Are these celebrities really ugly?

The only one who looks super wicked ugly to me is Courtney... and Cameron... they both look like pigs (literally, not figuratively). What's her face in the middle is jogging. She'd probably still look fine after she stopped jogging.

Someone post the picture of Avril.

another example of how valuable make-up artists and lighting can be.

Dude, I don't care what you say, Avril still looks hot there

Pamela Anderson:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/anderson1.jpg

Christina Agullera (2 pics):
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/aguilera.jpg
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/aguilera-2.jpg

Yasmine Bleeth:
http://www.hereinreality.com/makeup/yasminfake.jpg

Madonna (she's a natural beauty):
http://www.hereinreality.com/makeup/madonnawithout.jpg

Mira Sorvino:
http://www.hereinreality.com/makeup/mirawithout.jpg

Okay, that about wraps it up.

It's weird that they're all women though. Is no one interested in male celebrities without the airbrushing, flattering lights and cgi alterations?

Have you heard Xtina talk about herself recently? This is the angle she wants to shoot for; we're playing right into her hands.

If the crotchless chaps fit,...

And then let's kill the parasite.

Without makeup.

I'm not running a beauty contest. I'm just asking the question: are these people "ugly" or just normal? A few of them are truly surprising (Yasmine and Courtney), but for the most part I wouldn't say it's anything unexpected.

I hope that was unintentional, because HAHAHAHAHA!

I think those web sites exist for a pretty basic reason and the reason for that reason is pretty sad. See, most of these women are "sex goddesses" right? So, when they find an "ugly" picture, I think they feel sort of outraged or vindicated or something and it gives them a chance to say, "HA! You're not hot shit! You're hideous! Get off your high horse!"

But, the sad thing is that it's relatively hard for women to be seen unless they are "sex kitteny". Even the sort of anti-image Jeanine Garafalo (sp?) was being a little "sexy" in her Cats & Dogs movie.

'Tis a weird thing. The Courtney Love one did give me some pleasure, I must admit.

I hope that was unintentional, because HAHAHAHAHA!

Sadly, it was a poor attempt at humor (but intentional).

Janeane Garofalo has always been more than a little sexy.

But, I don't have the talent, so forget that whole paragraph.

I mean, really I was just interested in people's opinions or whatever is on your mind. You certainly don't have to point and laugh! (I don't think many people have done that, actually). Sidenote: that's a GOOD day for that particular old man. Like I said, he looks like hell in person.

Okay, you've trumped the Yasmine Bleeth caption with this one. In what universe are Jim Belushi and Bill Maher standards of beauty?

I wouldn't say their the highest standards of beauty, but acceptable or passable levels of beauty. If you look as "good" as Jim Belushi, you're all set. You're a star, babe!

Love: Doesn't look physically "ugly" so much as she looks like she has serious food poisoning or just passed out in an alley after a vigorous projectile-vomiting session. She does lots of drugs and looks like that all the time -- get used to it.

Applegate: Looks not just like a "normal" woman but a really nice-looking one. She looks like my neighbor in that picture, actually, and I think my neighbor's good-looking enough that when she taps on the wall I don't just turn the music down -- I turn it off. If she weren't famous and jogged like that into a Starbucks loads of guys would think she was really attractive, in an "I work in advertising and drive a Volkswagen and that's the kind of girl I'd marry" kind of way.

Diaz: Same as Applegate, except Applegate has a normal-looking face whereas Diaz's is actually pretty unique. You wouldn't drool, or anything, but you'd think she was nice-looking, and after you'd hung out with her a few times you'd start realizing that you're sort of taken by her face and you like her eyes and you'd really like a chance to make out with her at some point.

Spears: I have never been big on girls that look like this, but some people are. In this I think she looks pretty much like an average person walking down the street; I'm sure some guys would look at her and think she was sort of cute. I would make fun of those guys, but not her, because she'd just be some normal girl walking down the street to where she works as a receptionist at a sales firm full of middle-aged assholes who make sexist jokes about her personal life just because she's the ostensibly-hot young receptionist.

Anderson: Actually looks fantastic in that picture, 1000x times better than usual. She has this sort of Valkyrie housewife vibe going on: in normal circumstances people would look at that and say she looked wonderful. Seriously, if your friend said his aunt was dropping by and then that walked in with a flat-average body you would still think "dude, your aunt's sort of gorgeous." Seriously, that's great hair, and check out the Teutonic bunching between the eyebrows. She's like St. Pauli Girl's mom, or something.

Lopez: She relies pretty heavily on makeup, yeah, but look at that -- it's a run-of-mill nice-looking Latina. Nice-looking enough that even if she was walking through the old South South Bronx with a great ratty ass-hiding coat on she's still get hollered at a little.

Aguilera: This one's interesting because she's actually weird-looking -- especially since that hair doesn't vibe so peacefully with the no-makeup look. But weird-looking in a good way: in that top one she looks like some kind of elf cutie. Is it just me or does it seem like she's watching tennis there? And in the bottom one she's just cute. In a normal club anywhere in the U.S. people would say "hey, check out that cutie."

Lavigne: Generic North American high-school girl. Actually, on the good side of generic North American high-school girl. The guys who actually got chicks would just think of her as, you know, some girl walking around, but there'd be some less-cool guys who aspired to be in her league.

Bleeth: It's a friggin mug shot, and to be honest it doesn't look so different from the headshot it's next to. I mean, come on. If you were watching COPS and you saw that shit you know you'd think to yourself "Hey, that crack whore's not bad at all," and then you'd start wondering if, since you're supposedly better than the people on COPS, you could pick up a not-bad crack-whore like that and she'd be all impressed that you had a job and a decent apartment and stuff. Then you'd start wondering if maybe it'd actually be sort of fun to cook up meth in motel rooms and sleep with Jerry Springer hos and some part of you will say "yeah, it sort of might be" while the rest of you felt really, really dirty and made you turn off the TV and go read a book.

Ciccone: Looks great. And she's a middle-aged mother. Seriously, how did your mother look in her forties? Did you call your mom an ugly pig and put her picture on websites for everyone to make fun of? Fuck no, you didn't, cause your mom was nice-looking. And she still didn't look one tenth as great as Madonna looks in that picture.

Sorvino: It's not like Sorvino has ever pretended to be some sort of sex goddess -- usually she plays a great-looking "average" woman. And let me just say that that picture of her is my favorite in the set, because she looks like a completely "average" woman who's just secretly really great looking. She looks like some woman working the information desk in a bookstore, who after the 6th time you can't remember Jan Martel's name and she tells you you realize she's a secret sexpot in an ugly sweater, not gorgeous but (even better) just generally lovable-looking.

Jackson: Looks disturbingly like Courtney Cox.

I know exactly what you're saying. Many of the people up there just bother me, but I don't find them hideous. I just happen to not be particularly attracted to any of them, actually, with or without makeup, which is obviously based on my perception of who they more than what they look like (although, I really don't like the looks of Cameron Diaz, which is not to say she's ugly. If I met her in real life and liked her, I'd love the way she looks).

Did anyone figure out whose boobs those are on MJ?

Nabisco's analysis is fantastic.

I didn't watch the ESPY Awards, but I thought Justin Timbertwerp was an excellent choice as host because he is the celeb who most looks like a bobblehead doll.

timbertwerp!

On the nickelodeon awards show this year Jack Black called him "that guy with the name that rhymes with BUSTIN LIMBERSNAKE".