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    garconniere: homeofthevain: Unknown, Annette Kellerman Annette motherfucking Kellerman: overcame childhood physical disabilities to become a professional swimmer, vaudeville and silent film star; first woman to wear a one-piece swimsuit (& consequently first to get arrested for it); first major actress to appear fully nude on camera; her water ballets are considered by many to have singlehandedly invented synchronized swimming; she dove into pools full of crocodiles and wrote aquatic fairy tales; a Harvard professor declared her “the perfect woman” for her measurements matched those of Venus de Milo. Via ghostmarrow, 990000. she sounds like a motherfucking badass for a whole host of reasons other than those that relate to her “measurements.”

    garconniere:

    homeofthevain:

    Unknown, Annette Kellerman

    Annette motherfucking Kellerman: overcame childhood physical disabilities to become a professional swimmer, vaudeville and silent film star; first woman to wear a one-piece swimsuit (& consequently first to get arrested for it); first major actress to appear fully nude on camera; her water ballets are considered by many to have singlehandedly invented synchronized swimming; she dove into pools full of crocodiles and wrote aquatic fairy tales; a Harvard professor declared her “the perfect woman” for her measurements matched those of Venus de Milo.

    Via ghostmarrow, 990000.

    she sounds like a motherfucking badass for a whole host of reasons other than those that relate to her “measurements.”