The Most Winning Olympic Beauty Looks
Winning Looks: Iconic Olympic Beauty
Gabrielle Reece
The model, actress, and athlete showed that strong is sexy.
Peggy Fleming
The gold-medal figure skater was always perfectly polished from head-to-toe on and off the ice—in part because of her signature '60s updo.
Flo-Jo
Florence Griffith Joyner was as famous for her plethora of Olympic medals (three gold and two silver for the 100 as well as 200-meter races in the 1988 Games) as her bright red lips and ornate six-inch nails.
Chris Evert
The young tennis star competed at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul sporting her go-to ribbon pony.
Natalie Coughlin
The swimmer’s carved arms and sun-kissed skin are as golden as the 12 Olympic medals she took home over the course of her career, competing at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Games.
Mary Lou Retton and Dorothy Hamill
Although they competed in different sports, the gold medalist gymnast and figure skater showed off similar super-short (no nonsense) crops.
Lindsey Vonn
The gold medalist skier was the first American to come out on top for downhill skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games—all while showing off a super-straight blowout.
Nancy Kerrigan
The Olympic figure skater’s signature style: a sleek ballerina-like bun.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
A full face of flashy makeup made the multi-Olympian stand out as she rocked the long jump and heptathlon (a hybrid of seven events) with lightning-fast speed.
Kristi Yamaguchi
On the ice, no one could beat the 1992 Olympic Champion’s teased-out bangs and theatrical makeup.
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