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...some such place as the revolving door of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, at one time or another, Suzy Stephenson might well have passed Cristina de Borbón. Suzy is a pertly pretty ex-model from Birmingham, Ala. Cristina, a long-lashed Spanish beauty who has 27 other given names, is a relative of the late Alfonso XIII. Both Suzy and Cristina were involved last week with rich South Americans named Antenor. Suzy was on her way in the door, Cristina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Wives' Tale | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Like many another College listener, Kyser's wife, pretty ex-Model Georgia Carroll, once protested that the quiz questions were too easy. (Sample, flubbed last week by a contestant: "What presidential candidate wore a brown derby and used Sidewalks of New York as a campaign song?") Grudgingly, Kyser agreed to try some tougher ones. "It was a mistake," he recalls. "We had the dullest show in the world. The minute you have anything harder than a subject, predicate and question mark, they can't answer them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Keep It Simple | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

During the campaign, O'Dwyer and slender, pretty Sloan Simpson, thirtyish ex-model, had willingly and smilingly posed for photographers wherever they went. To a reporter who asked if a wedding was in the offing, O'Dwyer had coyly replied: "I'll discuss that after election." Then, leaning back in his chair, he had whistled Some Enchanted Evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Mayor's Lady | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...York City's Mayor William O'Dwyer, 59, running for reelection, was a likely candidate for marriage as well. Photographers snapped him at St. Patrick's Cathedral and the ballet with brunette, thirtyish ex-Model Sloan Simpson, a fashion consultant whom he met about a year ago. Newsmen scraped together hints that suggested a wedding by Christmas. It would be the second for each.* The most piquant hint came from the mayor himself. Asked pointblank for his intentions, O'Dwyer parried: "I will discuss that after the election." Then he leaned back in his chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: New Directions | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

Born. To Igor ("Ghighi") Loiewski-Cassini, 33, chichi Hearst chitchatterer ("Cholly Knickerbocker"), and second wife Elizabeth Darrah Waters Loiewski-Cassini, 21, blonde ex-model: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Marina. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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