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She was 28 when she was inducted into our Hair Fan's Hall of Fame. But Maria Menounos's title of "youngest hall member" almost was supplanted in 2010 - as 27-year-old Carrie Underwood came one vote short of induction. That development displeased one Hair Fan, who wrote: "In the city I live in, you have to be at least 35 to be selected for our sports hall of fame.... You need to bring respectability to your Hall of Fame. Fix it."

First of all, it's the Hall of all Hair Fans - but is it a good idea to have a minimum age limit for induction? Hair Fans were at split ends on this proposed rule change. The one-week poll ended with a 50-50 percentage tie (8-8) -- and without majority support, we will not make a change. "Now if someone's 16, I'd say yes," one voter commented. (We intentionally left the number for the minimum age open for discussion.) But we have another, more traditional concern about this idea. What if a woman doesn't want to reveal her age?

Thanks to all of you who take part in our polls! And we welcome any news tips you have on changing celebrity styles. Contact us at: SuperHair@Gmail.com .

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"Dear all. Cut my hair off a few days ago. Feels incredible. I love it." With that online note, actress Emma Watson announced to the world a major hairstyle change. Shoulder-length hair which had a variety of looks in the Harry Potter movies suddenly was gone - and all that was left was a super-short cut. There was speculation Watson made the change for an upcoming movie role. But the Hair Fan who alerted us to it on our message board moaned: "I hate!!!!! pixie haircuts."

What do other Hair Fans think of a more "elementary" Watson look? Our one-week poll found they're moaning as well, as 70 percent voted down the big cut (14-6). "Is she having Rosemary's baby?" one wondered - and indeed, some have compared Watson's new style to what Mia Farrow displayed in that classic movie. We would only add this looks like a case of jumping from one side of the "hair road" to the other. Watson's long styles mussed frequently; the new cut is so short that it's indestructible, but leaves no real drama for Hair Fans.

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Paula Creamer has quite a mix of attributes. She's competitive on the golf course, yet "cute" enough to wear solid pink and put a cartoon panther on her clubs. She was athletic enough to win the 2010 U.S. Women's Open with a thumb injury - yet she displays long hair and bangs beautiful enough to win Crown Awards. Put that combination together, and you might understand why Hair Fans have voted Creamer #1 hairstyle in the world!

Our eighth annual "Rank the Top Ten Tresses" week may go down as our closest ever -- as Creamer was the only woman of the ten to top 20 percent of the vote. Her 21 percent edged four women by one vote; Brittany Jeffers, Toni Marsh, Carol Massar and Vaida Petraskaite all tied at 14 percent. Sixth place saw another logjam - Becky Quick, Alexandra Steele and Lisa Sylvester tying at seven percent. It's interesting that four of the five leaders among our votes were in the bottom half of our latest rankings, while our "top three" were shoved down the list by Hair Fans.

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Right photo courtesy Wide World of Women

"Patti Ann Browne.... looks like she got a haircut. Could it be the start of the end of her long hair?" When someone sent this news to us via Twitter, it was surprising. But when we saw pictures of the Fox News Channel anchor, we didn't quite see what the Hair Fan was concerned about. Browne's hair still reaches her shoulders. The only change we noticed involved the bangs Browne developed in recent years; from what we can tell, she's grown them out.

What could this Browne do for you, if you had a style preference? In true FNC tradition, our one-week poll was very "fair and balanced" - with the final vote coming down for Browne keeping the bangs by a 52-percent margin (11-10). "Bangs make her look more youthful," one voter argued. But a bang-basher countered: "Bangs make her look not serious in reporting, like she is 12 years old." The left photo may have been a bit unfair along those lines; it came from the late-night talk show Red Eye, where things tend to be more carefree. But we admittedly would be more inclined to reach for those bangs, if the right moment came....

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If all you knew about Sheryl Crow was her music, you might conclude her life is all about having fun and soaking up sun. But she's known for having some serious causes - and we've concluded she's pretty serious about her hair. Crow can display loose wavy precision at awards shows -- a look which makes Hair Fans long to touch it, yet hesitate over the harm they (or maybe she) might create. But when Crow sang on The Late Show during July, she surprised us with a blown-straight style. It seemed to hold in place every bit as well, but is it a better look for her?

To borrow from her latest album, our voters might go "100 Miles from Memphis" to avoid Crow's straight experiment. They preferred the wavy look by an overwhelming 86 percent margin (12-2). "Straight looks totally dull and lifeless," one Hair Fan commented. We'd add Crow's curls are more (choosing our words carefully) mentally stimulating - quite complex to examine, not to mention sort through and handle.

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Right photo courtesy Inside Edition

"Eek!" is a response we don't receive often when a picture is posted on our site. And it's never come from the person we've posted - until we noticed former model and current fashion analyst Katrina Szish had grown out her bob. Szish's surprisingly strong short cut had become her signature. It's all over her web site and Twitter feed. But her hair hit the shoulders for interviews about the infamous Mel Gibson tapes, and we wondered if the one-time "Style Spy" and Top Ten Tresses member had made a good style move.

Szish explained to us via Twitter the "eek" was because our long-hair photo came from a "bad hair day: pouring rain!" Our Hair Fans seemed to agree, as 65 percent of them want the short style to come back (13-7) - but for different reasons. "Longer is too limp," wrote one (perhaps a sunny day might have changed that view). Another simply stated, "I love shorter hair." But one voter gave Szish the benefit of the doubt, saying her long hair is "spectacularly beautiful" and her bob is "drab run-of-the-mill...." High-risk short hair with sturdy hold is never run-of-the-mill with us.

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We admit it: after the first season of The Bachelor where we were impressed by the hair of Shannon Oliver, our interest in the reality series faded like those roses they hand out each week. But maybe that was a big mistake -- because the 2010 edition has brought out nice styles, along with the usual tabloid headlines. Jake the airline co-pilot spurned Tenley Molzahn (left) for youthful Vienna Girardi (right). Then Jake and Vienna broke the engagement with TV feuding and rumors of cheating, as another "reject" named Ali received her own Bachelorette contest. This wave of commotion led us to ask: which woman would Hair Fans choose?

We put the three ladies together, asked who would win a Super-Hair War -- and after one week, voters gave the rose to Tenley. Her loose waves gained 45 percent of the votes, topping Ali's 36 percent and Vienna's 18 percent. Perhaps this explains why Molzahn is trying to cash in on her TV fame. She was identified on ABC's website as working in "college admissions" -- but now her own website promotes her as everything from "America's Sweetheart" to a "Disney character." Minnie Mouse, she's certainly not....

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The first question some Hair Fans probably asked when they saw these pictures is "Why?" Why would we post a poll on DC Comics's decision to give Wonder Woman a 2010 makeover? Because we know some people care about this superhero's hair -- a lot. Some were lured to the Lynda Carter series in the 1970's by her bouncing loose hair, facing life-or-death battles while protected only by a headband. (And almost always holding strongly in place, as true Super-Hair should!) We've even read appeals that whenever a Wonder Woman feature movie is made (and why hasn't there been one?), the hero must have curls. (Example: search our site for Susie Castillo.)

The latest cartoon upgrade will let that group down. And Hair Fans voted the change down in our one-week poll by a mighty 80-percent margin (8-2). A member of the majority explained Lynda Carter's TV character "had some big 70s hair, but it was full of body. The new style looks oily." Very true - not to mention the strips of hair dangling around her face. We fear one good fight would leave this style all over her eyes. Is this new Wonder Woman from Amazonia, or a Seattle grunge band?

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