As the years go by, there are always some legends that are immortal.
In the 1950s, a "Roman Holiday" came out, pushing Audrey Hepburn's beauty to the peak.
However, what everyone does not know is that the most beautiful woman of that era is not Hepburn, but her good sister "Dovema".
She was the most expensive supermodel of her time, and a "Dance with An Elephant" sold for 7.45 million.
Under the lens, she is an elf who has fallen into the human world.
Smart and elegant, enchanting and mysterious, beautiful and heartbreaking.
But such a beautiful person who amazes all sentient beings is tormented in life.
Inferiority, being deceived by men, and finally dying alone.
Looking back at Dovima's life, the things she has experienced are painful and regrettable...
01, broken front teeth, so inferiority
Dovema was born in New York in 1927.
She is a delicate flower that can't help the wind, and she has been weak and sick since childhood.
Her parents raised her as a "princess".
In Dovima's memory, she rarely went out as a child and always played alone at home.
Once, when I stole my mother's dress, because I was too panicked, I broke my front teeth in half.
This also led to her having been very inferior, thinking that she was ugly and afraid to show her teeth.
After being held at home for 7 years, Dovema was taken out by her mother.
Stepping out of the house for the first time, Dovema happily ran through the streets, enjoying the baptism of the sun.
After that, Dovema would often go shopping, and this habit did not change until after marriage.
After becoming popular, Dovima once said something like this: "I will never forget the first time I went out, it was so familiar and strange."
Dovima married very early because she stayed at home and missed school, leading to a relationship with a less educated level.
The first marriage was arranged by the parents.
The other was a very handsome man who was not short of money, and their home was on the same street and was neighbors.
Originally, the two would always be happy and sweet, but unfortunately, people's fate twisted and turned to be difficult to control.
One day in 1949, while shopping with her husband, Dovema was asked by a staff member of a magazine called Vogue if she wanted to be a model.
Dovema was frightened and wanted to refuse, but her husband persuaded her to try.
Dovema, who had low self-esteem, had to pick up her mouth when she took pictures so that her front teeth would not be seen.
But I didn't want to, but the act of smacking her mouth showed her unique beauty, which surprised the magazine staff.
After the owner of a modeling agency saw her photo, he praised her one after another: "The beauty of Dovema is by no means the beauty of the girl next door, but the unique mysterious temperament of this era."
Dovema in the photo is certainly a little shy. But the charming eyes when smiling make people feel very mysterious and elegant.
Especially the moment she smacked her lips, with a hint of alienation and cold arrogance.
Soon after, a company called Ford approached Dovema, hoping she would become a contracted model.
Dovema is happy to have found a well-paid job.
Initially, her appearance fee was as high as $30 an hour.
After that, it soared all the way to $60 an hour.
In the 50s, there was not a single female model with a high cost of appearances.
Her mysterious and elegant beauty caught the attention of Richard, a well-known photographer of the time.
He took the initiative to find Dovima, hoping to shoot a set of natural and human classics: dancing with elephants.
Dovema agreed, and she stood among the elephants in a black and white dress.
With his slender posture, he and the elephant have a "silent conversation".
Elegant swan neck, slender small waist, looking back for a moment has become the classic lens of the era of the gods.
When Richard saw this photo, he couldn't help but praise: "She is an aristocratic beauty like never before."
Even if she lives in an ordinary family, she also marries a woman, and the coldness and nobility on her body are still natural.
More than half a century later, Dior bought this precious photograph in 2010 for as much as 7.5 million.
In the follow-up, there are many stars, imitating similar ways of taking pictures, but no one can surpass Dovemar's style.
During her most popular 15 years, she shot new ready-to-wear for Dior countless times.
Even Coco Chanel personally dressed her.
Later, Balenciaga also invited her to wear the latest dress many times to photograph the noble beauty of the dress.
Givenchy's little black dress, Dovema also wore.
After she became famous, she was also the royal model of VOGUE and Harper's Bazzar, and most of these impurity covers were photographs of her.
By 1957, he was also shooting "Sweet Sister" with Hepburn.
In the play, she starred in her true colors, and the image of a model was played beautifully.
Even if there is only a hurried side in the movie, her beauty and temperament have also made many people feel that it is far more than Hepburn.
Of course, her cool beauty is so sought after that it is inseparable from photographer Richard.
Unfortunately, by 1959, Richard announced that he would no longer work with Dovima.
Knowing that she had been abandoned by the photographer, Dovima did not complain.
In the interview, Dovema also said sensibly that she understood that she was old and could not create any more value.
What a sensible woman, alas, red-faced.
Her style eventually survived only in a few photographs.
02, after three unhappy marriages
Dovema, who married for the first time, was less than 20 years old.
Before becoming famous, the relationship with her husband was good and sweet.
Beautiful as a flower, she is loved by her husband, and she rarely does even housework.
But as she became popular and became famous, her husband filed for divorce.
The reason is very simple, the two are no longer in the same world, it is better to let each other leave.
Dovema wanted to keep it, but seeing that her husband was desperate to leave, she had to let go.
After the divorce, Dovema was very sad and cried once.
Although her career has been smooth, she has reached the age of 35 in the blink of an eye, and in the modeling industry, she is already an advanced model.
Dovema didn't want to become wrinkled herself before leaving the camera.
Besides, she also wants to enter another life.
After quitting the modeling industry, Dovima starred in many movies.
However, her luck is not very good, and each time she gets a shot, it is only a few seconds.
Although she was not popular as a model, her popularity is still undiminished.
Soon, a man named Alan was pursuing Dovema fiercely.
Originally wanted to live a warm family life, she was moved, and soon married the other party.
After marriage, whatever her husband says, she will do her best to achieve it.
The other party wants money, she gives. To be free, she is also perfect.
For this love to go further, Dovema did not hesitate to give up her career and give birth to a love crystal for this small family.
After the birth of her daughter, Dovema felt happy and sweet for the first time.
Seeing the delicate baby, Dovema just wanted to stay with the child all the time.
She voluntarily gave up the film contract in order to take more time out of her child care.
But what Dovema did not expect was that Alan was a domestic violence man, and if he did not go well, he would punch and kick her.
At the worst time, Dovema couldn't help but let her friends stop her, but she dodged once, but she couldn't hide the next time.
Once a friend is found, the husband will only beat him harder.
Such a painful life, Dovema survived for 6 years.
After repeated injuries, she was disheartened and offered to divorce. The husband naturally disagreed, and the two had to start a divorce lawsuit.
The result is sad, Dovima not only lost custody of her daughter, but also was hollowed out by her ex-husband.
Such a man, who had been cheating money and deceit for many years, by the time Dovema found out, it was already too late.
Overnight, the quality of life ranges from nannies waiting, traveling cars, to economic tension, and eating has become a problem.
Dovima's life fell into a deep valley.
In desperation, Dovema had to return to the development of the show business circle.
But new people continue to pour in, whether it is the modeling industry or the showbiz industry, there is no place for her.
With nothing to do, Dovema took her few bucks and went to another city, Florida, to make a living.
Having turned 40 years old and looking old, how easy is it to find a job?
During that time, Dovema had a very hard time, she had eaten and slept in the wind, and she was so hungry that she could only drink water to fill her hunger.
Initially, Dovema went to a cosmetics company to do sales, but she was born with inferiority, and every time she went to sell products, she did not dare to speak.
The job did not last long, but she was fired by the boss and scolded her for being a mute.
Later, Dovema went to a restaurant as a waiter, serving tea and pouring water every day.
Dovema, who used to go out with a private car and was sought after everywhere, when did she suffer such grievances.
It is unimaginable how tormented Dovema will be in the face of picky customers.
But life has come to this point, what is it doing? You can only grit your teeth and survive.
Compared with the life of being beaten and abandoned by her husband for 6 years, Dovema is already very grateful for the ordinary life.
By 1983, a man appeared next to Dovima.
This man is very sweet, will bring her food, will also take her to play.
The man is a bartender at a bar, and at a dinner, he sees Dovema and falls in love with her at first sight.
Having experienced so much suffering, it is time to be bitter.
Dovema once again did not resist the yearning for marriage, and she agreed to marry a man.
Life after marriage is very happy, and her husband still cares for her.
Unfortunately, the marriage full of sweetness and warmth was enjoyed for a total of 3 years, and the husband died of illness.
Dovima, 60, is back in solitude again.
During that time, she missed her daughter from afar.
But her life was difficult and she didn't know where her daughter was.
Even though she had the heart to find her daughter, fate was always torturing her mercilessly, and she never saw her daughter until her death.
All she longed for was to eat three meals and walk arm in arm with her lover through the streets of New York.
But such a simple wish became a distant luxury for Dovima.
She tasted too much of the suffering in the world, and there was no faith to support her to survive.
In 1990, the 63-year-old Dovema was taken to the hospital because she fainted and was diagnosed with advanced cancer.
After that, Dovema did not heal the disease, but worked in the pizzeria.
A clerk at a pizzeria where Dovema works said: "Dovema is a very serious old woman, she rarely speaks, but she greets people. The tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and they will also tolerate the temper of the guests."
Often, Dovema was the first to work in the shop and the last to leave.
Some time before Dovema's death, customers had seen her alone in the store, wiping the floor with her hands and wiping them many times before leaving.
On May 3 of that year, Dovema died alone, without a single relative around to say goodbye.
Soon after, a message came out of the local area, and some people said that it was Dovima's last words: "My life is like watching a movie, the movie is performed by me, but the person inside is not me."
epilogue:
Since the ancient beauty has suffered many disasters, Hepburn is no exception, and Dovima is no exception.
But she is more miserable than her girlfriend Hepburn.
No matter how tragic the marriage, Hepburn at least has the inseparable friends of Givenchy, and there are also lovers who have been waiting silently for decades.
And Dovima?
She came from the painting, but she tasted all the sufferings of the world.
Richard, who had pushed her to the pinnacle of fashion, left ruthlessly after seeing her grow old.
After nearly 10 years of cooperation, only countless black-and-white photos remain.
After three marriages, none of them can grow old. What about having a daughter? I never saw him until my death.
It really confirms the saying: "I came to the world alone, and another person left the world."
Looking forward to the future, Dovema can live the ordinary life she dreamed of.