Maria’s $530,000 homage to herself

Maria Felix (1914-2002), born one of 16 children in the small Mexican town of Sonora, became an icon during the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and was generally acknowledged as the most beautiful face in its history.

A unique, outspoken character, she apparently knew everyone of note in Latin America and Europe, fro…

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