1 – 1950’s – Marilyn Monroe
Originally born Norma Jean Baker, Marilyn is generally regarded the biggest Sex Symbol in history. Monroe burst onto the Hollywood scene in the early 50’s with such films as Don’t Bother to Knock and Niagara.
2 – 1960’s – Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte got her start in the late 1950’s, but because she often appeared nude, or near nude, most of her movies were considered “European art movies”. They’re like the crappy movies you sit through today for the 15 second shot of a girl’s breasts, The Gift being the best example of that.
3 – 2000’s – Angelina Jolie
If you had asked anyone at 2005 who this would award would have gone to, it would almost certainly have been Britney Spears. But since she’s come to define “Trainwreck” more than Sex Symbol, we’ve chosen to give this award to Angelina Jolie for her consistently sexy decade.
4 – 1970’s – Farrah Fawcett
The poster that launched the Vaseline industry, that caused millions of teenage boys to go blind, and that created the medical condition called “Farrah Claw”. Farrah’s poster was on the wall of nearly every red-blooded American boy in the 70’s.
5 – 1990’s – Pamela Anderson
Discovered in Canada at a Canadian Football League game, Pam made her Playboy debut in 1989 and then head off to Hollywood. She then made the best two career moves in Sex Symbol history – she died her hair blond and got a breast job. That led directly to her landing the job responsible for her being the Sex Symbol of the 90’s – CJ Parker of Baywatch. It’s rumoved that Tivo included their slow motion feature simply to watch Baywatch.
6 – 1940’s – Betty Grable
The most famous pin-up girl in history, Betty Grable’s ass was stuck to the side of so many planes, she saw more war action than Eisenhower. She’s personally one of the greatest war heroes of WWII. Her legs are described as the greatest legs in history, and they were insured for $2M against any damage.
7 – 1930’s – Mae West
Now this woman didn’t mess around with her role as a Sex Symbol. Her first play she wrote was titled “Sex”, and after performing it on Broadway for a few weeks, was shut down for indecency laws. Mae served 10 days in jail, but kept it real by sleeping with the warden in exchange for a silk prison uniform.
8 – 1900’s – Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn began her modeling career in 1901 at the age of 16, before those pesky child labor and child endangerment rules became common. She was known for her extremely long and wavy red hair, and her slender yet shapely body.
9 – 1920’s – Clara Bow
Clara was the ideal flapper, with short bobby hair, short skirt, and small breasts, she came to define the 1920’s and everything that it represented. Keep in mind that alcohol was banned this decade. No alcohol = men find small breasted women sexy? Discuss amongst yourselves.
10 – 1980’s – Madonna
The most successful women artist of all time, Madonna came to define Sex Symbol in the 80’s, most notably simulating sex on stage during her performance of Like a Virgin during the MTV Music awards. Here’s a big tip – she wasn’t a virgin at the time!