The world first noticed their faces. History remembered their hearts. There has never been a shortage of beautiful women. Every generation has them. Faces that turn heads. Eyes that photographers chase. Smiles the world never quite forgets. But every once in a while… someone possesses two kinds of beauty. The first is obvious. The second has to be discovered. The first opens doors. The second opens hearts. Elizabeth Taylor possessed both. If Audrey Hepburn taught us that kind

How do ordinary human beings become extraordinary in the memories of others? Helen teaches us that myth can preserve a name. Cleopatra teaches us that history can preserve a legacy. Simonetta teaches us that love, admiration, and art can preserve a soul. Months before I ever learned Simonetta Vespucci's name, I stood quietly inside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, gazing at Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Like millions of visitors before me, I admired one of the most famous paint