Tragic story of Cannes' boob-baring beauty who could have been as famous as Kim K if she were born in this era

To attain stardom is a dream many people nurture and that was the case
of beauty queen Simone Silva who vowed she would “do anything to be a
star” including baring her boobs for the press in the 1950s –  a
conservative era.

At the Cannes Film Festival in the spring of
1954, Simone saw her opportunity and took it.

Posing on a beach at the
Festival, her naked boobs in her hands and Robert Mitchum, Hollywood’s
hottest idol, behind her, the beaming beauty knew this was her moment.
The flame-haired 26-year-old smiled for the cameras and gave her
raunchiest pose, sticking out…