The World’s Most Magnificent Redheads
A guest blog by Josh Burt out of that Interestment.co.uk:
Gingers, they have such a rotten time of it at school.
Teased for having hair similar in colour to a brick or a vegetable, denied friends because of the pallid hue of their skin. Some, they say, are so pale that you can make out the dark outline of their organs.
And yet, if you look closely, and put down your prejudice for a second, you might see that some of these so-called redheads are completely magnificent, not just on the eye, but also on the mind. But mainly on the eye. Here are the four most delicious Wotsits we’ve ever seen.
1. Christina Hendricks
Mad Men, what a show! It’s set in the 1960s, in advertising, people smoke. And that’s actually it. There is nothing else. Except, for this woman, who plays a tempestuous flame-haired maniac, who spends the majority of her time making young, impressionable secretaries think they’re working as prostitutes, or explaining to company directors that their ink supplies are down, only in the manner of a phone sex worker describing her breasts.
Here she is enduring the fat one from N Sync:
2. Molly Ringwald
Once, Molly Ringwald had the world at her feet. She wowed us all in Sixteen Candles by taking her pants off, then took things up a notch in The Breakfast Club by applying lipstick using her bosoms. And then came her tour de force – Pretty In Pink. Anyone who didn’t weep as she embodied a troubled girl from the wrong side of the tracks attempting to fit in with feather-haired toffs called Stef and Blane simply doesn’t have a soul. After that, she turned down Pretty Woman and Ghost, but still maintained a fine scalp of shocking orange hair. A great woman.
Here she is texting:
3. Laura Prepon
For those who don’t know, Laura Prepon is an American lady who played the part of a tall ginger-haired girl in the US Ashton Kutcher vehicle That 70s Show. Her flowing orange juice locks and Amazonian frame perfectly juxtaposed the weediness of the main character, Eric. On the downside, her voice could occasionally veer into honking-simpleton territory.
Here she is in a night dress:
4. Paul Scholes
Of course, not all beautiful redheaded people are women, some of the men are totally drop dead gorgeous as well. Axl Rose, Henry VIII, Vincent Van Gogh, the little angry Scotsman in Lord of the Rings. But we had to plump for Paul Scholes. He might not have David Beckham’s looks, nor Lineker’s dry wit, nor Defoe’s unquenchable craving for women. But he has got ginger hair, and this list is for redheads only. In by default.
Here he is scoring some goals:
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Paul Scholes looks like the annoying kid whose ass got kicked three times a week between the ages of 8 and 17. He kind of reminds me of Stuart Heritage, in fact.
Allison Hannigan?
Alyson Hannigan? Marcia Cross? Even Debra Messing, who’s not a real redhead but is still more magnificent than all of these people combined…
There is a lot more redheads, but you are forgiven for having christina hendriks
Joan from Mad Men is easily number 2 on my list. I’d crawl over a mile of broken glass just to smell her farts.
The Prepon girl gives me the horn big-style (even if she sometimes looked a little manly in That 70’s show!). I’d eat chips from her knickers!
The ginger one from girls aloud may have a face like a melted wellie, but she’s got an amazing body. Classic BOBFOC! I’d use her shit for toothpaste!
Gillian Anderson? A classic choice, but fuck yes.
whoa, hendricks!
Alicia Witt (Law & Order:something?). Big smile. Nice.
Actually, yeah. Alicia Witt. Seconded.
Isla Fisher?
Gillian Anderson, yeah!
If only Maverick was Ginger
Is Tori Amos still okay on the eyes? Google Images doesn’t have a timeline, or graph of encroaching hideusness, damn them.
Remember the self-titled (and mostly shite) Rodney Carrington vehicle ‘Rodney’? His sister-in-law Charlie (Amy Pietz) was nice-lookin’. I can’t remember if she was a redhead though. I think she was/is. Google Images doesn’t have a Gingerometer either. What century are we living in?
This is harder then I first thought. It must have been murder compiling the article. Do they have to be alive? Hollywood didn’t mind the taste of carrot so much back in the 40’s and 50’s. If the ginge wasn’t burning out the retinas of everyone in the cinema, then they just changed their colour process until it did.
I think Rita Hayworth, Bryce Dallas Howard, Amy Adams, Isla Fisher could should made this list.
How can you have a list of redheads without including the hottest of them all: Angie Everhart! Watch Bordello of Blood (ok, it is terrible) and try to tell me she isn’t the hottest redhead ever.