One of the personalities, and famous beauties that inexplicably tantalized, and astonished American senses: Jayne Mansfield.
... Mansfield proved to have an uncanny knack for self-marketing, and she took steps to distinguish herself from the many curvy blonde actresses attempting to make it big in Hollywood at the time. She made pink her trademark color -- she wore pink, drove a pink car and bought a house decked out in pink that she dubbed "the pink palace." Mansfield garnered her first nationwide publicity when, attending the premiere of Underwater in Florida, her top mysteriously fell off in sight of numerous journalists.
From then on, as one journalist put it, Mansfield "suffered so many on-stage strap and zipper mishaps that nudity was, for her, a professional hazard." Shortly after the Underwater incident, she landed a role in the Broadway production and film adaptation of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter. Those performances finally established her as a star actress, and she went on to feature in such films as Kiss Them For Me (1957), The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) and It Takes a Thief (1960).
Nevertheless, many more people saw her photograph than her movies -- in just nine months, from September 1956 to May 1957, Mansfield appeared in an astonishing 2,500 newspaper photographs.
...With her beautiful blonde locks and Barbie-doll figure, Mansfield was second only to
Marilyn Monroe among the blonde sex symbols of the 1950s. She was also an incredibly driven performer whose tireless performing schedule and talent for self-promotion allowed her to stand out among the many beauties who populate Hollywood to become one of the most memorable faces of an era. "I will never be satisfied," she once said, summing up her relentless approach to her life and career. "Life is one constant search for betterment for me."
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dark & lovely Jada Fire smiling around the corner
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Beyoncé Knowles is all set to take the world by storm. The "Crazy in Love" singer kicked off her 42-city world tour with a show in Serbia Monday night in a bodysuit that had jaws dropping. The long-sleeved
bedazzled outfit boasted an
optical illusion that made it appear that she was topless (with "prominent" nipples). Known for donning arresting costumes in the past, Beyoncé is no stranger to wowing fans. But there are quite a few reasons why rocking a "fake physique" was particularly clever.
They didn't require FCC intervention.
Unlike
Janet Jackson's
unfortunate 2004 incident, Beyonce's recent Super Bowl experience remained unscathed (save for that mysterious blackout). If anyone is going to find a way to be risque without ruffling too many feathers, it's going to be her. The optical illusion may seem naughty by most standards, but for her it appears to be perfectly legal...
By Ayanna Guyhto April 17, 2013
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Actress
Amanda Blake, as Miss Kitty
, tempted and seduced Matt Dillon on the 1960's Western series
GUNSMOKE, the length of the series. It tantalized boys and men, at the time, stretching the limits of proper decorum during national TV watching. She was typical of the refinement the dominant culture wanted viewers to understand about the best of their white women. Although her character was a Madame running a saloon and a stable of prostitutes she held the weight of the townsmen's attention to her good looks, her authority, and her relationship with Marshall Dillon. Despite the fact that women were a little more than objects, or chattel to men in the late 1800's Hollywood created a perception of the West that amended their horrific jaunt across the West into Indian country. Amanda Blake affirmed that myth.
The funny, or rather interesting thing is TV did not allow the end of irresistible temptations to happen. Marshall Dillon never got any
punany from Miss Kitty, and many wives, in the 1960's, probably went to bed to release the tension from their husbands loins after the show went off the air at a decent hour. -
Dawn Wolf 8.3.13
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| The first wardrobe malfunction was 'performed' by Jayne Mansfield at dinner with the epitome of elegance, grace and Italian beauty, Sophia Loren. Her nipple, her full and natural breasts rendered men silent and numb. They were full and had borne the life milk for her children by then, and many men then, and today are tantalized by the sheer power of breasts that have lived, and live a full purpose. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 8.3.13 |
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