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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Author: Sarah Banet-Weiser
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520922603

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Sarah Banet-Weiser complicates the standard feminist take on beauty pageants in this intriguing look at a hotly contested but enduringly popular American ritual. She focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. Exploring the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant, Banet-Weiser depicts the beauty pageant stage as a place where concerns about national identity, cultural hopes and desires, and anxieties about race and gender are crystallized and condensed. The beauty pageant, she convincingly demonstrates, is a profoundly political arena deserving of serious study. Drawing on cultural criticism, ethnographic research, and interviews with pageant participants and officials, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World illustrates how contestants invent and reinvent themselves while articulating the female body as a national body. Banet-Weiser finds that most pageants are characterized by the ambivalence of contemporary "liberal" feminism, which encourages individual achievement, self-determination, and civic responsibility, while simultaneously promoting very conventional notions of beauty. The book explores the many different aspects of the Miss America pageant, including the swimsuit, the interview, and the talent competitions. It also takes a closer look at some extraordinary Miss Americas, such as Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America; Vanessa Williams, the first African American Miss America; and Heather Whitestone, the first Miss America with a disability.


The Only Woman in the Room

The Only Woman in the Room
Author: Marie Benedict
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1492666874

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty. Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis and revolutionize modern communication...if anyone would listen to her. A powerful book based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece that celebrates the many women in science that history has overlooked. Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Marie Benedict: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie Lady Clementine Carnegie's Maid The Other Einstein


My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Author: Rebecca Hourwich Reyher
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1969
Genre: Beauty, Personal
ISBN:

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A six-year-old peasant girl is lost and searches for her mother. The story proves an old Russian proverb: We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them.


The Most Beautiful Women

The Most Beautiful Women
Author: Patrick Lichfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1981
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Author: Ellis Amburn
Publisher: Harper
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2000-07-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780060197193

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An exposT of Elizabeth Taylor's private life includes coverage of her brain surgery, her successful fragrance line, her recovery from a near nervous breakdown, and her relationships with her husbands and other men. (Biography)


The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence

The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
Author: Alyssa Palombo
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466882646

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"In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all." - Booklist A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family’s favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici’s glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men of Florence—most notably the rakish Giuliano de’ Medici—become enthralled with her beauty. That she is educated and an ardent reader of poetry makes her more desirable and fashionable still. But it is her acquaintance with a young painter, Sandro Botticelli, which strikes her heart most. Botticelli immediately invites Simonetta, newly proclaimed the most beautiful woman in Florence, to pose for him. As Simonetta learns to navigate her marriage, her place in Florentine society, and the politics of beauty and desire, she and Botticelli develop a passionate intimacy, one that leads to her immortalization in his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. Alyssa Palombo’s The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence vividly captures the dangerous allure of the artist and muse bond with candor and unforgettable passion.


Hedy's Folly

Hedy's Folly
Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307742954

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant-garde composer invented spread-spectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible. Beginning at a Hollywood dinner table, Hedy's Folly tells a wild story of innovation that culminates in U.S. patent number 2,292,387 for a "secret communication system." Along the way Rhodes weaves together Hollywood’s golden era, the history of Vienna, 1920s Paris, weapons design, music, a tutorial on patent law and a brief treatise on transmission technology. Narrated with the rigor and charisma we've come to expect of Rhodes, it is a remarkable narrative adventure about spread-spectrum radio's genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.


Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr
Author: Ruth Barton
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2010-08-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0813139910

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This true story of a Hollywood sex symbol’s tumultuous life is “a real page-turner. Now, here is a book that would make a great movie” (London Daily Mail). Hedy Lamarr’s life was punctuated by salacious rumors and public scandal, but it was her stunning looks and classic Hollywood glamour that continuously captivated audiences. Born Hedwig Kiesler, she escaped an unhappy marriage with arms dealer Fritz Mandl in Austria to try her luck in Hollywood, where her striking appearance made her a screen legend. Her notorious nude role in the erotic Czech film Ecstasy, as well as her work with Cecil B. DeMille (Samson and Delilah), Walter Wanger (Algiers), and studio executive Louis B. Mayer catapulted her alluring and provocative reputation as a high-profile sex symbol. In this biography, Ruth Barton explores the many facets of the screen legend—including her life as an inventor. Working with avant-garde composer and film scorer George Antheil, Lamarr helped to develop and patent spread spectrum technology, which is still used in mobile phone communication. However, despite her screen persona and scientific success, Lamarr’s personal life included a string of failed marriages, a lawsuit against her publisher regarding her sensational autobiography, and shoplifting charges that made her infamous beyond her celebrity. Drawing on extensive research into both the recorded truths of Lamarr’s life and the rumors that made her notorious, Barton recognizes Lamarr’s contributions to both film and technology while revealing the controversial and conflicted woman underneath.


Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy
Author: Bettany Hughes
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2006
Genre: Civilization, Mycenaean
ISBN: 184413329X

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As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East and West. For millennia she has been viewed as ane xquisite agent of extermination. But who was she?


Mode Lifestyle Magazine World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016

Mode Lifestyle Magazine World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016
Author: Alexander Michaels
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2020-02
Genre:
ISBN:

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CRISTINA MARIA SARACUT COVER (2020 COLLECTOR'S EDITION) - MODE announced its eagerly awaited "MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016" list on Thursday December 29th 2016 at a private invite-only event to much excitement. Topping the list at number one is Olivia Culpo. Following at number two is Fan Bingbing, and at number three is Beatriz Fortunato. There were a lot of oohs and aahs, some surprises, and some big smiles. Some of our editors were clearly relieved because they no longer had to continuously dodge questions about who was in and who was out of the closely guarded list this year. MODE's President, Alexander Michaels, announced the top ten from the 100 list first and stated that, "Compiling this year's 'MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women list was particularly challenging for MODE because of the incredible level of talent, achievement, and energy of those within the list, and also those just out of it." He continued, "One of the most enjoyable aspects for us of compiling the list every year is reading the contributions and suggestions from our readers on who their favorites are. You get to learn so much about so many wonderful people on the list and understand that this is not merely about physical beauty, but rather more about hard work, dedication to one's craft and goals, and the powerful impact these amazing women have on society." TOP 3 CELEBRITIES - 'MODE'S WORLD'S 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN 2016' COLLECTOR'S EDITION: - Olivia Culpo is #1 in "MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016" list. The former 'Miss Universe', 'Miss USA', and 'Miss Rhode Island USA' was a favorite and a beloved of MODE readers; Fan Bingbing is at #2 in "MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016" list. Fan, one of the highest paid actresses in the world and a fashion world darling, has consistently topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 2014, and 2015, and has been on the top 10 of that list since 2006. Most will recognize Fan as Blink in the superhero film 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'. She's also in Skiptrace with Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville, and in League of Gods with Jet Li; Beatriz Fortunato is at #3 in "MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women 2016" list. International fashion model, Brazilian's Beatriz Fortunato, first appeared on the cover of Mode Lifestyle Magazine in 2016's 'The Art of Beauty' issue, shot in the French Riviera. Beatriz became a sensation when she rose from a life of relative obscurity as a resident of the Jacarézinho community in Rio de Janeiro after winning the Top CUFA contest beating out over 20,000 candidates from all over Brazil. She is the elusive fantasy girl that her boyfriend was trying to get back in the dance record favourite 'Maître Gims - Ma beauté' (Master Gims - My Beauty). --- The definitive yearly MODE's World's 100 Most Beautiful Women list is about much more than just physical beauty. Behind the undeniable external beauty you have artists, business owners, actors, models, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists.