Every year, you nominate people to be crowned Seattle’s sexiest bakers, musicians, museum guards, actresses, small-business owners, engineers, Value Village employees, etc., by taking photos of them and uploading them to The Stranger‘s flickr pool. We then subject the photos to a rigorous and proprietary sexiness-quotient test, determining who among them are the hottest of them all. In our annual Valentine’s Day Issue, we publish the winners. Here are Seattle’s sexiest citizens for 2009!

118 replies on “Seattle’s Sexiest: 2009”

  2. these people are all very pretty.
    but i don’t think the Stranger is really redefining beauty or anything.

    the Stranger selected people that fit the American well-to-do hipster culture mold. and that is the culture that the Stranger promotes. the people who believe they are slumming it because they drink pabst. some of them may have even tried meth. they live in a very exclusive culture.

    i think it is a very shallow culture that fades as fast as the hipster’s beer belly begins to roll over his tight jeans. but i don’t think this makes the Stranger bad. the Stranger simply doesn’t comprehensively represent Seattle. what form of media possibly could?

  3. They were all pretty, but i know even better lookin Seattlites!!! So pretty yes, sexy maybe, the most sexy in Seattle…um that is in the eye of the beholder I guess

  4. I worked with Miss #5 (Lauren) at the Apple Store for a few months. She made the job worth it. I was so shocked to see her on here! Apart from being just amazingly gorgeous, she is a lot of fun to be around. Congrats Lauren!

  7. Why only ten? In the past years hasn’t there been a lot more? What happened to sexiest Real Change Vendor? Sexiest Barista even isn’t represented… I’m guessing they didn’t have a ton of nominations to choose from in the first place.

  10. Most of these are fairly sexy..but seriously, number ten? Not a sexy photo, and def not a sexy person. He wishes his friends called him “g-spot.” He really sheds some doubt onto this whole “sexiest” feature. Ugh.

  12. It’s funny that so many of the comments here are about how ugly the women in Seattle are, because as a transplant, I have to say I’ve noticed the exact opposite. I’m always shocked when I see these gorgeous women who look like they must have been the popular girls in high school dating schlubby hipster guys with beer bellies and stupid facial hair. Where I’m from (Providence), these guys wouldn’t stand a chance.

    And the women here are so NOT fat. Sounds like you have issues with women you can’t articulate and just want to lash out. Plus, what’s with these “in other cities, the women are so much hotter…” comments? What magical cities are these? New York & LA, where people’s livelihoods depend on appearance?

  13. #1 Hot
    #2 Cute
    #3 Too skinny(for me) but pretty none the less
    #4 If I were gay. I’d put it in him.
    #5 Very nice smile!
    #6 Definitely handsome
    #7 Looks like she has a lot of soul, which I respect, and she is cute none the less
    #8 Smile is bright and nice
    #9 Lip rings are in, I guess. Pretty girl. Although glasses for this photo, nah, beauty is found in the eyes.
    #10 is not hot. Girl or a boy? He looks like a 14 year older, with bulging quads. Weird hair cut, weird face.

  15. Sexy is in the eye of the beholder. Anyone can have sex appeal. Anyone who criticizes these people should should realize that someone viewed them as sexy or they wouldn’t have been posted up there. I don’t see “unimpressed” or “Pat’s” picture up there. So I wouldn’t even talk if I were them.

  16. You didn’t included any number of the super hot nurses that live in our city. Nurses who perform the most intimate things a human can do for another person, who solicit and then keep safe some of the most intimate details of a person’s life- nurses who do all this and then go home, strip off the scrubs, shower, confront their own bodies and try to keep it going on for themselves while staying sane. God I love nurses.

  18. OMG! I remember Tracy from Caffe Umbra! I remember walking in and thinking, “Wow.” I have no chance in hell with a girl that good looking. lol. She definitely deserves a spot on the list!

  19. congrats to (most of) those that made the list (i won’t take that away from you, except for the last 2 — even though hipsters would likely prefer to be disliked, but whatever), but actually, this whole thing verges on the side of lame… and the rest of the comments emphasize this. there are tons of cool, hot people in seattle. to post the “10 sexiest”, where half are mediocre, is, well, rather mediocre.

  20. Like all the copy in the Strangler this list seems to be about the friends of the editorial staff, y’know the stuff they are always harping about, bands, hot bartenders, “sexy locals” etc. etc. Sorry for all you people who take this stuff seriously just because it’s in “the Strangler”.

  21. Cranky much, commenters?

    And for the record, if you’re bitching about how your friends are hotter than the people chosen, then why didn’t you post a picture of them on Flickr like the stranger staff has been asking you to do for a couple weeks now?

    If you did nominate someone (or yourself), and didn’t get chosen, well great – at least you tried. But stop being a sore loser. Seriously.

    ps. All ten of you are hot as hell. Don’t pay any mind to all the haters.

  27. If there’s anything I’ve learned from posting on the net it’s that people posting anonymously love nothing more than to complain about just how not-fuckable perfectly-fuckable people are.

  28. Oh, hey, here’s an idea.

    You know that little url field.

    If you’re going to complain about how ugly these people are why not include a link to a picture of an average citizen you WOULD fuck.

  29. hmmm … Arsenic7, when I find the Seattle person I would FUCK, I’ll let you know (maybe the girl I’m sort of seeing right now …) But the girls in the picture? I would go see a PG-13 movie with, hold hands and walk in the fair. And hell, maybe get to second base! WOW!

    I guess, when I look at these 10, with a few notable exceptions. I see some pretty faces … but very androgenous sexual neuter physical features. Cute in a very middle school I like you like you sort of way. The other thing is, they are picturs. They don’t really exude a lot of sexual energy. They basically state, “hey I’m hip, I’m small … I use less natural resources and have little carbon footprint. I also have a theater and/or journalism degree.”

    Hipster, in my opinion, = aesthetically pleasing, andogenous, and is the opposite of “exuding suxuality”. Sex is not an academic persuit … I’m sorry.

    As for men that exude sexuality, I would give credit to the mastadons at Contour on Russian techno night! Large, but lean, broad shouldered, great facial features. AND I mean, they LOOK like men. I would also like to give a shout out to the fire dancer, and Sarah the bartender, wherever she may be!

  33. Jesus Christ, people. If this is your idea of “sexy” then people in Seattle need to get out of the city and the state more often. I’m an East Coast transplant, and every time I come back from a trip home, I can’t help but notice the plainness, slovenliness, and frumpiness of the typical young Seattle resident compared to other places. If sexiness is analagous to a temperature, Seattle is Antarctica!

  34. I thought there was a good VARIETY of body types in the selection. No voluptuous fake tittied blondes but…well that wouldn’t be very Seattle now, would it?

  35. What a Joke, thanks for proving how none diverse Seattle is. Boring Boring Boring.

    Sure glad I don’t live in Seattle or Washington State for the matter anymore.

  36. we should give credit where credit is due. Although the girls in Seattle (not women; I didn’t see any of those pictured) may be among the plainest and homliest in the nation, they make up for it by being incredibly easy to sleep with.

  37. It would be thrilling to see, even just once, someone older than say thirty in a post on sexiness, hotness, even a fashion piece. The Stranger could choose to think beyond the mainstream, and say, post a shot of people well into their elder years and still looking mighty sexy. Yes, some of us see it.

  43. I see. And not one woman who’s even slightly overweight. And I’m not even talking about a real fatty – I’m talking about someone who has a semblance of tits, hips, and ass.

    STRANGER – WHERE’S THE TITS, HIPS, AND ASS?

    All you lesbos out there, are you with me on this? Or do you like your girls to look like 16 y.o. lumberjacks?

    Yick, what a waste of talent.

  44. Don’t let the list fool you, children. Seattle has much better to offer, as anyone who’s been downtown on the rare hot night can attest. But not one Asian (male or female) made the cut? Really?

    P.s. Number 10, I’d sleep with my ass in a bucket if I where you.

  45. Sitting at Smith I looked through this article with friends and we all decided it should be called. Friends people from the stranger want to bone.

  46. ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.

    Boooooring. And, in general, about as sexy as a salamander. A plain, goofy, hipster-wannabe salamander.

    I miss Chicago.

  48. Oh Seattle Stranger, to be so unattached to the mainstream! Trife list you hipster hacks. ‘Dita Vox’ ….suburban girl in a mediocre band living as close to the suburbs as possible, but claiming the Hill for some Stranger points! Nice moves, I’ve had a drink at the Cha too, so the hill is my true home, as well. Maybe I’ll make the list next year? Oh wait, I need a DIY haircut and a pair of my mom’s sunglasses from ’84. Throughout the slideshow covered faces and perfectly bad hair never looked so sexy! #9, hmmmm, are there some mom jeans down there? Hey, I’m the only one allowed to take stuff from my mom’s closet! Thanks for rendering me bonerless for the next month, Stranger.

  50. I love Seattle and I love my big butt.
    And I love these people, although its too bad there are only ten of them.

    And number seven clearly has tits and ass…

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