By Marina Rybak
There are many hot places on the planet, yet during the month of May and this year from the 15th till the 26th the hottest spot of all is on the Côte d’Azur at Cannes. And to add to the temperature the prestigious Cannes Film Festival is followed by another “Glam” Slam event – tennis Roland Garros in Paris; unmistakably the French heat wave is on in full force!
But the original Cannes girl, Brigitte Bardot simply eclipsed the Sun. At first, in the early fifties, the virtually unknown youngster bedazzled American sailors, posing on the beach in a bikini. Looking so hot, she practically melted the beach sand into glass. A few years later she became an instant sensation in her breakout role in “And God…Created Woman”, which premiered at the Cannes festival. Whatever words you may choose to call her – a purring sex kitten, a riveting bombshell or the icon’s icon, Bébé is one of a kind. She made history and left the world speechless. I can only utter “Vive la France!” dreamily gazing east over the Atlantic.