Breakfast at Tiffany's has been an American icon since its release in 1961. Hepburn's performance as Manhattan socialite Holly Golightly is widely considered as the pinnacle of her career. The glamorous and emotional portrayal earned her one of her many Academy Award nominations, and created a lasting memento of the class and elegance she had which allowed to set a precedent for beauty in Hollywood. Before Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn made her debut first on the stage starring in Gigi, and then broke into film and won her first Oscar for her performance in Roman Holiday in 1963.
Audrey Hepburn set a standard for not only strong leading ladies on the screen, but also in fashion, beauty, and politics. Aside from her incredible career in theater, she had a huge impact on children in Latin American and Africa, becoming a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund in 1988. She was later given a posthumous Academy Award for her humanitarian work. Because of her difficult childhood in Belgium and the Netherlands during the German Occupation, Audrey Hepburn was familiar with what it was like to be a child hungry and in need. She made over fifty trips to Central and South America, Asia, and Africa until her death in 1993.
This picture could be considered an abstract representation of not only Audrey Hepburn's class, elegance, and grace, but also her ability to make the best of her surroundings. Just like an oyster takes a grain of sand and makes something beautiful and everlasting, Hepburn thrived through her difficult childhood, and worked hard to leave something alluring for audiences to behold, and a role model for many people aspiring to make a lasting impression on the world.
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