In the entire history of the world, there were two perfect women. Elizabeth Bisland and Hedy Lamarr.
I exaggerate, of course. There may have been only one, and it would have been Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Lamarr, of course, was the famous actress, regarded, in her time, as one of the great beauties of the world, and unlike most “great beauties” of the world, she deserved to be ranked. Near perfect face, complexion, body, and– shockingly– brains. In fact, if you are using a cell phone or WiFi today, you owe some thanks to Hedy Lamarr who invented the basic principle behind this kind of wireless transmission. Look it up– it’s true.
Elizabeth Bisland was said to cause an entire room to go silent when she entered. But, like Lamarr, she also had a brain, and she grew up to be a pretty good writer. Her magazine, Cosmopolitan, sent her around the world in 1889, to see if she could do it in less than 80 days, and faster than the competition: Nellie Bly, who was sponsored by New York World, had set out around the same time and there was a kind of informal race between the two. It is alleged that someone lied to Ms. Bisland about the availability of a fast steamer to the continent which caused her to lose the race by a few days.
What is the point? We are humans. We love many things about ourselves, our looks, our achievements, our styles. Why not celebrate exceptional packages of all three?