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Grace Kelly Research Paper

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Grace Kelley to Blake Lively: Hollywood Role Model Queens Think about style, elegance, and the role model for women in the 1950s. Not only was Grace Kelly a famous movie star with flawless looks and style, but she was also a philanthropist, a mother and a princess. Now, this is a rather impressive list of qualities that seems as if it were a fairy tale, a wish list that a child may put together on their eighth birthday party, and wish for as they blew out the candle. The only thing is that this was a reality for Grace Kelly in the 1950s until she passed away in the 1980s, this is also true for Blake Lively aside from the fact that she is not actually married to a prince. Blake Lively picked up where Grace Kelly left off, making Blake the new queen of poise and grace. Grace Kelly is still a role model during this time, people still compare a lot of actresses to her and designers are still trying to embody her essence in clothing, but now Blake has moved in. Grace Kelly was the role model of her era and set the tone for the future, and now Blake Lively is the Grace Kelly of our era, and will be setting the tone for the future just as her predecessor did. Both of these phenomenal women grew up in environments where …show more content…

Role models these days are the total package, they give to charities, and they look after other people than themselves. Grace Kelly, even though she has passed, still has her own way of giving back to other fellow artists, it is called the Princess Grace Foundation and it awards more than 800 grants, totaling up to more than $10 million to help others further their education in the arts (People, 76-83). Since Blake is still alive today, she can actively attend charity galas and events, but does not have her own personal scholarship fund yet. Even without one Blake is still charitable and hardly missed an event or doesn’t donate or spearhead the campaign for the

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