56 Of The Most Beautiful People Who Have Ever Lived — Like, My Jaw Is On The Floor
BuzzFeed
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We asked the BuzzFeed Community to show us really old pics of their hot grandparents when they were younger. Here are the wild results.
1."My grandpa, Lieutenant Commander Warren Fordham, was a pilot in the navy for 30 years and was the first person allowed to stay in the service while suffering from diabetes."
2."This was my grandmother in the army in the '60s (compulsory service) at army boot camp training."
3."My grandfather, John, was a US Army paratrooper in World War II, an Italian immigrant, and an all-around badass."
4."These are my mum's parents on their wedding day. They were only teenagers!"
5."My grandfather, circa 1970."
6."This is my grandma before she met my grandpa. Such a babe! She was still a looker well into her 80s and had THE most beautiful white hair."
7."My grandma and grandpa were high school sweethearts. I can’t find many photos of them together, but I think he’s very handsome."
8."My grandparents on their wedding day."
9."This is my old roommate's grandpa, but I had to post it because the resemblance is uncanny to Darren Criss."
10."My grandmother was a stand-in for Gene Tierney. That's how she met my grandfather, who was a cameraman."
11."These are my favorite pics of my grandpa."
12."This is my grandfather when he was 23! That jawline though...wow."
13."Here's my Filipino and French grandma in the middle, right after WWII. She was the personification of the true meaning of feminism in a time and country when it wasn't the norm. She was everything I aspire to be."
14."This is my absurdly handsome Lolo (the Filipino word for grandfather). I think this photo was taken right after college, just before he enlisted in the military and fought in WWII."
15."My grandfather during WW2 in the Solomon Islands. I miss him every day!"
16."My grandma Alva in the '40s."
17."This is my handsome grandpa, Don Ocker."
18."My grandparents on their wedding day 1952."
19."My grandfather during WW2. He was part of the United States Army Air Forces."
20."The one on the left is my favorite picture of my Poppi! And peep the sweet note to my Mimi in the bottom-right corner of the other photo."
21."This is my great-grandmother Josefina. The pictures are old and beat up, but she shines through the damage, obviously."
22."My grandpa George, you know, just casually doing acrobatics in the summertime. I miss him all the time."
23."My great-grandpa Archie."
24."My nanny."
25."This is my grandmother on her way to her honeymoon in 1958. She’s still this glamorous today."
26."My maternal grandparents in Ohio during the summer of 1956."
27."My 6’4” grandpa was a military man with two PhDs. He was apparently quite the ladies’ man, but he ended up with my grandma, the only woman who ever turned him down for a date."
28."My grandfather in 1952."
29."Here's my stunning grandma."
30."My grandpa was a gym teacher, coach, and a runner. I never realized how in-shape he was until I came across some older pictures, though. He passed away a few years ago, but I’ve recently taken up running to honor him (and to live up to these genetics)."
31."This is my husband's grandfather."
32."My grandmother in Bel Air in 1951. She married one of the co-founders of the Jim Beam Distillery Company. They later divorced, and she moved away with the house painter, aka my grandfather."
33."Never got a chance to meet him, but my grandfather was definitely a looker!"
34."My grandpa was so handsome!"
35."My grandma, posing on the rooftop of the boarding house where she lived during World War II."
36."This is my grandpa, probably around 1951!"
37."My grandma June, who was an absolutely iconic beauty."
38."My grandfather, Thomas Jackson Alsop."
39."My grandfather. I want to know why I didn't inherit any of his good looks."
40."My grandma with her cat-eye glasses."
41."This is Carl, my great-great-uncle. This picture would have been taken sometime around 1915. He died in France in 1918 during WWI."
42."My grandparents on their wedding day. My granddad died in 2007, and my grandma passed this April. I’ve always known how attractive of a couple they were, but going through her pictures earlier this year was like getting to know them all over again."
43."This is my grandma, Barbara. My grandfather was absolutely in love with her. She passed away about 20 years before him, and he would read us their love letters and tell us stories about dating and when they were young."
44."My grandfather, Akio Nishimura, in his college days while training as a Sumo."
45."Here’s my grandma at 23, I believe. Pretty hot stuff for someone who taught in a one-room schoolhouse."
46."My grandpa loved to fish and be a badass in Montana. He passed away this April, and I miss him so much! Love you, grandpa! Thanks for your good genes!"
47."My grandmother grew up wealthy, but after my great-grandparents got a divorce, things went south a bit in terms of finances. Without telling her parents, my grandmother did a pin-up shoot for extra cash in college. Pretty scandalous for a society girl in the 1940s!"
48."These are my grandma Elaine and grandpa Al (Alonzo), the coolest cats in Kansas City in the '50s."
49."My opa. He’ll always be guapo in my abuelita’s eyes."
50."My grandfather...shirtless."
51."Here are my grandparents when they first got engaged."
52."My grandma, Jenny."
53."My grandpa was a college quarterback for Illinois in the '50s, and my grandma was his smokin’ hot wife."
54."My grandmother is one of the most physically beautiful people ever and has the kindest soul I’ve ever been lucky to know."
55."My paternal grandfather in 1943."
56.And finally: "My grandmother rocked Kylie Jenner lips way before Kylie Jenner. She's in her 80s now and still has killer lips and the most luscious hair."