No one thinks I'm Hispanic

If you are asking people to write a general description of a Hispanic women, it will probably end up being a stereotype, and thus probably offensive.

I really wish I knew how to answer your question without being stereotypical or offensive, but I hope you get the answer you are looking for.

I agree here. I am not sure what you are aiming for.

Depending where they're from and ancestry (Incan, European Spanish, Carribean) can be wide varied. Larger hips, Brown hair/eyes flattened nose if Incan ancestry or blond/auburn hair , blue/green eyes if European ancestry.

Olive skin, dark hair and a wonderful accent.

Obviously Hispanics are a huge mix and vary in shape, size and color more than any other group.
The one common trait I notice is the eyes.
The eyes are large, but stil sort of covered.

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THIS is what a Hispanic woman looks like!

This is a bit of an odd question. It's like asking what an American looks like considering that people of Hispanic heritage are just as mixed as Americans. There's Asian Hispanics, African Hispanics, European Hispanics, etc.
I'm of Panamanian heritage, yet I don't look like the average stereotype with my pale, pink skin and green eyes.
Even your classical Spanish/Native mestizo people have different facial features depending on the country and even then it's not the best example.
Or are you looking for the wide hips, thick hair stereotype?

Heaven.

This.

This is a bit of an odd question. It's like asking what an American looks like considering that people of Hispanic heritage are just as mixed as Americans. There's Asian Hispanics, African Hispanics, European Hispanics, etc.
I'm of Panamanian heritage, yet I don't look like the average stereotype with my pale, pink skin and green eyes.
Even your classical Spanish/Native mestizo people have different facial features depending on the country and even then it's not the best example.
Or are you looking for the wide hips, thick hair stereotype?

LOL at stereotypes....my mom is Argentinian....thick red hair, pale skin and light green eyes. My dad is Mexican, but is 6'4" (tall for there) and gets mistaken for being Middle Eastern all the time. I'm a combination of both....I don't fit the "stereotype" either, but that's what is so great....we're all beautiful in our own ways...you describe yourself like I would describe my mother...beautiful

This is a bit of an odd question. It's like asking what an American looks like considering that people of Hispanic heritage are just as mixed as Americans. There's Asian Hispanics, African Hispanics, European Hispanics, etc.
I'm of Panamanian heritage, yet I don't look like the average stereotype with my pale, pink skin and green eyes.
Even your classical Spanish/Native mestizo people have different facial features depending on the country and even then it's not the best example.
Or are you looking for the wide hips, thick hair stereotype?

LOL at stereotypes....my mom is Argentinian....thick red hair, pale skin and light green eyes. My dad is Mexican, but is 6'4" (tall for there) and gets mistaken for being Middle Eastern all the time. I'm a combination of both....I don't fit the "stereotype" either, but that's what is so great....we're all beautiful in our own ways...you describe yourself like I would describe my mother...beautiful

Even within my Panamanian side of the family, we're very mixed. My great grandfather was from France who came during the building of the Canal. My great grandmother was actually of Romani descent. My great uncle has incredibly dark skin with blue eyes and many of my cousins were born blonde.
Granted I should say my dad's an American of British/German descent so I was more likely to get the European genes, but I do agree with you about it being great not fitting within the stereotype!

Hispanics obviously look like me or I look like them. I am approached all the time by hispanics at work or gym talking to me in spanish. I am from North Carolina and in no way do I speak spanish. So I would say black hair and dark brown eyes and olive skin. Huh, I just described myself.

im hispanic and no one can tell and its starting to kill me i just want to show my culture because everyone makes assumptions

i was interested in hearing dark skin, tan skin, light golden skin. or brown hair, black hair, wavy curly.

im not insinuating in anyway that this topic needs to be offensive at all. im asking people to describe to me what they feel looks latina because honestly there are so many different ways to see it.

I get more people who think I'm Russian or French than anything else really! I learned Spanish before English so if I speak Spanish both white Americans and Hispanic people used to give me dirty looks as a kid. It used to bother me when I was little because I felt like I was Panamanian more than American, but as I got older I just got used to it. I'm Hispanic and it shouldn't matter if people don't think I am.

But it matters to me so much and this is why im asking. i care what people assume of me because of my own personal disconnect with myself and how im understood with others. i think your beautiful and honestly your right-it shouldnt matter what people think you are, its what you know inside your heart and the culture you were exposed to as a child will always be with you. i grew up away from my family, from my culture and i feel like something is missing. i add accents to the way i speak almost uncontrollably and constantly change the way i speak because of my sense of loss.

I can feel where you're coming from, but at the same time, it's difficult to change if you have light or dark skin, or the texture of your hair, your cheekbones, your nose, whatever. Basically what Brett said, being Hispanic is more about your looks.

Off on a tangent for a bit, for one of my classes, we read about the cultural ideas of race comparing the U.S. to Brazil. Someone who you would picture as "white" might be something totally different in Brazil because race is a cultural manifestation. Even my Brazilian friend mentioned something along these lines. She met a man who was of an Italian mother and German father and yet he identified himself as "Brazilian". Not really what you'd think of when you think of when you see a picture from a Carnival celebration.

If you feel like something's missing, I'm not sure of a good response to help. There's still going to be the stereotypical ideas of Hispanics and while I think you look Hispanic (or at least from the Caribbean...?), it's not like people are going to assume and speak to you in Spanish.

I don't get why Latin America is called that when no one speaks Latin...................................but anyway my thought is brown skin, dark hair with none Asian eyes.

Every hispanic woman I've met looks different. Blonde hair, dark hair, light skin, dark skin, skinnyskinny to superthick. "Hispanic" usually gets tacked with a bunch of stereotypes about what you look like, how you act. It's the same with anything other than caucasian. My asian friends get the same thing, as do my indian, south american, middle eastern... People come in all different appearances. You know what/who you are. If you want people to know, just continue to tell them.

curvacious with an apple bottom, may or may not be chesty and definitely child-bearing hips....

Sigh. If only just the women got the child bearing hips...

aww, hugs!