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[chrysotheme.livejournal.com]

peggy hopkins joyce was the paris hilton of her time—a rich, promiscuous blonde socialite celebrity who was the butt of many a sex joke (& who landed her wealth by marrying more millionaires than anna nicole smith did). this famous gold-digging divorcée married her first millionaire at the age of seventeen & left him after only six months. she was a showgirl & an actress who starred in the zeigfield follies, & her zany & adventurous life served as inspiration for lorelei lee, the main character of anita loos's "gentlemen prefer blondes."

Peggy Hopkins Joyce: The Gentleman Preferred Blonde
Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce
PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE PRESSBOOK C1926

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