It's easy to be childish about Natalie Cassidy's looks and say she's 1 or a 0! In reality, I rate as a 4, ordinarily, and 5 (average) when she's looking her best. So above Temeka Empson - Tameka would be a 4 if she lost the weight

Kelly Bright aka Linda is heavily pregnant right now, but usually she has a slim, petite figure and looked hot in figure hugging dresses. Lacey Turner-Stacey has been looking a bit rough of late but she is way more attractive than Sonia, who Martin used to be with before her.

Don't take this as an insult, but I think you're blinded by your own sexuality. As a heterosexual guy, I sometimes have the same problem in not appreciating men's handsomeness.
If we have a Donald Trump style scale of 1 - 10. 10 being a 10 (absolutely beautiful) and 1 being so ugly you have to turn your gaze. 5 as an average looking person.
I agree on Tameka Epson's looks, I'd say she's a 3. I also can see Richard Blackwood is a good looking black guy - but I think that's part of their narrative - he's with her because he got her pregnant. He had a romance with Ronnie, and could get himself another good looking woman, but he's trying to be a good family man for his daughter.
Kellie Bright who plays Linda has aged, but she's still attractive. I'd say she's a 6. Apart from being tall, I'm not sure what is attractive about Danny Dyer (so there's my blindness).
Lacey Turner does look dowdy, at times, as that's the character she plays. She's actually quite pretty when dressed up. I put her as a 6, ordinarily, and a 7 when she goes glam. Martin is a big, pleasant enough, looking dope. I think they're quite evenly matched

I don't find Kellie Bright Aka Linda unattractive. Like the fact that in the mornings she looks natural the way we all do. Surely these actresses don't have to be beautiful it's not everything.

In fact
Fact is Stacey is a frump at best she's an average, Martin is just up her street the OP is right.

Martin is average looking at best and he is definitely not the most interesting of people to be around. Stacey is actually a pretty good catch for someone like him. In fact SHE could probably do better than him.

Wasn't Sonia portrayed as a man magnet back in the early 00s? I seem to remember her bagging both Jamie Mitchell and obviously the original Martin.

''It is odd watching Eastenders you see these good looking young men paired with fat frumpy women. Danny Dyer wife on the show I know the actress is pregnant BUT she is just so unattractive. Same for the guy who plays Martin on Eastenders he is good looking and in shape''
both danny dyer and the martin actor are very average looking men, they are certainly not the good looking american tv type.

Extreme
Whoppers Delight, hana

Kim has the whoppers delight hana

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The OP clearly likes Martin and who are we to argue.

Martin looks like he's been hit in hard in the face with a shovel. He looks even worse when he's stood next to Kush. Martin should get back with Sonia, they are on the same level as each other.

I disagree Stacey is gross her face looks bloated I think Martin could do a lot better than her.

I think Linda had Lee when she was 14.

I think she and Mick are a believable couple although they both look (and are) too young to be Lee and Nancy's parents.
Well they were meant to have been very young parents weren't they? 16/17 or something. It is possible if they're around 40 now.
It's indie rock and roll for me

Mick can do a lot better
Oh Steve and you were doing so well what a shame. Mick is an ugly Cockney mong, no woman who doesn't want a brain dead child would go anywhere near it.

''It just seems odd Emmerdale seems to do a better job with the actresses they hire slim and pretty. Yet Eastenders seems to have a fat, frumpy, out of shape and ugly women thing going on.''
not odd, it's the look/tone the show has always gone for, they don't want to go down the whole attract viewers by hiring good looking cast route which I think is good.

Linda is unattractive Mick can do a lot better than her and as for Martin he is a good looking bloke and I find Stacey to be frumpy and unattractive. Sonia was worst but Stacey is just as ugly as her. It just seems odd Emmerdale seems to do a better job with the actresses they hire slim and pretty. Yet Eastenders seems to have a fat, frumpy, out of shape and ugly women thing going on.

Vincent and Denise would be more believable. She generally doesn't go full on glam mode, but when she can look really good when she tries.
Kim, she seems to think she's Beyonce or something.

I agree that in real life someone like Vincent would be someone younger and fitter but I guess it's funnier if he's stuck with a self-obsessed dumpy harpie like Kim. And to be fair her comic scenes can be v funny if they're not too far fetched.
There's no way that Linda is fat and frumpy, I think she and Mick are a believable couple although they both look (and are) too young to be Lee and Nancy's parents.
All Martin's bits are in the right place but he's nothing special is he? I think he and Stacey are a good couple and she is certainly a step-up from Sonia. Let's be honest Babe is a step-up up from Sonia.

Kim is a fatass, the most ridiculous scene I've never seen on EastEnders was her flirting and throwing herself at the male residents like some hot piece of fatass.

''There have been plenty of odd pairings on the show. Off the top of my head:
Phil and Kate
Phil and Dawn
Garry and Dawn
Max and Lucy
Ian and Melanie
Peter and Lola
Billy and Honey
Jamie and Sonia
Lynne and Beppe
Carol and Connor
Janine and Ryan''
peter and lola were not odd, both were attractive.
Phil and kate were put together as part of a sting but she fell for him over time.

There have been plenty of odd pairings on the show. Off the top of my head:
Phil and Kate
Phil and Dawn
Garry and Dawn
Max and Lucy
Ian and Melanie
Peter and Lola
Billy and Honey
Jamie and Sonia
Lynne and Beppe
Carol and Connor
Janine and Ryan