Gorgeous Stars Who Have Less Gorgeous Spouses

The sexy Korean singer, 37, known for her tauter-than-a-rubber band bod shocked many by marrying 42-year-old Korean musician Lee Sang Soon, prompting fans to denounce the pairing as “a beauty downgrading herself by marrying a beast”. But Hyori has defended her husband, saying: “The moment I decided to marry him was when I saw how [his parents] still love each other. Oppa [Sang Soon] told me he has never seen his parents fight, but I’ve seen my parents fight so many times. That was when I thought I could trust him.” So she married him for awesome in-laws?

It was love at first sight for the Mad Men bombshell actress, 41. She, surprise surprise, aggressively pursued actor Geoffrey Arend, 39, when they met through a mutual friend in 2007. “Geoffrey walked in and I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’ He had amazing hair and was all dishevelled… [When we went on a date], I was like, ‘You make me want to have a family’. Thank God I didn’t spook him enough to make him leave.”

Did the 50-year-old actress marry François-Henri Pinault, the CEO of Kering (the French luxury goods company that owns brands like Gucci and Bottega Veneta) for his dazzling wit or flawless personality? Or was it the fact that this 54-year-old dude, despite having fathered another child with supermodel Linda Evangelista while Salma was pregnant with their daughter, is worth a cool US$15.9 bil ($22.4 bil)?

With her enormous manga eyes and legs that go on for days, the model-actress, 36, is considered one of the most beautiful women in Taiwan. Yet it was the plain-looking Tony Xie who captured her her heart. Sonia has publicly stood up to naysayers who have criticised Tony’s appearance. “Looks should never be used to determine a person’s worth or value,” she said of her beau, who works in finance. “If a man is too perfect, I’d feel nervous and stressed.”

“I’m an old soul and she’s a young soul,” declares the Nocturnal Animals star of his wife, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson. The couple (we wouldn’t blame you if you thought Aaron was Sam’s son) met on the set of Nowhere Boy in 2009, when Aaron was 19 and Sam was 42. Then a “self-destructive teenager struggling with success”, Aaron credits Sam for turning his life around. So enamoured was he with her, he even took on her surname when they married after a year of dating.

The S.H.E member crushed many teenage dreams when she married 39-year-old Malaysian businessman Alvin Lai, in 2012. She is now six months pregnant with their first child. “My husband’s lifestyle is simple. Most of the time, he comes straight home after work. There are no secrets between us,” gushed the singer, 35. Moral of the day: To snag a celeb, all you have to do is be extra normal.

Engaged to former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt since 2005, the 54-year-old actress has tai chi-ed all nosy questions about her will-it-happen-or-not wedding for over a decade. What’s causing the cold feet? Jean, 71, is not getting any younger you know.

Sure, they are showbiz’s most powerful couple. But everyone can agree that Queen Bey is way, way, way, hotter than Jay Z.

In 2007 Carla met Nicolas, who was then the newly-elected President of France and freshly divorced from his second wife, at a dinner party. They got hitched just three months later after a whirlwind romance. Unlike Melania Trump, we are sure Carla found her husband's position of power, um, attractive. So much so that in an interview last year, Carla blurted that she would "do extreme gestures, like cut his throat or his ears when he's asleep" if she ever found out that her husband was unfaithful. Nicolas, you have been warned.

Mary-Kate got hitched to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's half brother Olivier in 2015, where "bowls and bowls of cigarettes" were reportedly passed around at the nuptials. Which is more disturbing — that Olivier looks more like Mary-Kate's creepy uncle, or that Carla Bruni and an Olsen twin are sisters-in-law?