Remathilis
Legend
You can always go the CRPG route

I know I will get negative feedback on this one, but over the time I met way more female players descriping their fighters/monks/barbarians/etc. as River Tam vs. as Mother Russia.
I had one woman as a player whose character was an orc barbarian who very much fit the Mother Russia mold named Fifi. Now Fifi was a girlie girl who loved pretty jewelry, makeup, and dresses, but she had a 20 strength and the ability to rage 3 times per day. I have noticed that a lot of women rarely play ugly characters. But then most guys don't explicitly tell me their character is ugly either.
I was amused at the character options for Knight of the old Republic MMORPG. The fat male character model was shaped like a potato while the female fat model had all these kickin' curves and looked fabulous. My character's name was Darth Blimpy.
Oh, I don't doubt that few male players play ugly characters as well, and if they do, its ugly in a "badass" way. Again. Wish fulfilment.
I actually think the increase in sexy female characters has been accelerated by the increase of female players. D&D is in many senses a game of wish fulfillment.