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I don't think it's such a bad thing that Bardot's beauty and style is still constantly celebrated today. Perhaps I'm not reading the right magazines but in fashion magazines only positive things seem to be said about. I understand what you're saying though with that she hasn't aged all the well yet her more youthful self is always being talked about. However, I don't think the loss of her physical beauty is such a tragedy. We will always have her beauty captured in print and on film and I would rather see a star age naturally, not matter how badly, than resort to plastic surgery. To be honest I also don't think that Bardot cares so much about how she looks. She seems very comfortable in her own skin and is focused more on others.1karina1 said:I think it's one of the greatest modern tragedies. Being the most beautiful girl in the world and then losing that beauty. And what's more being continually referred to in fashion magazines as this great beauty, this great icon, the type of accolade given to those that have died. Growing old is hard enough, without having to compete with your brilliant, youthful self so daily and publicly.![]()
If you think about it, other style icons of her generation like Anita Pallenberg, Sophia Loren, Anna Karina who were huge and are still alive don't receive the same treatment that Bardot does, even though she consciously tries to stay out of the spotlight.
Ziegfeld Girl said:I don't think it's such a bad thing that Bardot's beauty and style is still constantly celebrated today. Perhaps I'm not reading the right magazines but in fashion magazines only positive things seem to be said about. I understand what you're saying though with that she hasn't aged all the well yet her more youthful self is always being talked about. However, I don't think the loss of her physical beauty is such a tragedy. We will always have her beauty captured in print and on film and I would rather see a star age naturally, not matter how badly, than resort to plastic surgery. To be honest I also don't think that Bardot cares so much about how she looks. She seems very comfortable in her own skin and is focused more on others.
I'm sorry if I have misinterpreted what you were trying to say. I'm really tired at the moment and not thinking clearly.![]()
Basically I was trying to say that beauty isn't everything so I don't think the loss of Bardot's looks is such a tragedy.
Oh, I didn't know she felt that way about it. Then that is a tragedy.1karina1 said:Magazine coverage is always positive, that wasn't my point. I'm not being superficial but if you are famous because of your looks (and before you start, she is a good actress) to lose them is significant.
And it does affect Bardot. I was lucky enough to watch a documentary in which she gave a rare interview 2 years ago saying how she avoids turning up to events anymore since people have this image of her as the young, French beauty and she doesn't want to turn up and disappoint and shatter their fantasies. She actually said if she turned up they would say "What is that thing in the corner." And she wasn't laughing.![]()