Perhaps it all started with the sight of a bikini-clad Ursula Andress emerging from the Caribbean surf, mesmerizing Sean Connery and audiences alike in 1962’s Dr. No: In an instant, the Bond girl was born. Armed with a kittenish sex appeal and a campy name full of double entendres to match, the rotating cast of hourglass beauties not only exploited 007’s weakness for women but simultaneously set the bar for pure bombshell allure in the decades to come.
Who could forget Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger, who met her untimely death dipped in liquid metal, her voluminous bob intact? Or Honor Blackman, whose buxom, judo-chopping Pussy Galore took Bond for a literal roll in the hay? As the KGB spy Agent XXX, Barbara Bach’s doll-like lashes, glossy lips, and bohemian waves were the epitome of ’70s chic, while Famke Janssen brought a hard-edged sensuality to 1995’s GoldenEye with the help of her kohl-rimmed eyes and blood-red lips.
Once Daniel Craig took his alter ego from slick, martini-slinging womanizer to damaged, three-dimensional soul, so too, the objects of 007’s desire transcended their pinup status: In Casino Royale, Bond took his first turn as a beach babe, winking at Andress’s iconic scene as he stepped out of the ocean while a fully clothed Eva Green looked on with twinkling razor sharp wit. In Spectre, out this Friday, Léa Seydoux’s famously pillowy lips and feline beauty make her a disconcerting adversary, while Naomie Harris has recast Moneypenny as more knockout spy than doting secretary. A sign of the times? If past Bond babes are any indication, absolutely.
From Diana Rigg to Halle Berry, here’s to the beauty evolution—and the eternal allure—of the Bond girl.
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