Brigitte Bardot in his youth

It's hard to believe that the recognized world sex symbol of the 50's and 60's of the twentieth century, Brigitte Bardot in her youth did not consider herself a beauty. And even her first successful film "And God created a woman" could not change it.

Young Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte (so in the French manners her name is sometimes written) Bardo in childhood and youth at first did not think about film career at all. She was born on September 28, 1934 in a wealthy French family. At school the girl studied badly, and was never considered a beauty. The real favorite of the family was Brigitte's younger sister - Mizhana. The only occupation to which the girl was really interested was dancing. At the age of 12 she was selected for a ballet school, and after taking lessons from a Russian ballet dancer who had emigrated to France, Boris Knyazev. However, the desire to become a ballet dancer underscored the curious case on the very first tours. The theater's dormancy was so uncomfortable that Brigitte Bardot not only had time to change properly between the numbers, but also fell when she ascended the stage. The same fate befell the soloist of the theater.

At the age of 14, Brigitte Bardot received the first invitation to take pictures for a French magazine, and later for the cover of the famous Elle. It was after the release of Brigitte Bardot's number that the filmmakers noticed and she began to receive the first invitations to the shooting.

Film career Brigitte Bardot

Throughout her life Brigitte Bardot, growing up in ballet, had a height and weight of 170 cm and 56.5 kg when she was young, and her waist was only 59 cm long. Pictures of Brigitte Bardot in her youth helped her attract the attention of filmmakers. However, her first works were not too successful, and few people now remember them. Really great success to her brought a role in the film "And God created a woman" directed by Roger Vadim in 1956. In France, the film did not receive much recognition either. A resounding success came only after the film was rolled out in America, where at that time it was not customary in the cinema to show a naked body and scenes of love. After that, Brigitte Bardot was recognized as a real sex symbol and object of many men's desires. After that, other successful film works followed. However, Brigitte Bardot to the end and could not defeat their complexes, a sense of unattractiveness, she also did not like the constant attention to her personal life. Therefore, at the age of 39, she decided to stop her film career.

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