Ideal Female Physique

We had a lot of fun voting on the Ideal Male Physique.  King Leonidas held his thrown, but now it’s time to crown a queen!  This time however, before I put the poll together I want to get a sample of who YOU think should be on the list of candidates.

What female physiques inspire you?  Ladies, who makes you want to run out and get some training in?  Guys, who makes you stare in naked appreciation?

I’ll start the ball rolling with a few of my favorites.  Tell me which ones should be in the poll, if any.  Tell me who you want to see in the poll and why.  Let's not make this into an exercise in sexism.  I want to explore what we consider beautiful when it comes to the female body, and maybe get a bit of insight into why.  From whence does our appreciation stem, and is it the same as it may have been a decade or two ago?  I have an interesting anecdote about that.  I'll share it in the follow up post.  What drives our idea of what makes a female body beautiful? 

Without further ado, here are a few of my humble suggestions...

Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey  - 300 Movie)
Given the results of the Ideal Male Physique poll, it would just be plain old rude to not include the queen...

Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner - Alias)

Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie - Tomb Raider)

Uhura (Zoe Saldana - Star Trek)

Beyonce

Gabrielle Reese

Serena Williams

Eva Mendez
 

Now it's your turn.  Who do you want to see in the poll.  Are any of my suggestions in your top picks?  Let the discussion roll...

From the comments section

Here are a few of the gals you've added so far as candidates for the Ideal Female Physique poll...

Jamie Eason


Gabrielle Anwar


Missy Peregrym


Keeley Hazell


Megan Fox

Ava Cowan


Rhona Mitra


Jessica Biel

Kate Beckinsdale


Adriana Lima

Summer Huntington

Comments

[Grok]

1) Lena Headey - Doh!
2) Gabrielle Reese - Sheesh!

And I don't have the heart to leave her out
3)Eva Mendez - Ol flame

[Adam Steer]

Grok - I loved Eva with Will in Hitch!

[Amanda]

I get picking something supermuscular and trained for the ideal male physique (even though it's not my personal preference), but I wouldn't want to see a woman have something similar. I like Eva, Angelina, and Lena, though the rest are beautiful. As far as representing the major buckets of body-types, though, we should probably toss out Lena. She's kind of a repeat of Jennifer/Eva/Angelina, in a lot of ways. The others are more demonstrative of different lifestyles at their extremes.

[Rob]

Keeley Hazell
or
Megan Fox

[Jamie]

First off, yum. For my nomination? Missy Peregrym, of "Stick it!" Oh God, the abs.

And here's a link, to show you what I mean.
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/stick_it/missy_peregrym/stickit1.jpg

[Ryan Murdock]

Gabrielle Anwar (Fiona - Burn Notice). Yeah.

[His Sinfulness]

Jamie Eason. OMG the definition! http://www.myspace.com/jamieeason

Also, Megan Fox, for completely different reasons... :)

[Deanmc@optonline.net]

I'm diggin' Jamie Eason and Megan Fox. I have no idea who they are but I like the way they look!

[Sean Flanagan]

After MUCH deliberation, I gotta change my vote from beyonce to Awa Cowan .

http://www.avacowan.com/media/view/293/

(referring to her modeling pics and not to her fitness competition look), she has the perfect amount of musculature while not being overly lean. Looks athletic in a way that amplifies her femininity tenfold rather than taking it away.

Ok...I'll stop drooling now.

[Sean Flanagan]

oops. spelled her name wrong. Its "Ava" not "Awa".

[Steve]

I would have to go with Jessica Biel

[Steve]

Oh, and can't forget Rhona Mitra!

[Adam Steer]

Sean - Hmm. Not too sure about Ava, but if you say so... ;-)

Steve - Hard to argue about Biel.

Rhona Mitra -> nice discovery.

Cheers,
Adam

[Dave]

Kate Beckinsdale - Whew. It's tough not taking looks into account. I think Biel would be the champ so far.

[Jeanne G.]

Summer Huntington! (And you should know where to find her picture, Adam! :) )

[Kate]

My husband has always been partial to Adriana Lima.:)

[Adam Steer]

Jeanne - Ask and you shall receive. Good idea. :-)

Kate - But who do YOU find inspiring...?

Cheers,
Adam

[Andy Fossett]

OK, representing Japan:

beach volleyball player, Miwa Asao

[ken]

Megan fox.... do you need a reason

[Wil]

It's between Jamie Eason & Gabrielle Reece as far as I'm concerned... rrrrrgggllleee!!!

[Kate]

Hmm... I would have to go with Jessica Biel b/c if I worked REALLY REALLY hard, my body might look like that.

I watched Best & Worst Beach bodies on E! lasts night... hilarious show. Adam (my husband) & I talked about how unrealistic people are about celebrity bodies. It's like people expect them to be perfect ALL the time. Just ridiculous.

Anyways, cool idea for your blog!

[Robert]

Gina Carrano.

Olivia Munn.

[Jordan]

Beyonce and Serena. Love the big booty. :-)

[Shane]

Hi Adam! You got me thinking and wanting to respond:

http://gymjane.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/what-do-you-mean-im-ideal/

Thanks for sparking a great discussion. Was really interesting to hear everyone's thoughts.

Shane.

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[lastlonger]

awesom pics!

[Aztcqn]

The right combo of curves and muscle. Feminine while having visible strength.

Salma Hayak, She has real curves and proportion.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/2007/09/salma_hayek07.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PN56M6c04vU/SnSvipXYHsI/AAAAAAAAH18/F71JlESJKec/s1600-h/salma_hayek_dusk_til_dawn.jpg

Rachel McLish still has a body to die for.

http://www.legendaryfitness.com/rachel_mclish.htm

Gina Carrano looks strong and fit. Great body ready for anything.

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