TWO ICONS: SEX GODDESSES

A look back at Marilyn Monroe and Bridgette Bardot, reigning Hollywood Love Goddesses of the 50s and 60s

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality.

Brigitte Bardot is a French actress, singer, dancer, and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B.