Beauty will save

Model and actress, Vintage Beauty icon Dovima. Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990)

Vintage Beauty icon Dovima, also known as Doe, was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba on December 11, 1927 in Queens. It is known that she was half Polish and half-Irish. She was raised by her mother, and all her childhood the girl spent in poverty. In addition, Dorothy became ill with rheumatism and spent 7 years in bed. Even learning took place at home, where teachers came to her. Dorothy drew. And signed her works with the first syllable of the name – thus appeared the world-famous nickname Dovima. “I never considered myself a beautiful woman. As a child I was a skinny, gangly creature with ugly front teeth – I broke them playing in my mother’s closet “- said Dovima once. And yet, as a child she wanted to become a ballerina. But the disease ruined her dream.
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The youngest recipient of India’s highest peacetime military award for bravery, Beautiful heroine Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986)

Beautiful heroine Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986)

“Beauty will save the world“, Dostoevsky said. A 23-year-old brave heart, Indian Beauty Neerja Bhanot has saved 360 human lifes and died a hero. On September 5th 1986, terrorists hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 Mumbai-New York in Karachi. When terrorists demanded American passengers’ passports to execute them all, the Indian senior flight attendant Neerja Bhanot quietly hid the passports of 41 American citizens under the seats, and in the garbage disposal to save the them from hijackers. As a result, no one was executed, because terrorists could not identify the nationality of the passengers. She died on the eve of her birthday, while shielding three children from bullets of terrorists. For her bravery she was posthumously awarded the highest in India gallantry award for bravery.
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Irish-American actress Maureen O’Hara (7 August 1920 – 25 October 2015), one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Beautiful Actresses we lost in 2015

Actresses we lost in 2015
First of all, this is a tribute to the beauties who found eternal rest, and whose charisma and talent continue to shine with the perpetual light of screens. And Many of them were real stars of the time, making us admire them, follow their life and creative work. Once, American writer Edgar Allan Poe said: “The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world”. So, let their unquenchable light continue to shine and remain in our memory forever. Irish-American actress Maureen O’Hara was one of these stars. Hollywood Golden Age actress, O’Hara was never nominated for Academy Award, but in November 2014 she received an Honorary Academy Award with the inscription “To Maureen O’Hara, one of Hollywood’s brightest stars, whose inspiring performances glowed with passion, warmth and strength”. Well, better late than never.
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Stunningly beautiful photo of the tragic Lynne Frederick starring as Queen Katherine Howard in the 1972 film “Henry VIII and His Six Wives”

English actress Lynne Frederick was the living embodiment of the image of a princess from a fairy tale. Noteworthy, her image as Catherine Howard – one of the six wives of Henry VIII, is very reminiscent of the classic Russian beauty in a traditional folk outfit – the headdress and sundress. In general, this very screenshot picture from the film drew my attention to the actress with an angelic appearance. By the way, I am not the one who could see features of Russian beauty in her. Thus, Hollywood film director Franklin J. Schaffner offered Lynn the role of Tatiana – one of the daughters of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. The film, meanwhile, won the Oscar in the movie festival and entered the top 10 films of 1972. Unfortunately, Lynn lived a short life, having appeared in over than 27 films, but in the memory of fans she still remains a young and beautiful princess from a fairy tale.
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I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. Pablo Neruda. Reasons to love trees

Joyce Meyer once said: “Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground — as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree”.
Undoubtedly, there are many reasons to love trees. First, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen that we breathe. Second, they create a pleasant cool shade on a hot day, and are home to animals. And another reason — it is amazing how some of them look.
However, not all of the following plants are trees (wisteria — a vine, rhododendron — bush and baobab tree belongs to the family of cereals). Anyway, we can’t help admiring them because they are amazing, majestic and beautiful.
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World Tallest women. The Big Maiden – Trijntje Keever, daughter of Cornelis (April 10 or 16, 1616 – July 22, 1633)

World Tallest women
Trijntje Keever, nicknamed “Big Maiden” (10 or 16 January 1616, Edam, The Netherlands – July 2, 1633, Ter Veen, Netherlands) is the tallest woman ever documented in history of the world. Her growth was 254-257 cm. Trijntje Keever was born into a family of Cornelis Keever and Anna Pouwels. Her father, a Dutch skipper, came from the Prussian city of Elbing (now Elblag in Poland). From a previous marriage with Maria Kooning, he had two children. Anna, a native of a suburb of Amsterdam, was his servant, and May 24, 1605 they were married. Trijntje rapidly reached very high growth and could clean the gutter on the roof without a ladder. Parents showed their daughter Big Maiden for money at fairs and carnivals. By the age of nine she had reached height of 2 meters (6 ft 7 in).
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Photo by Mark Shaw. 1959. 1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks

1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks
Once, among the vintage photos of the 1950s, I came across the image of a beautiful lady, whose waist was fantastically thin. Whether it was a corset, or a matter constitution, there was something else, that didn’t let me pass by. It was her touchingly beautiful appearance reminiscent of Jacqueline Kennedy, that can hardly be found these days – the embodiment of femininity, gentility, elegance, doll-like, but natural face. She looks at us with raised eyebrows and eyes wide opened, and this kind and clever look is from the distant 1959. Henrietta Joan Tiarks was one of the most popular London beauties at the time.
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