This reminds me of RayCav's "Is Isard Hot?" thread, where a surprising number of SW fans turned out to prefer the rather modest Admiral Daala over the somewhat modelesque Isard.
I'd have voted the same way from a physical standpoint based on the official illos to date. All of the official pictures of Isard tend to make her look like Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations and I just don't think it's a hot look. Daala's usually shown with a thick mane of free-flowing tresses and fairly attractive face.
I've dated too many psychos to think either of those crazy ladies is hot, though.
As with my "Unattainable Theory," I believe even many well-to-do, handsome men sometimes seek out the more conservative-looking woman because they think she might be:
A--easier to catch
B--easier to "keep," as she knows she's not a model and will "work hard" to keep her man "interested."
At the same time, I've known a few of the model-types to assume that they've done all the work in the relationship by showing up looking hot, which gets boring quickly. But, yeah, I've also heard plenty of guys say things as asinine as, "A girl who looks like that should be grateful to get attention from me," which says volumes more about those guys' insecurities than it does about the girl's appearance (and I'll say as I have before that I think physical attractiveness has a lot more to do with bearing and self-presentation than innate physical qualities, though the latter don't hurt).
Uh, making a half-assed attempt to get back on-topic, I think Blalock would actually look a lot hotter if they gave her something besides those horrible catsuits and that awful haircut (which is weird, because normally the pageboy cut's a turn-on to me). Kirstie Alley in TWOK was a lot more attractive in the relaxed clothes in the turbolift than in that tight uniform of her's. I also wonder at times if Blalock would seem more attractive if I didn't feel like I was having a "She's HOT!" message shoved in my face during some of the episodes.
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