That is a very interesting list you have there. Could you elaborate on what you mean by each type of beauty?
I'll do my best.
Exotic beauty - I admit that this is my favorite kind of ice beauty. By exotic beauty, I mean a person who exudes idividuality, unusual and/or strong feature. Although these women are not beauty in classical sense, they are striking, dramatic, and you don't forget their faces once you see them. Among this group, I consider Anjelika Krylova to have exploited her assets to her best advantage - a major reason why I wanted Vanessa Crone to go train with Krylova. I figured Krylova would have understood Vanessa's strong feature and her athleticism more than any other coaches.
Among this group of ice princesses (more appropriate to call them ice queens
), Meryl Davis is the contemporary skaters who understand her assets the best IMHO.
Classical Beauty
Think about how people refer Kiira Corpi to Grace Kelly look-alike. This group of ice princesses are with well-proportioned, and symmetrical face. Peggy Fleming, with her regal costume and beautiful ice coverage at her 1968 Olympic FD performance to me is a gold standard of clasically beautiful ice princess standard. I admit that though I admire those beautiful ice princesses, I find classical beauty a bit boring. That's just my own bias.
Vivacious Beauty
These woman are close to classical beauty, but they are not porcelain dolls. They are at their best when they let out their high-spirit and lively energy. Good example is Belbin/Agosto 2007 OD:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...8CB86C434FB4F287E5EA8CB86C4&first=0&FORM=LKVR.
No one does an energetic cow girl better than Tanith. The fact that she is a Canadian is merely incidental.
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Honorable mentions: Capellini/Lanote Latin SD this year - C/L are one of the few who actually pull-off Latin feel on ice; I suspect that it has something to do with her vivacious nature;
Kanako Murakami's SD during the 2010-2011 season: Again, I can think about only Kanako and Akiko Suzuki to be able to project that much high spirit among current Japanese ladies.
Girl-next-door-beauty:
I would say that they are more "cute" than "bautiful." Maia Shibutani, in particular, is a good example. I have hard time not smiling when I watch her skate. Those are the ice princesses you would like to dance with (or go to have ice cream at ice cream parlor, enjoy munching pop corns and slurping soda at a movie theater
)
You-are-one-sexy-mama-Beauty
Ah, bombshells! Love them.
Don't you think Madison Hubbell looks like Marilyn Monroe? Now that Madi is not skating with her brother Keiffer, I would love to see Madi and Zach skate to Marilyn themed FD the next season. Camerlengo/Krylova dance school is just flushy enough to pull-off a great Monroe program for Madi. I just hope that Zach Donohue is man enough to be Madi's match.
By the way, an honorable mention -
Porcelain skin Beauty
Sasha Cohen
Alex Shibutani
