nami’s naked body is able to take out of a room full of people (men, women and children) with one woman outright claiming Nami’ body is a “national treasure” meaning Nami is certainly contender. Especially given unlike Hancock Nami was able achieve this devastating effect ''without'' a desire-based Devil Fruit.

* From her first appearance in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] had the reputation for being the most beautiful woman in comics (at the time around TheSixties) and she still ranks high on that list. Peter Parker also describes and calls her that on more than one occasion. [[Characters/BlackCatMarvelComics Black Cat]] matches her in this category as well.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]'s beauty is frequently remarked on, and she has no lack of interested suitors following her around, ironically despite having TouchOfDeath most of the time. One of the best examples is during Jean and Scott’s wedding when Rogue catches the bouquet a mad scramble from half a dozen X-Guys make for garter — foiled by Gambit.

* WordOfGod claims that [[AnimeChineseGirl Chun-Li]] is the most beautiful woman in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series.
** Naturally, Chun-Li has a rivalry with Morrigan Aensland from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}},'' who is worshipped as the most beautiful [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] in Makai, the Demon World -- so much so that men and women alike cannot resist her allure.

* In "WesternAnimation/{{SamuraiRabbitTheUsagiChronicles}}", Chizu has feline beauty and appearance with HartmanHips. Her beauty is admired by others (including Yuichi Usagi, Spot, Kitsune, and Gen). While being TheMole.

* The already beautiful [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Bavaria Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, aka Sisi,]] was widely considered as this in her time. Rather darkly, she kept herself youthful and thin by, among other things, basically starving herself to anorexic levels so she could maintain her tiny waist, and letting her hair grow to the point that it took ''hours'' to wash and dry it.

* ''Literature/TheVillainessReversesTheHourglass'': Lady Aria Roscente is the most beautiful woman in the Empire. No one else is considered in the same ballpark. The Crown Prince of the Empire, Asterope Franz falls in love with at first sight. King Lohan of Croa is also very attracted to her, but limits himself to just flirting since Asterope is his VitriolicBestBuds. The first time Aria attends a ball she is almost mobbed by enchanted young noblemen and has to flee in Asterope's arms. Her evil stepbrother is also deeply in lust with her and at one point plots to make her his SexSlave.

* In ''Literature/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'', the trope likely applies to Yukino Yukinoshita. In the LN chapter 1, Hachiman describes her as having "unparalleled looks" and "the school's number 1 beauty." Although in the anime episode 2, Yui Yuigahama describes Yukino as "really cool" but Yumiko Miura as "gorgeous." But Yui has a tempting reason to lie in that situation. Well at least to Hachiman it's true - much to his annoyance.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] is also famed in-universe for her looks, with more or less every straight man on the X-Men falling for her, and at one time even worked as a fashion model.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]'s beauty is frequently remarked on, and she has no lack of interested suitors following her around.

* It's generally considered in Franchise/TheDCU Kara Zor-El aka Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} and Kara's ComicBook/Earth2 counterpart Characters/PowerGirl, are among of the few superheroines who give Diana a run for her money when it comes to beauty, being considered extremely attractive by both Earth and Krypton standards. Kara has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse frequently]] inspired obsession from numerous characters including Powerboy, New 52 Maxima and He'l, last of whom wanted Kara to be his Kryptonian Queen and rebuild Krypton with him and got very upset when she ultimately refuses. Power Girl for her part constantly and [[ProudBeauty unapologetically]] instills plenty PerverseSexualLust from the masses (both male and female) due her appearance, Vartox even deemed her the only woman worthy and able of repopulating his race - to the consternation of Power Girl herself.
* [[Characters/AquamanSupportingCast Mera]] is commonly considered the most beautiful Atlantean woman and as such was put in a ArrangedMarriage by her father Ryus to the military chief Nereus, before Arthur came into picture and Mera fell for him. Mera's coronation appearance as ruling queen of Atlantis even inspired nation-wide awe, Arthur who regrettably wasn't able to attend hears about how Mera looked and is unsurprised since he's always considered her the most beautiful. Her famed beauty has even managed to rival Wonder Woman's on occasion, who herself referred to her as "modern Aphrodite".

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] is also famed in-universe for her looks, and at one time even worked as a fashion model.
** Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} is generally considered Jean's closest rival, and prides herself on having the "best body money can buy." Emma also directly weaponizes her appearance, and her sexuality is a formidable weapon she can bring to bear at needs.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Tharja's roster bio in the Japanese version identifies her as the woman with the nicest body in Chrom's army (the North American version instead says she's the one with the darkest thoughts). Her RavenHairIvorySkin-like attractiveness is mentioned in talks with people of both genders, [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl sometimes to her annoyance]]; i.e. Nowi points out how she has either [[GagBoobs huge "boingy bits"]] (Japanese and NA version) or "gorgeous silky hair" (in the {{bowdleri|se}}zed European version), Cordelia is kiiiiiinda fixated in her figure [[ACupAngst and her own lack of boobage]], Gaius straight-up says that her "bad girl" appeal is pretty attractive for a guy like him...

->''"Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,[[note]]Not [[LauncherOfAThousandShips that kind.]][[/note]]\\

* In ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'', the trope likely applies to Yukino Yukinoshita. In the LN chapter 1, Hachiman describes her as having "unparalleled looks" and "the school's number 1 beauty." Although in the anime episode 2, Yui Yuigahama describes Yukino as "really cool" but Yumiko Miura as "gorgeous." But Yui has a tempting reason to lie in that situation. Well at least to Hachiman it's true - much to his annoyance.
* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', ArchangelGabriel is a woman, and has the title "The Most Beautiful Woman in Heaven". It takes a very long time for her to show up in person, but when she does, she turns everybody's heads.

** Speaking of the Fate series, from ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', [[DudeLooksLikeALady Astolfo]] can be considered a rare [[GenderInvertedTrope male example]] of this trope, being described as 'beautiful beyond compare'.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Several characters, including Kirito, declare Quinella to be the most beautiful woman they have ever seen.

* ''LightNovel/TheVillainessReversesTheHourglass'': Lady Aria Roscente is the most beautiful woman in the Empire. No one else is considered in the same ballpark. The Crown Prince of the Empire, Asterope Franz falls in love with at first sight. King Lohan of Croa is also very attracted to her, but limits himself to just flirting since Asterope is his VitriolicBestBuds. The first time Aria attends a ball she is almost mobbed by enchanted young noblemen and has to flee in Asterope's arms. Her evil stepbrother is also deeply in lust with her and at one point plots to make her his SexSlave.

** Kitana, the former princess of Edina, is considered the most beautiful woman in Outworld; nearly all her interactions with opponents in [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX MKX]] are them praising her beauty which does wonders to Kitana's [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful vanity and arrogance]], and TheHero Liu Kang, of course, falls for her. This trope, in regards to Kitana, is another reason why her EvilTwin Mileena is as [[TragicVillain screwed up as she is]], since she's considered an [[EvilKnockOff inferior]] and [[InformedDeformity ugly]] clone of Kitana; and even when Mileena becomes Empress of Outworld herself, she's dismayed that [[IJustWantToBeLoved she still isn't as beloved]] as Kitana was.
** The second is Sonya Blade, ''seriously.'' Half the male cast is attracted to Sonya including three of the [[VillainousCrush main villains]] Kano, Shang Tsung, and Shao Khan. Sonya is considered the most beautiful Earthrealm woman by the Outworld inhabitants, and due to lack of understanding of Earth customs, they assume Sonya is the Earthrealm's equivalent to Princess Kitana. Judging by interactions, Sonya is [[StrongFamilyResemblance only]] surpassed by her daughter Cassie.
--->'''Kitana''': (''to Sonya'') [[BigGood Raiden]]'s princess...\\
'''Sonya''': [[DeadpanSnarker I wasn't even prom queen]].
* In a combination of World's Most Beautiful Woman and ReallyGetsAround, you've got ''VideoGame/{{Elona}}'''s Shena The Draw, about whom the townspeople in Vernis frequently comment, 'Everyone loves Shena's ass.'

* A number of women in ancient times, including Nefertiti of Egypt and Roxana, the first wife of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, were identified this way. Two inspirations for Aphrodite/Venus are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne Phryne]], a famous courtesan, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaspe Campaspe]], reportedly a mistress of the aforementioned Alexander the Great.

* In Leo Tolstoy's ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', Hélène Vasilyevna Kuragina is the most beautiful woman in the world, with porcelain white skin and beauty so alluring that it makes young boys lock themselves in bathrooms. In a subversion of the BeautyEqualsGoodness trope, she is notably depraved and evil.

* In Leo Tolstoy's ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', Hélène Vasilyevna Kuragina is the most beautiful woman in the world. In a subversion of the BeautyEqualsGoodness trope, she is notably depraved and evil.

* Vida in Creator/RichardBrautigan's ''The Abortion'' is the perfect American piece of ass. "She was developed in the most extreme of Western men's desire in this century for women to look: the large breasts, the tiny waist, the large hips, the long ''Playboy''-furniture legs." Aside from the fact that [[SoBeautifulItsACurse it has caused several deaths]], she hates it and feels it is not her. She wanted to be a ballerina.

* In ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', Yuri's reputation as an exotic beauty (her being a Japanese girl in a Middle Eastern ancient land, coupled with doing enough extraordinary things that people have mistaken her for the war goddess Ishtar) cause plenty of people to believe her to be this. Really, while Yuri ''is'' very cute (and was seen as very pretty in Japan itself), she isn't actually considered the most beautiful woman ever to people who actually see her. In fact, [[{{bifauxnen}} she's often mistaken for a boy]].

* ''Manga/DontMeddleWithMyDaughter'': With few exceptions, nearly everyone wants into [[HotGod Athena's]] panties: her enemies, bystanders, aliens, a mutant plant monster, you name it. It was the reason she retired from being a superhero, because doing so was the only way she could ''finally'' catch a break from all the stares, sexual harassment, and rape. Fast forward 20 years later, she's [[StacysMom a single mom]] and the masses ''still'' wanna bang her, including [[spoiler: her own 17-year-old daughter]]!

%%* ''Literature/ErHaHeTaDeBaiMaoShiZun'': Chu Wanning, one of the leads, is a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]].

* In the end portion of ''Fanfic/BeyondHeroes: Of Sunshine and Red Lyrium'', Varric assures [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition the Inquisitor]] that she is "the prettiest woman in Thedas and [[HundredPercentAdorationRating everybody loves you]], whether they admit it or not." [[spoiler:Admittedly, she's his wife, so he's not exactly objective.]]

* From her first appearance in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] had the reputation for being the most beautiful woman in comics (at the time around TheSixties) and she still ranks high on that list. Peter Parker also describes and calls her that on more than one occasion. [[ComicBook/BlackCat Black Cat]] matches her in this category as well.

* From her first appearance in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] had the reputation for being the most beautiful woman in comics (at the time around TheSixties) and she still ranks high on that list. Peter Parker also describes and calls her that on more than one occasion. Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} matches her in this category as well.

* Literature/TheTalmud mentions the four most beautiful women who ever lived. In first place is Sarah (so beautiful that every other human looks like a monkey compared to her), along with the aforementioned Esther, David's wife Abigail and Rahab from the Book of Joshua. The latter (a world-famous [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute]] before joining the Jewish people) was supposedly so attractive that any man who had seen her would [[JizzedInMyPants spill his seed]] upon hearing "Rahab, Rahab."

* The title character in the Bukovinan fairy tale "[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/020.htm The Flower Queen's Daughter]]".

* Princess Kriemhild from the ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}''. Her beauty is sufficient that Siegfried is not only willing to fight in battles for her favor, but willing to deceive a queen and involve himself in plots that he likely would never take part in otherwise. This is the basis of his tragic flaw, and of her upcoming revenge.

* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' says that at age 18, Buttercup was the most beautiful woman in the world for the last 100 years. It also tells who was the most beautiful woman in the world when Buttercup was born and when she was 10 and 15 years old. The book details what caused Buttercup's predecessors to lose the "Most Beautiful" title (the culprits included an abundance of chocolate, a skin disease, and, best of all, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy worrying too much about losing said beauty]]). Noteworthy is that Buttercup starts off barely in the top 20 and only makes it to the top 10 after a rigorous campaign of self-improvement [[UnkemptBeauty (beginning with taking a bath and brushing her hair)]]. Even still, she lingers just behind until [[spoiler:losing her true love.]] The depth of character this lends to her face is what bumps her to the top. This is actually stated as the reason she ends up engaged to Prince Humperdinck. After a disastrous attempt at courting the princess of the neighboring kingdom, he tells Count Rugen that he wants to marry a woman who is so beautiful that it will make everybody think he must be the greatest guy in the world. Rugen, having met Buttercup out of curiosity over the rumors about her beauty, takes the prince to see her, resulting in some StunnedSilence followed by the remark that "I'll take her." [[spoiler:He's initially quite sincere about it. The plan to murder her and frame his enemies comes later.]]

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', with its enthusiasm at skewering myth, legend, and fantasy tropes, naturally had a go at this one.

** Eleanor of Tsort, the Discworld counterpart to Helen, was also famed as the most beautiful woman on the Disc... at the ''start'' of the Tsortean Wars. When she actually appears in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'', she's "good-looking in a faded sort of way". It was, after all, a very long war.

** Lúthien Tinúviel is "the fairest of all the Children of Ilúvatar" to ever live (''Literature/TheSilmarillion''). At the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', her similar-looking great-great-granddaughter Arwen Undómiel is considered to be the fairest by many; Gimli, however, favors Arwen's grandmother, the [[TheHighQueen Lady Galadriel]], whom Tolkien confusingly also describes as being "the mightiest and ''fairest'' of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth" -- however, as Arwen is technically half-elven, she can still be the most beautiful woman, period, while Galadriel is the most beautiful pure-blooded elf.
** Varda, the Queen of the Valar, is said to be the most beautiful woman in all of Arda when in physical form, shining with a beauty too great to be put into words.

* Psyche of Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces'' starts off as the most beautiful ''infant'' in the world and is described as "at every age the perfect beauty of that age," implying that no matter how old she is, she is the most perfect example of that stage of development--quite a tough act to follow, particularly when you're her older sister, Queen Oriel, who's so ugly she must conceal her face with a veil just to be able to move in public. Oriel's warring love for and jealousy of her sister, as well as a conversation about what, exactly, beauty ''is,'' forms the backbone of the book.

** Subverted in modern times, for beauty has become much more widespread even compared to an age just two generations back, not just in the upper class, but even in people who practice dirty jobs. This is due not so much to cosmetics or surgery, but rather to better nutrition, better education (which allows people to choose what is best for their health), and progressive elimination of chronic disease from society. Nowadays, one is more likely to die suddenly in an accident than wither under inoperable cancer, MDR tuberculosis, or liver cirrhosis.

* Kaguya of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]'', whom every man in Japan wanted to marry even without knowing she was princess of the Moon.

* The murder suspect in ''Literature/ThePatchworkGirl''. Unfortunately, she's convicted and sent to the organ banks, where [[HumanResources several of her parts are recycled]] before the protagonist finds proof that she's innocent. She's returned with replacement body parts, but [[UncannyValley they don't all 'fit' correctly]] and so her beauty is no longer perfect.

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', female Fairest are very often contenders for this title. There's a ''reason'' their Seeming is so named. That said, while all of the Fairest are incredibly beautiful, it's not uncommon for them to be unconventionally beautiful or have looks that are physically impossible for mortal women to have. While beautiful, seeing a woman who is, for example, a living embodiment of a rainbow or of the beauty of a wild beast [[UncannyValley may not appeal so much to humans]].

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Nancy Callahan, the blonde, buxom stripper at Kadie's is presented as this, even in a setting where nearly every woman is a MsFanservice. Entire crowds fall silent while watching her perform, and Hartigan is absolutely stunned when he realizes that the grown-up Nancy is the same little girl he saved all those years ago.

* In "WesternAnimation/{{SamuraiRabbit:TheUsagiChronicles}}", Chizu has feline beauty and appearance with widehips. Her beauty is admired by others (including Yuichi Usagi, Spot, Kitsune, and Gen). While being TheMole.

* In "WesternAnimation/{{Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles}}", Chizu has feline beauty and appearance with wide hips. Her beauty is admired by others (including Yuichi Usagi, Spot, Kitsune, and Gen). While being TheMole.