The Most Beautiful Women Of All Time

The most beautiful woman in the world will always up for debate, so we brought together some of the best candidates for you to decide!

French actress Sophie Marceau became known as a teenager after she starred in the film La Boum in 1980. For the next 15, she starred in many European films before becoming a star in Hollywood for her role in Braveheart. After this, she played in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. While she often makes it to the top of "most beautiful" lists, Marceau says she doesn't really understand why people find her attractive. According to her, "I've never really been beautiful. I'm photogenic..." And modest!

Kim Novak was originally recruited by Columbia Pictures to be a replacement for the studio's Rita Hayworth, one of the biggest stars of the 1940s whose popularity had declined in the '50s, not to mention to compete with 20th Century-Fox's Marylin Monroe. She solidified her place in film history when she starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Since the mid-'60s, Novak only sporadically acted until she completely retired in the early '90s. She had a bought with breast cancer that was announced in 2010. Luckily her treatments were successful and she is still with us.

With her unique looks, Audrey Hepburn was launched to stardom after starring in Roman Holiday opposite Gregory Peck, a role which garnered her an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe best actress awards. Later in life, she concentrated on philanthropy, and she was honored for her humanitarian work both during and after her life. She died of a rare abdominal cancer in 1993. Proof of her lasting legacy is evident in the popular culture of the decades since her death.

Russian-American Natalie Wood was in the limelight from the time she was a little girl, playing Maureen O'Hara in Miracle on 34th Street. When starred in classics such as Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story. She died in uncertain circumstances while on a weekend yacht trip to Santa Catalina Island with Robert Wagner, her husband; Christopher Walken, who co-starred in her latest movie; and the yacht's captain. She was only 43. The investigation was re-opened in recent years, and Wagner was named a person of interest in February 2018.