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Venus Dovetails Beauty

My Collage of celebrated women who make me feel beautiful when I look at their images. They were either demonized for their 'cautour edge' or dismissed as blonde 'molls', yet each made a paradigm shift in our view of "Beautiful Woman".

25.12.05

Venus Dovetails ''Beauty'' and ''Woman''


Picasso's ''War and Peace'' - www.art.com Posted by Hello

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''twiggy'' ~ model

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Diana, "The People's Princess"


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At Buckingham Palace, after announcing her engagement to Prince Charles


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Comforting amputees in Angola in January 1997, while holding 13-year-old Sandra Thijica, who lost her left leg to a land mine in 1994.

~ photos from "Time's Life-Retrospective" ~

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Marilyn Monroe, "...the most fragile and loveable legend of all"

~ quote by "Look Magazine" in her memory
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Audrey Hepburn ~ Chic, Compassionate


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Judy Garland, 1922-1969 ~ Our Dorothy to Consummate Singer


"The Wizard Of Oz" - 1939 publicity photo taken during Richard Thorpe's direction. Their make-up would change under Victor Fleming's direction. Posted by Hello


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Billy Holiday, Jazz Vocalist, 1915 - 1959


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''Femme'' ~ by Picasso


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Twiggy ~ "The Face of 1966"

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Diana, 1961-1997 ~ Princess of Wales, philanthropist, fashion icon

That Uncertain Smile

A family album picture of Lady Diana Spencer in her baby carriage at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk in 1962 - LIFE-02 Posted by Hello

The future Princess of Wales during a summer holiday in 1971 in Itchenor, West Sussex in Britain - LIFE03: Hint Of A Smile Posted by Hello

14-year-old Lady Diana Spencer receives a kiss from her pet pony 'Souffle' in Scotland in 1974. - LIFE04: Horsing Around Posted by Hello


Prince Charles and Princess Diana on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day on July 29, 1981. - LIFE06: Wedding Bells Posted by Hello


The royal newlyweds on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland whilst on their honeymoon in August 1981. - LIFE07: Blissful Smiles Posted by Hello


With Prince William at Kensington Palace, in December, 1982 - LIFE-08: Child's Play Posted by Hello


Ten years later, looking their separate ways during a memorial service on a tour of South Korea on November 3, 1992 - LIFE-09: Drifting Apart Posted by Hello


Sailing with William, then 9, and Harry, 7, in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1991 - LIFE-09: Smooth Sailing Posted by Hello


Reunited with her children as she arrives aboard HMS Brittania in Toronto Harbor on October 25, 1991 - LIFE-12: All Aboard Posted by Hello


Engaged to Prince Charles in 1981, Diana visited with Princess Grace of Monaco in March, 1981. - LIFE-15: A Royal Engagement Posted by Hello


During a private audience with Pope John Paul II in August, 1985 - LIFE-16: Holy Meeting Posted by Hello


President Nelson Mandela, whom Diana visited in Cape Town in March 1997, paid her tribute as "an ambassador for victims of land mines, war orphans, the sick and needy throughout the world. - LIFE-17: Paying Her Respects Posted by Hello


Diana met with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House in June 1997 following an American Red Cross event that raised money for land-mine victims around the world. - LIFE-18: Charitable Acts Posted by Hello


Arriving at the Royal Albert Hall for a gala performance of Swan Lake on June 3, 1997. Diana was a patron of English National Ballet since 1988 and had retained official links with the ballet along with five other charities throughout her life. - LIFE-21: Graceful Beauty Posted by Hello


Visiting Leicester to formally open The Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and Arts - LIFE-23: Crusades Posted by Hello


A 1982 portrait by Lord Snowdon - LIFE-24: Portrait Of A Lady Posted by Hello


Touring an Angolan mine field, January 1997. Diana had visited Angola and the former Yugoslavia several times during the previous year, lending her high profile to mine-clearance efforts. - LIFE-28: The Halo Trust Posted by Hello


With Mirzeta Gabelic, a teenager crippled by a land mine, in Sarajevo, August, 1997. Diana had arrived for Healing Handsa three-day private visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to focus world attention on the continuing plague of land mines and to call for a complete ban on the production, sale and use of them. - LIFE-29: Healing Hands Posted by Hello
Princess Diana ~ 1961-1997
"One year after her death on the last of August, 1997, TIME looked back at the people whose lives were forever changed by Diana, Princess of Wales." Posted by Hello

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