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Former Top Ten Tresses
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These pages are a record of all women who were on the Super-Hair Top 10 list at least once, since the first list was posted on the Internet in December 1999. Included is when the style was listed, and an explanation of why it dropped off the list.
KRISTINA ABERNATHY -- March-December 2001 and August-October 2003. The Weather Channel meteorologist mixes
bangs and moderate length so well that she was voted into the Hair Fans' Hall of Fame with the highest majority ever. Maybe we're hyper-critical, but we've seen this style slip too much on camera -- and a late-October telecast with hair wildly unpositioned led us to drop her a second time, unbeaten though she is.
YOLANDA ADAMS -- October 2001-March 2002. This soul/gospel
singer has great sleek long hair, which can hold through on-stage moves. But she seems
to wear her style pinned more often than not (though she's shown bangs which seem
risky nonetheless). We finally removed her after discovering a 1999 album cover with
some strands seemingly across her left eye.
THEA ANDREWS -- May 2007. She turned from Cold Pizza to a hot job as weekend co-host of
Entertainment Tonight, and won our attention with rather risky medium-long styles. But one of them was shown hanging by a thread above her left
eye 22 May, on the set of Dancing With the Stars -- and she wasn't even dancing. She's still unbeaten, but it's too severe to keep her in for now.
JULES ASNER - July 2002-March 2003. When her hair was long, the
E! host earned an "A" from us for attractiveness and good control. But then she
chopped the style to about shoulder-length, and showed obvious control problems in a
"Revealed" interview with Ultimate style Naomi Campbell. She's still unbeaten, but the
new 'do needs some improvement.
JILL BARAD -- February-April 2000. Former CEO of Mattel, with
a thick style that dangles in place like a golden parachute. She's proof that hair can be
great at age 48, but she's been out of the news for awhile.
CECILIA BARTOLI -- December 1999-June 2001. This Italian
classical singer wows 'em in Europe, and impressed us enough to join the Ultimate 50
on 30 Apr 2K. She even gained a Gold Award for a full year in the Top Ten. But then
Carolyn Hughes whacked this soprano in a Super-Hair War. She's still undefeated, but
apparently not well supported.
JULIE BANDERAS - November 2007 - January 2008. This Fox News anchor has long locks with silky sleekness, which seem to add waves for challenging situations. But she started screaming for some odd reason during a January appearance on Red Eye, and shook loose her style to the point that she exposed a cheek-long strip next to the right eye. It almost fell -- and we suspect a few Hair Fans might have wanted to assist with one more shake.
ERICA BLASBERG -- August-November 2005. A young golfer who made more of a rookie-year splash here, than on the LPGA Tour. She raced to #1 in our rankings in a Hair Fan vote, and became a Super-Hair Wars undefeated champion. But falling short at "Q school" likely means she'll fall out of public view.
KATHLEEN BRADLEY -- December 1999-December 2000. The strongest
style we've ever seen on The Price is Right, she was added to the Ultimate 50 on 8 Oct
2K at #11. But we had to remove her under protest, after her unjust firing from the
show put her out of sight.
CAMPBELL BROWN -- September 2001-January 2002. Her White
House reports for NBC News on "Terror Tuesday" were the stuff of legend -- as her
well-controlled shape flexed and twisted, but refused to fall. But a windblown report
1/5/2 with her hair wrapped around her neck to the right side showed desperation.
Then a crosswind outside the White House 5/16/2 blew hair from the left side into her
eyes, and down to defeat.
ANA MARIA CANSECO -- October 2002-March 2003. The morning
co-host on Univision impressed us with a short flare style, which held relentlessly when
she made quick head turns. But on 1 April it was less flared and more flat, and a few
long center bangs fell perhaps a millimeter above her right eye. She's still technically
unbeaten, but this pelo is not quite perfecto.
LIZZY CAPLAN -- September-November 2006. This rising actress is showing short hair actually can have
some variety to it. Her slight adjustments on TV's The Class held through couch chases and airborne vise grips -- but gossip web sites linking her
romantically with Matthew Perry showed bangs a bit too long and practically in an eye. The potential is still there, if she takes good care.
JENNIFER CAPRIATI -- February-March 2001. Her Grand Slam
tennis titles gave us a new look at a long style that's matured well. Dropped after losing
a "knockout round" in Super-Hair Wars to Kristina Abernathy, her long hair finally
slipped into her left eye outside the 2002 ESPY Awards.`
SUSIE CASTILLO -- April-June and July-October 2003. Miss U.S.A. 2003 has top-quality curls, which earned her hair care endorsements even before she was crowned.
But one close call with a blown-straight look put her out for awhile -- then an October appearance at a department store showed hair a half-inch too far in. She reached #1 in our rankings, but even "Wonder Woman" can be defeated here. (Courtesy Hindustan Times)
KIRAN CHETRY-- January-April 2005. Her short style at Fox News Channel won two Crown
Awards, including a historic defeat of Bonnie Bernstein. But then she cut in some bangs, which many Cutting-Edge Hair
News voters didn't like. And as she grew them out in early April, they came within a credit card width of falling in her left eye. She's still officially unbeaten, but is she heading for a downfall?
(Courtesy TV Heads.com)
ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS -- June-September 2001. When this
financial reporter is inside NASDAQ, she has as perfectly shaped a style as we've seen.
But on "CBS Marketwatch Weekend" 9/15/1, she was outside -- and we were shocked
when a breeze from behind blew right-side hair off her ear and across her eye with
ease. Hairspray truly does matter.
AMANDA COETZER -- July-December 2005. The retired tennis player brought the
2005 AAA Cup home for South Africa. But her retirement is the problem -- as she's so far out of sight, we can't follow her nowadays. If she comes back, "game on." (Courtesy Match Point Tennis)
NANCY CORDES - January-June 2006 and July-November 2007. This reporter has made "double" history -- as the
first two-time entry with different last names (maiden name Weiner) and two different networks (first ABC, then CBS). She's also had a few
amazingly narrow escapes, as her long hair somehow survives tricky winds over and over again. The last one which put her here was a live report
from Michigan, where a strip of hair blew across her forehead. Why it didn't fall in her eyes, we don't know -- but that was too close a call.
AMY DAVIDSON -- April 2004 - January 2005. To be honest, these long thick waves have lasted longer on 8 Simple Rules.... than we expected. Wherever she sets her hair, it holds very well -- but a couple of noticeable drops off the ears (not all the way down) in Season 3 persuaded us to look for something stronger. (Courtesy Wireimage)
KRISTIN DAVIS -- February-July 2002. "Instyle Makeover"
magazine declared her "The Great American Brunette," and her brilliantly
well-controlled sidepart on Sex and the City showed everyone why. But HBO's photos
for Season 5 showed what we feared would happen sooner or later: the left-side hair
leaning in a fraction too much. Barely beaten -- but beaten.
ROSANNA DAVISON - February-May 2004. The 2004 Miss World surprised
us with how well she kept wispy-thin hair out of her face. Her style is still unbeaten, but
she did well simply to tie a lesser-known singer in Ireland's EuroCup qualifying. That
lack of support has her below top-level.
JUDY DEAN -- January-February 2004. We contend if she'd spent more time
campaigning and less time on medical duty in Vermont, her husband would have fared better as a U.S.
Presidential candidate. When "Howard's End" came in Wisconsin, we had to drop her strong mid-length
hair for lack of public view. (Courtesy Drudge Report)
MELISSA DESOUSA -- November 2000-January 2001. We jumped
on these gorgeous, locked-down natural curls after seeing them in Allure. But her TV
drama "The Street" dropped like an Internet stock. Her style lasted longer than the
show did. May she find work quickly.
MICHELLE DeSWARTE -- June-August 2002. This British
model breaks the mold with natural, full curls -- and when she fell on a Milan runway
with her hair ironed goth-straight, the locks refused to move out of position. But when
"Inside Edition" replayed her fall, we noticed the hair bouncing awfully high toward
the eyes. Then came the British edition of the September "Elle," where one or two
strands of curl hit inside her left eye. A bit of frizz can mean defeat.
OKSANA DOMNINA -- February-May 2006. She was our style of the 2006 Winter Olympics -- a Russian ice dancer whose short hair showed amazing bounce and perfect control while making fast turns on the ice. But we found a gallery from the European Championships weeks before where hair slipped a mere eyelash from her left eye. We're calling her unbeaten, though -- and we could watch her skate all day.
PRISCILLA DUNSTAN - January-April 2008. This Australian violinist and "mum" says she's figured out
the secrets of baby languages. She gained a Crown Award nomination for knowing the secrets of attractive red hair -- but there are simply too many
pictures around showing her hair too close to collapse.
GWENAN EDWARDS - May-June 2004. The 2004 Super-Hair EuroCup was full of surprises, and she was one of them -- stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones to qualify for Wales, then sweeping a group which included two supermodels. Her short styles are great and
undefeated to our knowledge, but playoff stumbles landed her here -- perhaps not for long.
MORGAN FAIRCHILD -- December 1999-July 2000 and September
2002-February 2003. This beautiful blonde has a 25-year history of strong hair -- enough
to place her in the Ultimate 50 30 Jul 2K, and win the "Best Long Hair" Crown Award for 2002. But she's been squeezed out twice: in 2000 by
the Meg Ryan look-alike of Danae Roberts, and in 2003 by the rise from near-fall of
Maria Menounos. We've also seen a photo where her hair is practically in her right eye
-- an awfully close call.
ANNA FARIS -- March-April 2004. We were unfamiliar with this actress until
Entertainment Weekly profiled her with pictures such as this one -- with well-cut bangs which let her do
funny things in movies such as Lost in Translation. But after that wowed us, an online photo search
found her with strands in her right eye at the Scary Movie 2 premiere. Lesson: research the styles before
you add them.
TRACIE "FERGIE" FERGUSON - February-March 2004. We're glad The
Black-Eyed Peas discovered this singer, as her long locks on stage stay well in line almost all the time.
But a late-March photo from Las Vegas seemed to show right-side hair just a fraction too far inside her
right eye. So close - but too close.
GILLIAN FINDLAY -- March 2000-February 2001. The ABC Middle
East correspondent has soft bangs, and shoulder-length hair made extra-strong by
"handle" curls around the ears. But on 2/14/1 she did live reports with her hair
unusually flat, and only curled at the ends. That wasn't enough support, and a breeze
finally defeated this fabulous mix of beauty and strength.
JENNIFER FINNIGAN - November 2005 - February 2006. A former daytime drama star started
well on the prime-time court drama Close to Home. Long blonde hair on a District Attorney - well, why not? But
then we found pictures from the Hollywood party circuit with a strip across her right eye. Well, why?
JUDY FORTIN -- January 2001-February 2005. We withheld the Ultimate 50 #1 style from this
list to keep her a surprise -- but once she came in, her short styles proved practically immovable at CNN Headline
News. A Triple Platinum Award for four years on our list speaks for itself. But now she's leaving daily newscasts, for "vacation fill-in" duty. That's a shame -- and that lack
of regular appearances is the only reason we've dropped her. If she finds steady work again, she'll likely be back. (Courtesy TV Heads.com)
PAULA FROELICH -- July 2006 - July 2007. "Page Six Paula" of the New York Post gained our attention on
entertainment TV shows. She had her own segment on The Insider for a while. But she fared poorly in a New York City League tournament, and
had a very close call or two at Manhattan parties. She did well to make it to one year and a Gold Award. And if she comes back strongly to the spotlight, she could come back to our list. (Courtesy Gawker)
RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY -- July 2005 - January 2006. Her flexible shoulder-length hair survived being "chloroformed, bound, gagged and set on fire" on One Life to Live. (We have pictures of
this, but they're so dramatic that we're not sure we should post them.) That amazing control shot her to #1 in the
world faster than anyone we've ever had. But her attorney character's moment of angst on 12 Jan in the arms of a lover
appeared to send hair down to cover her left eye. It was very close, though, and we still respect her a lot.
WENDY GRIFFITH -- April 2004 - March 2005. This CBN News reporter has great shoulder-length hair, which stands strong like a "Solid Rock" in the studio. It impressed us
enough to be mentioned in our Style Profile section. But a report from Florida March 18 on the Terri Schiavo case showed wind quickly bouncing hair in and out of her right eye, even though the style stayed behind her shoulders. Whether that means she's beaten is debatable, but it certainly means a drop from the list.
ANA GUEVARA -- August-September 2004. One newspaper dubbed this Mexican sprinter "The Silver Bullet" after she won a medal at the Athens Olympics. We were swayed before the games by her midlength style and title potential -- but sadly, you won't find many pictures of her beyond this one with hair unpinned.
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