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Fashion - June 2007

June 18th 2007 02:37

Dusky angel from the gene pool of Beauty

God created the all-natural (well, okay, so she’s had a nose-job) Latin Goddess Salma Hayek on September 2 1966 in the city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Born to a Spanish opera singer mama and a Lebanese businessman papa, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family, and then she was sent to a Lousiana boarding school at the age of 12.

A younger Salma, pre-rhinoplasty

After getting into trouble for terrorizing the nuns (go girl!), Salma turned to Mexico, but she was eventually sent to Houston, Texas, to live with her aunt, until the age of 17. Subsequently she moved to Mexico City, studied International Relations as a university student, but, much to the chagrin of her family, decided to drop out in order to pursue a career as an actress.

Star and stripes

“I thought I was a princess, I lived in a castle and my father was a king; I wore tiaras; I was born diva-ish.”

Vanity Fair

After dabbling in theatre Salma did good on a popular television soap opera called Teresa (1989), which made her a national celebrity, but she shocked her fans by quitting the show and leaving for the City of Angels to pursue a film career.

Care for a nightcap?

After taking a year to learn English and to study acting Salma got her first break when director Allison Anders cast her in a supporting role in Mi Vida Loca (1993). Robert Rodriguez caught sight of her, tracked her down and promptly cast her in Desperado (1995), his big-budget 1995 remake-cum-sequel to El Mariachi(1993).

All rugged up and feelin' cosy

[SIZE=3]Rodriguez again demonstrated his faith in her when he cast her as the voluptuous vampire Santanico Pandemonium in his comedy-horror extravaganza From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), which has gone on to become a cult (albeit short) performance of hers amongst Hayek fans.

Vamp with a capital V

Other movies include the limp-dick disco flick 54 (1998), the potent horror The Faculty (1998), the dire Dogma (1999), the even worse Wild Wild West (1999), and the highly under-rated experimental Time Code (2000).

Will squint for sensuality

Unfortunately, and probably due to her thick Spanish accent more than anything else, Hayek has never had the big starring break she deserves. That was until Frida (2002). A role she was born to play. She received an Oscar nomination for her performance as the tortured Mexican artist. She bares all, emotionally and physically. Actually she’s not too shy about peeling off the threads for a role.

I am woman, hear me roar!

"If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice," confesses Salma. And don’t we just love her for it.

Damn this feels good against my skin!

Salma has had an undulating film career, but she’s managed to stay afloat in the cut-throat celebrity field by frequently appearing throughout the fashion world in numerous magazine spreads. She has that rare figure that is both curvaceous, yet is never considered overweight. And in Hollywood overweight can be only a matter of a few pounds!

It's all about a balanced diet

She’s been engaged three times (to three different actors, one of whom was Edward Norton), yet has stated; "I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do."

"It's gettin' hot in herre ..."

Well, seems she has, since she’s expecting a child to current fiancé businessman Francois-Henri Pinualt. Pinault owns PPR, the luxury goods firm that owns iconic fashion houses Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent.

Pretty ...er ... sexy in pink!

Salma Hayek’s inner and outer beauty is like a cross between Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch, the glorious hour-glass figure and gorgeous Latin looks with the piercing sultry all-woman bravura, no-bullshit attitude.

Venus on the half-shell

“In my world, you have to be so beautiful, so skinny, so rich, so famous and I don't believe you really have to be any of those things. You simply have to be who you are. I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite. Don't be too impressed with me. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else ..."

Shooting from the hip

"... You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress. I get them free and I'm too lazy to go out and look for my own. I, a rich girl from Mexico, came here with designer clothes. And one day, when I was starving in an apartment in Los Angeles, I looked at my Chanel blouses and said, 'If only I could pay the rent with one of these.”

My, my my, what a gorgeous pair of eyes!

Salma, don’t you worry your pretty head, you’ll never have to part with your wardrobe! Just watch those yummy tempting tapas and you'll be fine! hee hee hee ...

Beautiful deer caught in the headlights

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