I think it's an unwritten rule that to be a female figure skater, one must be beautiful!
Meryl does excessive make up
Monika Simancikova - harsh Eastern European features, but she makes them work and her thin, muscular physique I find very attractive
Fumie Suguri I don't usually like women 12 years older than me, but her outright determination to continue skating when everybody wants her to quit is downright sexy.
Zijun Li - classic Asian beauty. Cute for now, will be stunning later
Zijun Li- she is very leggy she will be beautiful as she matures
I'm surprised no one mentioned Kaitlyn Weaver...saw her in person at the Cdn Champs this weeked and she's just gorgeous
Kaetlyn: she glows with prettiness, and I like her body, btw.
There are others, but I just wanted to put Kaetlyn Osmond in there. Can't understand why she's ignored, especially considering some of the others listed.
Just realized who she reminded me of...Kylie Platt on Coronation Street.
http://www.celebry.co.uk/ttt/0gs3wl4uh
http://www.celebry.co.uk/ttt/0h8s2dcxg
If I may put in a good word for Katia Gordeyeva, beautiful at each stage of life.
Also Mao Asada, Alissa Czisny, Amanda Evora, Surya Bonaly (one of skating's great smiles) and Michelle Kwan.
(I know we're talking nowadays, but Gordeyeva still skates, and Kwan is not exactly hiding away out of sight. So there.)
If we look at our lists, it's marvelous to realize how diverse-looking these ladies are. There isn't one type. Nothing against Miss America, but half the time I can't tell the contestants apart. There's no mistaking one skater for another, and yet all of them that we've mentioned (and many that we haven't so far) are gorgeous.
I'm not sure I would call Meryl Davis a Disney princess. I understand the thought, because there's something magical about the way she looks, but I think her face is far more intriguing than any animated character could ever be. I often put her at the top of my list, because she's so unique and magnetic. The best way I can express it is that I could have imagined a face like Kiira Korpi's without ever having seen her, because she has that ideal, classically proportioned, cool blonde beauty, like Grace Kelly. But I could never have imagined Meryl Davis's face for myself. The combination of features, with those wide-apart eyes and angular bones, is delightfully unexpected.
A good second place is Meryl White.. great hair and skin, almost alabaster. And both are stunning on the ice as skaters!
Gracie Gold is very lovely. I especially love the way she wears her hair, that tucked-in braid. It looks almost like embroidery.