And Why Their Beauty Was Never the Most Interesting Thing About Them There have been billions of women throughout human history. Many were beautiful. Some were likely every bit as beautiful as the women whose names we know today. Yet somehow only a handful became legends. Why? The answer isn't symmetry. It isn't perfect skin. It isn't measurements. It isn't youth. It is story. Helen became the woman for whom kingdoms went to war. Cleopatra became the queen whose intellect res