BHM: The 30 Most Beautiful Black Women in History

ESSENCE.com staffers are constantly going back and forth about who we think is the most beautiful Black woman of all time. In honor of Black History Month, we decided it was the perfect time to compile a definitive list of all our favorite beauties (in no particular order, of course... lest we start a riot)! From Pam Grier to Dorothy Dandridge, here are our picks for the 30 most ravishing African-American women in history. Here's what you had to say: Jill commented via Facebook: "We're all beautiful." Celia wrote via Facebook:"We must understand that beauty is not outside only, but also the torch of struggle and strength one carries inside."