OH wow, can't believe I didn't notice the absence of Kasidy.. (if I'd noticed the absence of the female changeling I would not have mentioned it ) Maybe you could polls for "the forgotten" after this final is completed Bry and then do the forgotten folk against the final winners.
Have to think about this. Ezri is cute, Kira has that tough-woman attitude I love, Jadzia is a classic beauty, Leeta is hot....
I always preferred Jadzia/Farrell, but through numerous rewatches of DS9, I've really come to appreciate Visitor's range and growth, much like Ryan in VOY.
I am really surprised by how close this is, much more than the other series. Even Leeta is a contender at this point.
Voted Jazdia. Lookswise, Kira improved over the whole series. Season 1 didn't do her any favors (the hairdos). She's too outspoken and hotheaded for my liking. Jadzia across most of the series (pre-Season 5) was more to my liking. She's intelligent, beautiful, mysterious. Yes, she did have an unattainable air, though interestingly, based on the series, she was 'unattainable' until she turned into a Curzon Dax soriority girl and hooked up with Worf but she wasn't unapproachable. She was highly accomplished, very wise, yet didn't come off as elitist. 4 good seasons and 2 slightly to bad seasons still put her on top. Ezri Dax was just about the opposite of attractive in her classic personality (short, extremely short hair, awkward, very nervous) though I can see people going more for her later on or in her Mirror version. As for the others. Leeta was certainly more attractive in specific areas than the others and she had a very upbeat personality. She was stronger-willed than her personality might lead people on to believe, but I felt she was a very common type of girl/lady, one I'm usually 'meh' about. Tora Ziyal I didn't vote for. I felt one of the actresses' interpretations of Ziyal was very charming and endearing, albeit naieve and couldn't remember which of the three. I do remember at least 2 of the 3 being good and having strong points where the other had weak/neutral points. I think it was the 3rd one who was the best. Whoever it is, she was a somewhat close 2nd to Jadzia. And Kai Winn... perhaps one of the most wretched female characters ever seen in Star Trek. She could give the Wicked Witch of the West a run for her money. She seemed like the Bajoran equivalent of Armus- all their worst characteristics made hidebound.
No, that was Cyia Batten, the first Ziyal. She played Navaar, the leader of the three Orion sisters in ENT: "Bound." Batten was also Irina in VGR: "Drive."
Voted for Jadiza. And not just for looks, but all around personality and likeable-ness. The rest never did anything for me and I couldn't stand Kira on numerous levels (I know I"m in the minority here). But that's just me and its cool to see this one being so close.
I always loved Kira's incredible smile and passionate beliefs... but then season 7 came along and I would have walked over hot coals for a kiss with Ezri Dax!!
I went with Kira, after much internal struggle. Kira is loveliness personified. But Ezri is Maximum Overdrive cuteness. And Ziyal is somewhere in the middle, in the best way possible. How do I choose? In the end, Kira was just there longer. And she didn't have jungle sex with Worf.