When the exquisite Carole Lombard died in a plane crash at age 33, the world definitely became a far uglier place.
Her husband Clark Gable certainly thought so. He was buried next to her, many years and several other wives later.
Her hairstylist should have been executed for Crimes Against Beauty, but Ruth Hussey still managed to get past all that:
Unfailingly elegant, too:
Ruth was not only beautiful, but loyal: she was married to the same man for 60 years.
If it’s Race Day at Britishland’s Cheltenham, can Carol Vorderman and The Girls be far away?
And speaking of girls… it’s Silly Hats Time:
…although not for everybody:
It’s a little early in the season (therefore too cold) for Brit chicks to go Full Totty at the races, and Cheltenham ain’t Aintree anyway. But soon, baby.
Oy.
And what she looked like in real life, i.e. in color:
Oooooh, a nursie. Be still, my beating heart.
And on we go, in our final celebration of International Women’s Day:
India: Aishwarya Rai
Czech Republic: Nelly Urbankova
Slovakia: Krystina Svobodova
Hungary: Edina Deák
Greece: Dimitra Matsouka
Venezuela: Adriana Vasini
Lebanon: Maya Reiady
And lastly, because I have a sense of humor and I love her despite the you-know-whats:
The Netherlands: Anneke van Giersbergen
That’s it, till next year.
Continuing our celebration of International Chicks’ Day:
South Africa: Demi-Leigh Tebow
Sweden: Izabella Scorupco
Denmark: Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
Canada: Kim Cloutier
Finland: Anna Easteden
Bulgaria: Nina Dobrev
Norway: Silje Norendal
Austria: Anna Fenninger
And that’s it… till tomorrow.