House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Voted Among 50 Most Beautiful People on Capital Hill
She's sly, she's powerful, she's a Democrat and now she's number 4 on the list of 50 Most Beautiful People on Capital Hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - a grandmother of 6 - has made the new list in a major way. (rankings courtesy of TheHill.com)
This is Carrie Stroup with the top 50 Most Beautiful People on Capital Hill.
When Nancy Pelosi is not fighting with President Bush or working to get Alberto Gonzales out of office, she's often seen posing for the cameras.
Robin Givhan, the Washington Post fashion critic, earlier this year wrote, “She looks polished and tasteful … dignified and serious [and] she also happens to look quite good.” A copy of a Chinese Sea Pearl ring that Pelosi has been wearing sells on eBay. Opening bid: 88 cents.
No question that wealth, posh homes and a loving family have helped smooth the rough edges of life.
Pelosi in fact was only beat out by two other women and a man. The male was none other than tall dark and handsome Rep. Brad Ellsworth - 48 - a Democrat from Indiana.
Women of all ages and political persuasions swoon when Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.) comes near. During a recent elevator ride in the Rayburn House Office Building, several noticeably gawked at the unassuming Ellsworth, who seemingly has little idea he is being admired.
Truth be told, Ellsworth is camera-shy. During his 10-minute photo shoot he grew embarrassed when his staffers walked past. Someone joked, “You want some Hot Tamales?”
The freshman lawmaker said he doesn’t resemble his father, whose photo rests beside his desk. His father has reddish-brown hair and glasses. “I’ve never been compared to anyone before,” Ellsworth said about his looks.
And what about those pearly whites? He had bad bottom teeth but never had the money to get braces as a kid. At 35, when his daughter was getting braces, he asked the orthodontist if he could have them too. He had braces for a year.
Democrats made up three of the top four and six of the top ten Most Beautiful People on Capital Hill.
Crystal Hayslett, the Republican aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), came in a close second.
Crystal dates former Memphis Grizzlies forward Lawrence Roberts. She can tuck into a back flip from a standing start. Oh, and she’s beautiful.
Crystal’s also tough and poised, which helps working in the Senate. A former cheerleader and gymnast, she once ruptured her Achilles tendon demonstrating a flip. She had the presence of mind to immediately hold the ruptured tendon in place, minimizing the scar the surgeon would leave two months before the Miss Tennessee pageant.
Kathleen O’Neill, an aide to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), also beat out Nancy Pelosi at number three.
“I know every single person in this town,” she says with slight exaggeration.
We sure hope she is exaggerating. Kathleen says she’s not looking to be an attention grabber, but that’s not easy when you look like Mischa Barton or Jewel. Although Kathleen has worked in the Senate only a few months, she has enough poise to make you think otherwise.
Rep. Connie Mack (Fla.) came in fifth. The “boring” 40-year old congressman has an open boat in Florida for deep-sea fishing, reeling in mahi-mahi and sailfish. On board, he listens to Jimmy Buffett. The small island of Cabbage Key serves as his secret getaway, where he can enjoy a hamburger and a cold beer.
He is taken too - In a relationship with Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.).
So who does Ms. Stroup find the most sexy on the list you might be asking? I wanna say Ron Paul but he's not among the top 50!
From the men, I will take Mustafa Ali - who is listed at number seven.
He stands 6-foot-3, and has a fine-featured face with warm, charcoal eyes. But it’s not just his looks that set him apart. This legislative aide to Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has an infectious calm and an insatiable appetite to do good. A former national speaker on social injustice, he regularly volunteers to help the needy. It’s something that runs through his blood from his grandmother and mother, both Pentecostal ministers.
Mustafa was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and is of Ethiopian and Middle Eastern descent. He modeled as an undergrad in New York to pay his way for college, doing everything from runway shows to photo shoots.
He likes being around artistic people and he writes poetry and music himself. And if he were to take anyone on a perfect date — say, in Jamaica watching the sunset — he would have a serenade or two ready. But he says he’s rarely approached and he’s too laid back to do the approaching himself. He believes that two people who are supposed to be together will come together.
Yeah right Mustafa!
Of the women I dug deep a bit and located Jessica Andrews, who isn't a rep or an aide of any kind but is actually a member of the Washington Redskins ambassador cheerleading squad. I didn't know they had these on Capital Hill.
In her day job, Andrews works as public relations manager for the Fleet Reserve association, which, according to its website, works to “preserve and enhance benefits and quality-of-life programs for members of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.”
So on the Hill, Andrews is cheering for servicemen and -women.
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Originally published July 27, 2007 3:30 pm ET
