Transition Guide for TS Females America's Foremost Transgender Woman

Of course the woman described above probably doesn't, and never has, actually existed.  Even supermodels have defects and the media representations of perfect women are illusions generated at great expense by make-up artists, lighting, photographers, computers, etc.

Dr Richard Fleming's Data Many years before the AAFPRS poll was conducted, Hollywood based plastic surgeon Dr Richard Fleming had already noticed that most people wanting a nose job or cheek implants had a famous star in mind.  He started collating data to find who has the most coveted features.  His 2002 list of the most commonly asked for stars' facial features is as follows:

Hair: Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Julia Roberts

• Eyes: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Heather Graham, Penelope Cruz

• Cheeks: Kim Cattrall, Halle Berry, Sela Ward

• Nose: Nicole Kidman, Heather Locklear, Marisa Tomei

• Lips: Elizabeth Hurley, Denise Richards, Hillary Swank

• Chin: Cate Blanchett, Salma Hayek, Ada Pinkett-Smith

How men and women rate facial features in the opposite sex

Men
Women
Both Genders

Clear skin

4.63
4.67
4.65

Pimply facial skin

1.68
1.55
1.61

Scarred facial skin

1.62
1.80
1.73

Pale skin

2.87
2.77
2.81

Olive skin

3.55
3.53
3.54

Dark skin

3.26
3.40
3.33

Very freckled skin

2.50
2.18
2.33

Large nose

2.06
2.35
2.22

Small nose

3.64
3.11
3.35

Hooked nose

2.00
2.02
2.00

Upturned nose

2.47
2.27
2.36

Stained/yellow teeth

1.67
1.61
1.64

Underbite

2.12
1.94
2.02

Overbite

2.31
2.12
2.21

White teeth

4.41
4.56
4.49

Uniform teeth

4.26
4.31
4.29

Full lips

3.62
3.55
3.59

Thin lips

2.77
2.37
2.55

Long hair

3.92
2.29
3.04

Shoulder length hair

3.81
2.45
3.08

Medium short hair

3.40
3.66
3.54

Shaved/extremely short hair

1.82
3.17
2.55

Bald

1.22
1.96
1.62

Red hair

3.44
2.35
2.84

Black/Dark brown hair

3.80
4.21
4.02

Blond hair

3.95
3.38
3.63

Light brown hair

3.87
3.70
3.78

Blue eyes

3.97
4.00
3.98

Hazel eyes

3.66
3.78
3.72

Brown eyes

3.52
3.74
3.65

Green eyes

4.04
4.10
4.07

Big eyes

3.56
3.78
3.69

Small eyes

2.70
2.38
2.53
How men and women rate other physical characteristics in the opposite sex

Men
Women
Both Genders

Taller

2.85
4.67
3.84

Shorter

3.93
1.79
2.77

Older

3.45
4.23
3.87

Same age

3.76
3.42
3.58

Younger

3.65
2.37
2.97

Muscular

3.45
4.02
3.57

Thin build

3.89
2.94
3.36

Large build

1.98
2.90
2.48

Full figure

2.93
2.57
2.75

Long legs

4.12
3.70
3.89

Short legs

2.55
2.24
2.38

Wide hips

2.92
2.50
2.71

Narrow hips

3.48
3.15
3.30

Thick thighs

2.72
3.12
2.92

Thin thighs

3.46
2.61
3.01

No body hair

4.05
3.05
3.49

Some body hair

2.47
3.63
3.09

Lots of body hair

1.38
1.79
1.59

Big breasts

3.92
3.64
3.88

Small breasts

3.43
3.11
3.38

Strong perfume

2.22
2.14
3.47

Personal scent

3.34
3.57
3.47

Strong body odour

1.20
1.15
1.18

Trimmed nails

3.59
4.12
3.87

Bitten nails

2.03
2.14
2.08

Long nails

2.80
1.64
2.20

Stretch marks

1.64
1.81
1.73

Long nails

2.80
1.64
2.20

Cellulite

1.52
1.63
1.59

Men are more enthusiastic about blond hair than women are (70% of men find this above average on the attractive scale, compared to 47% of women).  So maybe blond women do have more fun!
Women are much less tolerant than men of red hair.  57% of women didn't like red hair, compared to only 25% of men who found this to be unappealing.

Preference for hair length varies between men and women is probably due to cultural influences.  Women don't like shoulder length hair on a man, but men don't mind medium or short hair on a women, in fact very few men find short-ish hair to be unattractive.  Women, in general, don't like baldness.

Freckly skin is viewed with reserve.  Women are more likely than men to find freckly faces less attractive.

People feel quite strongly about white, straight teeth.  The main concern is definitely hygiene.  Yellow, stained or rotten teeth and the bad breath that might accompany them is for most people a rather unappetizing image. 

In contradiction to other studies, the poll shows that most men claim to prefer a thin woman - although the hip-to-waist ratio isn't shown.  

Everybody likes clear skin, since it is an indication of health.  In general, more men and women seem to find dark or olive skin more attractive than pale skin.  Perhaps pale skin suggests unhealthiness to many, while darker skin is a sign of health and robustness.  But the cultural idea that tanned skin is healthy is slowly changing as the incidence of skin cancer rises from sun bathing and sun beds.

A Reality Check The female human body may be indeed be the loveliest thing that nature has ever create when seen though the rose tinted eyes of an artist, the soft lens of a camera, or observed by a man after too many beers.  However the cruel reality is that naturally the female body is often fat, hairy, smelly and even outright UGLY.

Not even girl-girl supermodels are perfect beauties.
Female beauty as described in this article is often an illusion that requires a big effort to sustain.  The shell of the perfect woman is stressful and expensive to maintain; the contest is to see who does it best and the standards are impossibly high.
For example the ideal beauty described above is "thin", is not obviously muscular or strong, her body's contours meet a fairly precise technical specification for softness and curvature while containing only the minimum amount of fat and flesh necessary.  There is a whole industry built on taking the fat and flesh off women's bones in order to meet these demanding standards.
The ideal beauty has shiny, glossy hair, and lots of it - but only on her head, of course!  Leg hair, underarm hair, any visible hairiness, even on the forearms but especially on the face - it all has to go.  Every day millions of women visit salons to have their scalp hair styled and treated, and other hair removed from their bodies, often painfully.

Caroline White
The perfect beauty is white.  She should have clear soft skin, without marks of age or character.  She has child like face with large eyes, full red lips, a small delicate nose, a face wide at the temples and narrow at the jaw, a dainty neck, ... .   Every day several billions women spend considerable time skillfully applying some form of cosmetics to modify the appearance of their face, and every year several millions seek more permanent surgical assistance. 
The price that many women choose to pay in the hope of being considered beautiful (by both men and other women ) is high in every way.
 

Jennna Talackova.  After being outed as a transwoman she was barred from the final of Miss Canada Universe, this was revered after huge public pressure. She didn't win, but was one of the last 12 contestants.
Beautiful Transsexual Women Jessica - who's pictured at the top of this page - is undoubtedly a very beautiful and very attractive woman, but she's also identifiable as a male-to-female transsexual and is one of the 'second type' women that the name of this  site honors.  There are many other such women pictured both within this article and on this website.
Transsexual women unfortunately labour under the handicap of their "androgen'ised" skeletons, unless hormone therapy was started at a very young age.  Common problems - even in the most attractive transsexual women - are great height (e.g. Kelly van de Veer), large hands and feet (e.g. Roberta Close), masculine voice (Eva Robins), and Adam's apple (Caroline Cossey had surgery to remove her Adam's apple removed).  Even the almost impossibly beautiful Ha Ri-Su, who has had to counter rumors that she not really transsexual, has on close and over critical examination strangely small nipples on her slightly over-augmented breasts, and surprisingly large feet for an Asian woman.

Finally, below are a few more transsexual women renowned for their beauty.  It can be seen that while they have many characteristics of the ideal female beauty, they have far from all - but few, if any, women do! 

(Above) Some pictures from the Miss Transsexual 2012 beauty contest, the similarity to Miss World (which still  bars transsexual women) may not be totally coincidental.

 

Daniella Danilov

Caroline Finch (aka Tula)

Eva Robin's

Ha Ri-Su

Miriam Rivera

Roberta Close

Barbara Bellucci

Jenny Hiloudaki

Bibiana Fernandez

Nong Poy

Stasha (RIP)

Kelly van de Veer

 

    
Copyright (c) 2002, Annie Richards Last updated: 2 September, 2002