Jeweler and artist Laurel Burch in one of her earliest necklaces made ​​from powdered metal and colorful threads. The photo was taken in New York in 1971 near her apartment in Nob Hill

Beautiful jeweler and artist Laurel Burch lived in pain all her entire life, suffering more than 100 bone fractures as a result of osteopetrosis, a rare disease of bone fragility. Any push, fall could cause a fracture. In order to pay for housing and food, she was engaged in cooking, cleaning, sitting with the children. She was looking for a stable basis in order to maintain her fragile body. Without work, without money, without a dream she got to the Golden Gate in San Francisco. These were the famous 60th time hippies. Free spirit of hippi penetrated her art, her drawings are a direct reflection of the hippie culture. She described herself this way: “I live within the vivid colors of my imagination … soaring with rainbow feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient tribal jewels, dancing with mythical tigers in steamy jungles.”
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Beauty queen of 1950s Betty Brosmer

Beauty queen of 1950s Betty Brosmer started her model career at the age of 13. The result was more than impressive – she has won over 50 beauty contests, has appeared on magazine covers more than 300 times, her image decorated more than a hundred calendars, billboards across the country, and she was the highest paid model. She was a forerunner of such stars as Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Her phenomenal measurements: 38-18-36 (in inches) and 96-45-91 in centimeters gave her the title “The most gorgeous body of 50s”.
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Evita Peron of Argentina

Evita Peron of Argentina was the second wife of President Juan Peron and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Argentinians loved her not only for responsiveness and generosity, but also beauty. Chiseled body in white dress from Chanel, thin fingers in rings with heavy jewels. Famous phrase in the theater “Colon”: “These jewels, my people, I wear for you!” aroused a storm of applause. Argentinians perceived her as a deity, she was a saint and they prayed for her. Let Juan was president, Evita was considered the spiritual leader. She empowered the masses by becoming a symbol of triumph over the poverty and oppression of the old social order. Her life forever changed the society of Latin America by showing her people that even the most disenfranchised among them could rise to the highest levels of influence, and could do so from within the system and not by revolution.
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Three Slavic sisters – Belarus, Ukraine and Russia

Belarus, Ukraine and Russia are three Slavic sisters. Culturally and intellectually, the titular nationalities of these republics have much in common. We are referring to three ethnic entities of the eastern Slavic nations. Our languages are similar and our life-styles and patterns of behavior are in many ways similar. The modern peoples of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia all claim Kievan Rus’ as their cultural inheritance.
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the second woman President (after Isabel Peron) and the first woman – elected Argentine President. Cristina Fernandez was born 19 February 1953 in La Plata, Buenos Aires province. Her parents – Eduardo Fernandez and Ofelia Esther Wilhelm. Eduardo Fernandez, the son of Spanish immigrants, worked as a bus driver and was a shareholder of transport company. Ofelia Esther Wilhelm – the daughter of a native of Germany Karl Wilhelm – was born in the town of Tolosa. Ophelia was pregnant when she was engaged to Eduardo Fernandez. At that time it was a scandal, but the couple decided to formalize their status only after the fifth anniversary of their daughter. Christine has a younger sister Giselle, who is two years younger, and she is a doctor in La Plata.
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The office of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Factory in Harbin

The office of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Factory has turned into luxurious Palace demonstrating a perfect example of healthy development of their business. According to Ministry of Finance data, state-owned enterprises made profits of nearly 2 trillion yuan. And how much money they have spent on such, so-called Chinese Palace of Versailles is unknown. The impressive gold interior of the palace shines with all its splendor inside of a pharmaceutical company in Harbin, located in the northeast of China. Beautiful gold foil inlaid hallways, corridors, lavish chandeliers are quite in the style of Paris Royal Opera house, and the only difference between them – you can’t visit it.
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American beauty Christie Brinkley

American beauty Christie Brinkley looks phenomenal if you accept the fact that she is 60 years old. In fact, Christie Brinkley is the embodiment of eternal beauty, proving that women are not aging anymore. Even if she had botox, and some other enhancement done to her face, she wouldn’t have this youthful appearance without good genes given to her by nature. In addition to good genes Christie Brinkley lives a healthy lifestyle, she is a long time vegetarian and activist for animal rights and the environment. Christie Brinkley believes its time to change our reaction to the numbers as we age. Indeed, There are 30-year olds that are a lot older than many 60 year olds. “I don’t think we should judge our age by the number of wrinkles we have, or how many grey hairs ….but by our spirit”.
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