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Word: beautyful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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It is not that the princess has a weak memory: even an IBM super multiprocessor system would be hard put to keep track of the surgical, spiritual, chemical and cosmetic chicanery credited with transforming her from what she calls "a lump" of a young girl into the "internationally renowned beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

Disastrous Union. Most of the princess's 36 years have been spent in the pursuit of beauty. But then, as she explains, "glamour can begin only when all the groundwork has been laid." For Luciana, the groundwork came early in adolescence, when "all legs and big feet, thick at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

To help rebuild it, she had silicone injections to fill out her cheeks and plastic surgery that lifted her upper eyelids but did nothing for her spirit. Hypnosis, yoga, cell implants and love affairs helped her morale, but by the end of one liaison Luciana realized, "I had really become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

Filipino Massage. The book-described by her husband last week as "a straightforward approach to narcissism" -is saturated with beauty tips and tidbits, both from the author and her friends. Model Mirella Haggiag, for example, recommends going back to sleep after the breakfast tray arrives: Princess Ira von Furstenburg prefers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

Whirlwind Tour. Author Gore Vidal, also quoted in the book, supports the princess all the way. "Beauty is exterior: it is not interior," he says. "Not only does it not matter if there's nothing inside, it probably helps. Character has a tendency to ruin looks." Meanwhile, Luciana, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Mirror, Mirror | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

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