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Yet another afternoon post, since I am burnt out on working. Who would you vote for to be the next person who poses as Miss Liberty on a new coin with Miss Liberty on it? Further, why did you vote for who you voted for?
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<< <i>If the Mint had a competition to select a person to pose for Miss Liberty on a new coin, who would you vote for? >>
The (one and only real) choice is obvious - Laura. Anyone else would be a "wannabe Ms. Liberty".
Cameron Kiefer
<< <i>Hillary Duff........ just because she's amazingly hot- or that 18 year old tennis girl, Sharapova......
You Like'm really young, dont you?
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I vote for Amanda Tapping...............
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<< <i>If they voted on the Internet, the new Miss Liberty would look something like this
Nice
Cameron Kiefer
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Claw, been meaning to ask, but too shy, who is it?
I was gonna mention Mrs. Michael Douglas too, but since she's taken, and I do mean...So, I'll go with the girl who played Helen of Troy in Troy, don't know her name. She's got the classic features, and she's extremely beautiful. And blonde, to answer your other query, Sanction. Let me guess, commonality of these two threads, new secretary?
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
Mae West!
<< <i>Lucy >>
She would make a lovely dime..
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<< <i>Ashley Olsen
Cameron Kiefer >>
She'd fit better on the rim
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Claw, been meaning to ask, but too shy, who is it? >>
Jayne Heitmeyer.
so we will have to settle for
Linda tripp
Are we ruminating about a new Miss Liberty for a Standing Liberty or Walking Liberty coin? Or are we talking about a new Miss Liberty for a head shot only?
If the former, then the babe-alicious creature in the blue bikini (above) would be one among many who could get my vote.
If we're looking for someone to don the winged cap and appear only from the neck up, I vote for Audrey Hepburn at whatever age she was during the filming of Wait Until Dark. Great neck; great mouth; great cheeks; great eyes; great brow. MS-68 all the way!
Mercfan
With her lips the coins would be high relief.
<< <i>If they voted on the Internet, the new Miss Liberty would look something like this
Nice! I'd like to see the reverse on that one, too!
<< <i>hillary clinton??? >>
Anne Coulter!
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I think ER would make a perfect Miss Liberty!
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Who is that?? Vanessa Williams?
My vote
Billy
<< <i>I am not sure one profile from a living individual would be the best choice to represent the ideals and such that come along with "Liberty". Has "Liberty" or other like concept, from older source material (Mythos or Greco/Roman whatever) - ever been depicted in male form?
Billy >>
Here is the first model for Miss Liberty.
Need more $$$ for coins?
<< <i>If we're looking for someone to don the winged cap and appear only from the neck up, I vote for Audrey Hepburn at whatever age she was during the filming of Wait Until Dark. Great neck; great mouth; great cheeks; great eyes; great brow. MS-68 all the way! >>
Now THAT I can go for! I always thought Audrey Hepburn was an amazingly attractive woman.
"The Saint-Gaudens’ Indian Head design for the eagle was introduced in 1908. The depiction of Liberty wearing a feathered war bonnet was based on a figure of Nike or Victory from his Gen. Sherman Monument, in turn borrowed from a depiction of Victory in the temple of Zeus Soter at the ruins at the ancient Greek city-state of Pergamon."
From what I read, it seems thaat the Soter has been depicted in male for, - perhaps at the Zues Soter Temple. I foind it really ironic and disturbing that people have been depicting women as "Liberty" while denying them equal rights and such for so long.
Billy
No equal rights for the guys this time.
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<< <i>I am not sure one profile from a living individual would be the best choice to represent the ideals and such that come along with "Liberty". Has "Liberty" or other like concept, from older source material (Mythos or Greco/Roman whatever) - ever been depicted in male form?
Billy >>
Some will argue that Liberty as depicted on Charles Barber's dimes, quarters, and halves was a male.
As for future Ms. Libertys, I thought first of the following reruns:
Anne Willing Bingham (of Draped Bust Fame)
Mrs. DeFrancisci (Peace Dollar)
... and then the following deceased ladies:
Katherine Hepburn
Mae West
Josephine Baker
Bessie Smith
Marilyn Monroe
If the competition is limited to living ladies, I'd nominate my wife, who would be outvoted by the likes of many celebrities. Still, she would grace coinage much better than Eunice Shriver, Susan B. Anthony, or Helen Keller.
Barbara Stanwyck - She had a helluva profile too
Billy
<< <i>ER!
I think ER would make a perfect Miss Liberty!
How'd I miss this one?
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Many replies to my original post. A wide variety of suggested models for a new Miss Liberty. They range from current young actresses/models/stars, to stars of yesteryear, to persons who modeled for prior Miss Libertys, to current and past public figures from various walks of life (including politics), to possible early male Libertys, to Greek and/or Roman Gods.
The ideal Miss Liberty varies from person to person and no suggested person is perfect. My thoughts would be:
1. Janet Reno, Hillary Clinton and other female liberal politicians and/or pundits - no
2. Female conservative politicians an/or pundits - no
3. Mother Theresa - yes, for obvious reasons
4. Audrey Hepburn - yes, for multiple obvious reasons
5. Sophia Loren - yes
6. Angelina Jolie - yes, but only because of her physical beauty
7. Josephine Baker - a big time, resounding yes
8. J. Lo - yes, but only because of her physical beauty
9. Mae West, in her Statue of Liberty dress - yes
10. Annie Oakley- yes, for obvious reasons
11. Vivica A. Fox - yes because of her physical beauty
12. Kate Smith - yes, yes, yes, particularly given her rendition of "God Bless America"; and
13. For nothing other than pure, physical beauty, I nominate the woman (name unknown) who graced the pages of a National Geographic Magazine of recent vintage (probably not more than 5 years ago) that had an exentsive scientific article on "Beauty" (this woman, more so than any other I have ever seen in person, print or TV, has won the genetic equivalent of the Power Ball Lottery when it comes to looks; her face is so beautiful and proportioned that all of the winners of all of the beauty pagents that have ever been held could not compare).
Anyone else have any person that they would like to nominate?
1. The blonde wearing the "I rode the bull at Gilley's" shirt has hair that would be ideal for and that would look great in a "flowing hair" design; and
2. The scowling brunette with the baseball bat looks dour. Her facial muscles that are used to create a smile have probably atrophied to the point where she can never smile.