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They don’t label someone the most beautiful person in a continent for no reason. Hedy Lamarr had the title of most beautiful girl Europe back in her day, and her role in the movie Ecstasy helped with that. She displayed full frontal nudity, which at the time (the ’40s and ’50s) was controversial.
We should also mention how she went through six divorces which hurt her financial situation substantially. When Lamarr died of natural causes in 2000, she was completely broke.