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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Wed May 9, 2012, 05:42 PM May 2012

Hillary without makeup - She still looks gorgeous!

Hillary Clinton No Makeup Photo: Secretary Of State Laughs Off Comments On Her Looks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/hillary-clinton-no-makeup_n_1500423.html?ref=mostpopular

Has anything Hillary Clinton done lately not gone viral?

Secretary Clinton's first Internet renaissance came when the now-defunct "Texts from Hillary" Tumblr circled furiously around the web, culminating in the secretary herself participating in the site.

And now, a pic of Clinton without makeup -- and wearing glasses -- has set off another dose of Internet fervor.

Drudge Report and other websites posted a picture of Secretary Clinton "au naturel" on Monday, showing Clinton speaking in Bangladesh wearing black frame glasses and what seems to be no makeup (except for some little lip gloss in some of the photos). The Washington Post remarked that in the "refreshing" photo, Clinton "looked like a schoolgirl." (Fox News, on the other hand, says the secretary looks "tired and withdrawn" in the images.)



People are criticizing her looks?



I think she looks amazing - if I was 65 years old I hope I look that good. What's beautiful about Hillary is you can tell she would rather age gracefully than to waste her money on facelifts and botox. But even without it she still doesn't look 65 years old to me, she looks to be about early 50s
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Hillary without makeup - She still looks gorgeous! (Original Post) LynneSin May 2012 OP
Intelligence is sexy. nt gateley May 2012 #1
Definitely!! patricia92243 May 2012 #10
Who cares what a government official looks like - I care about their policies. n/t PoliticAverse May 2012 #2
I would be for Jaba the Hutt if he was a left winger... rfranklin May 2012 #5
Society says women must look young and beautiful. It's annoying to see it reinforced here so often. redqueen May 2012 #20
Most of us do, we're just conditioned to be afraid to go for it. Lionessa May 2012 #3
Many (most?) women look better without makeup... Scuba May 2012 #4
Oh noes! Rex May 2012 #6
Hillary, aging gracefully. Inside and outside. n/t wandy May 2012 #7
Must have been a slow news day? Nothing important must have happened. limpyhobbler May 2012 #8
She's still sexy. craigmatic May 2012 #9
CNN VIDEO report: Clinton OK going without makeup (0:52) pinboy3niner May 2012 #11
She's wearing glasses too. She's nearsighted. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #12
It shows how confident she is in her life's work. David Zephyr May 2012 #13
OMG! She looks like she's 60 and works hard all day long! Bruce Wayne May 2012 #14
I'm her age and don't wear make up greymattermom May 2012 #15
Hey remember when Kissinger went around without makeup on? Bruce Wayne May 2012 #16
Thank you. DLevine May 2012 #21
She is beautiful. And I think she looks great - I love her hair longer. jillan May 2012 #17
YUM LOL Giantsfootball10 May 2012 #18
Hillary has no need for makeup. pecwae May 2012 #19
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
5. I would be for Jaba the Hutt if he was a left winger...
Wed May 9, 2012, 05:47 PM
May 2012

unfortunately, he is definitely a Republican.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
20. Society says women must look young and beautiful. It's annoying to see it reinforced here so often.
Thu May 10, 2012, 07:33 AM
May 2012

But this is one of the earliest lessons we learn.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
6. Oh noes!
Wed May 9, 2012, 05:50 PM
May 2012

She looks fabulous! Haters are gonna hate...it is in their DNA. The SoS shows up without any makeup on, GOOD FOR HER! IMO, dam TIME people wake up from the delusion TVEE puts them under. This is how a REAL person looks folks, just like the rest of us!

IMAGINE! She is a person like the rest of us!

Just one of the reasons I voted for her.

She is the real deal.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
8. Must have been a slow news day? Nothing important must have happened.
Wed May 9, 2012, 06:19 PM
May 2012

Media love this kind of story because audiences click on it. Heck, we all just clicked it. She looks great. Make up is a huge scam anyways, I seriously don't know why anyone bothers. And speaking of Fox "News", sometimes their news anchors, some of them, they seem kind of clownishly and conspicuously made up. What do feminists think about make up? Is it a sign of subservience to the patriarchy? I think so. I'm a guy btw, one of the male oppressors. Is fox news trying to sell women and girls the idea that they need to wear a lot of makeup to be attractive? Is there such a thing as the makeup-media-industrial complex? These are just some questions I have. Hillary looks great and actually it shouldn't matter at all, whether she is secretary of state or applying for a job at walmart.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
11. CNN VIDEO report: Clinton OK going without makeup (0:52)
Wed May 9, 2012, 06:37 PM
May 2012

Hillary laughs at others' preoccupation with her appearance, says it's something that's just not important any more and she'll let them worry about it.

CNN|Added on May 8, 2012Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses criticism over her looks, saying she's fine with herself.

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2012/05/08/sot-dougherty-clinton-au-natural.cnn.html


 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
12. She's wearing glasses too. She's nearsighted.
Wed May 9, 2012, 06:37 PM
May 2012

If you look at pics of her when she was young, she was wearing coke bottle glasses. I know. I have the same problem.
I have also worn contacts on and off over the years.

She has obviously been wearing contacts ALL THE TIME in public for decades, and it gets old to hassle with putting them in and taking them out, especially on a tight schedule and a stressful job.

People who do not depend on their glasses to see where they are going would insist that her glasses are ugly. Those people do not understand that a person with that sort of vision would have to wear glasses to navigate.

My glasses are either on my face, or within arm's reach on the night stand when I am sleeping. I can see a lot better in contacts, but I can't read the damn fine print on everything while I'm wearing them.

So I think it's great that she's wearing a bit of lipstick, no other makeup, and glasses so she can SEE, not to offend some arbitrary fashion critic.


greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
15. I'm her age and don't wear make up
Wed May 9, 2012, 06:57 PM
May 2012

It itches like crazy. Sometimes I think of all the money I've saved by avoiding makeup, most hair products, drycleaning and smoking. When I want my publicity photos to look good, I just send them to my son, the webgeek, photoshop expert, for a little environmentally friendly digital face lift.

Bruce Wayne

(692 posts)
16. Hey remember when Kissinger went around without makeup on?
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:24 PM
May 2012

Ugh. How disgusting. And then Ed Muskie hardly wore any make-up at all through the entire Iran Hostage Crisis! No wonder the Democrats lost that election. But really it all goes back to that skeez Thomas Jefferson. I'll bet George Washington told the country to "avoid foreign alliances" in his resignation speech just because he was embarrassed about Jefferson carrying out his diplomatic duties without wearing even a dab of rouge on his cheeks.

DLevine

(1,788 posts)
21. Thank you.
Thu May 10, 2012, 08:47 AM
May 2012

Really, since when do we worry over whether or not a secretary of state looks sexy, with or without makeup? wtf.

pecwae

(8,021 posts)
19. Hillary has no need for makeup.
Thu May 10, 2012, 07:29 AM
May 2012

She looks utterly gorgeous without any! IMO she actually looks better now than she's looked in a long time. Those photos show a happy, relaxed, natural beauty with her own style and grace.

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