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Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a vulgarly decorative way, cloyingly scented and an unstoppable climber.” Her eyes met mine and she made a motion as if scribbling in the air, daring me to write down her words.
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― The Eagle and the Swan
― The Eagle and the Swan
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The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness.
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― Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
― Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
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