French film icon Brigitte Bardot died at the age of 91. The heartbreaking news of her demise was revealed by her foundation, as per CNN. &nbsp;"The Brigitte Bardot Foundation pays tribute to the memory of an exceptional woman who gave everything and gave up everything for a world more respectful of animals," the foundation said.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/aespa-s-winter-s-latest-post-brings-support-from-netizens-amid-dating-rumours-with-bts-jungkook-1766915949290">Aespa's Winter's latest receives support amid dating rumours with BTS' Jungkook</a>&nbsp;"Her legacy lives on through the actions and struggles the Foundation continues with the same passion and the same fidelity to her ideals," the statement further read.<h2>Who was Brigitte Bardot?</h2>Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Bardot impressed audiences and scandalised moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in the 1950s and '60s. She became a box-office phenomenon in the United States and helped to popularise foreign films with Americans at a time when censorship in Hollywood movies forbade frank discussions of sex, much less nudity.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/cafe-minamdang-to-reply-1997-k-dramas-featuring-singer-and-actor-seo-in-guk-1766903185681">Cafe Minamdang to Reply 1997: K-dramas featuring singer and actor Seo In-guk</a> Describing her impact, Life magazine said in 1961, “Everywhere girls walk, dress, and wear their hair like Bardot and wish they were free souls like her.”<h2>Brigitte Bardot beyond films</h2>Beyond her work in film and music, Bardot's distinctive fashion sense kept her at the forefront of popular culture throughout the latter half of the 20th century. Her bleached blond hair, worn long and straight or up in a twist with tresses cascading down, as well as her penchant for casual, form-fitting outfits, kept her image contemporary-looking long after the '60s were over.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/harry-styles-to-make-comeback-in-2026-singer-drops-surprise-video-1766892980448">Harry Styles to make a comeback in 2026 ? Singer drops surprise video</a> Jane Fonda and Julie Christie were among the actresses who would mimic her, while models such as Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer would also copy her sexy, tousled look. Retiring from film at 39 in 1973, Bardot turned her public profile toward animal advocacy.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/sadie-sink-says-spider-man-secrets-harder-to-keep-than-stranger-things-spoilers-1766842279173">Sadie Sink says Spider-Man secrets harder to keep than Stranger Things spoilers</a> "I gave my beauty and my youth to men, and now I am giving my wisdom and experience, the best of me, to animals," she told a crowd at a 1987 auction of her memorabilia to raise funds for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for animal welfare, as per CNN. &nbsp; Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.&nbsp;

Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Brigitte Bardot impressed audiences and scandalised moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in the 1950s and '60s.

French film icon Brigitte Bardot died at the age of 91. The heartbreaking news of her demise was revealed by her foundation, as per CNN. "The Brigitte Bardot Foundation pays tribute to the memory of an exceptional woman who gave everything and gave up everything for a world more respectful of animals," the foundation said. Also Read: Aespa's Winter's latest receives support amid dating rumours with BTS' Jungkook "Her legacy lives on through the actions and struggles the Foundation continues with the same passion and the same fidelity to her ideals," the statement further read. Who was Brigitte Bardot? Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Bardot impressed audiences and scandalised moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in the 1950s and '60s. She became a box-office phenomenon in the United States and helped to popularise foreign films with Americans at a time when censorship in Hollywood movies forbade frank discussions of sex, much less nudity. Also Read: Cafe Minamdang to Reply 1997: K-dramas featuring singer and actor Seo In-guk Describing her impact, Life magazine said in 1961, “Everywhere girls walk, dress, and wear their hair like Bardot and wish they were free souls like her.” Brigitte Bardot beyond films Beyond her work in film and music, Bardot's distinctive fashion sense kept her at the forefront of popular culture throughout the latter half of the 20th century. Her bleached blond hair, worn long and straight or up in a twist with tresses cascading down, as well as her penchant for casual, form-fitting outfits, kept her image contemporary-looking long after the '60s were over. Also Read: Harry Styles to make a comeback in 2026 ? Singer drops surprise video Jane Fonda and Julie Christie were among the actresses who would mimic her, while models such as Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer would also copy her sexy, tousled look. Retiring from film at 39 in 1973, Bardot turned her public profile toward animal advocacy. Also Read: Sadie Sink says Spider-Man secrets harder to keep than Stranger Things spoilers "I gave my beauty and my youth to men, and now I am giving my wisdom and experience, the best of me, to animals," she told a crowd at a 1987 auction of her memorabilia to raise funds for the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for animal welfare, as per CNN. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Brigitte Bardot impressed audiences and scandalised moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in the 1950s and '60s.

Who was Brigitte Bardot? French legendary actress passes away at 91

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Actress&nbsp;Brigitte Bardot, 87, was fined $23,000 by a French court in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion after her remarks two years ago when she described the inhabitants as "degenerate savages".

The controversial veteran star had made the comments over alleged mistreatment of animals in the&nbsp; French overseas colony.&nbsp;The court also fined Bardot's spokesman Bruno Jacquelin for sending out the message.

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The authorities had filed a case after Bardot's comments which was described as "racist toward the inhabitants of Reunion".

The French actress runs an organisation called Brigitte Bardot Foundation. The 1950s star is widely known for animal rights campaigns.

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Bardot in a letter had reportedly said that&nbsp;"the natives have kept their savage genes".&nbsp;

She had also spoken out against La Reunion's Hindu Tamil population for sacrificing goats saying that it involved "cannibalism of past centuries" and it was "a degenerate population still soaked in barbarous ancestral traditions".

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-shuts-mosque-in-allonnes-set-to-close-seven-mosques-over-radicalism-424820">Also Read: France shuts mosque in Allonnes; set to close seven mosques over 'radicalism'</a>

Her comments in 2019 had angered people in the island as authorities took legal action.&nbsp;Bardot’s remarks was also criticised by the French lower court at the time as the president of the house Richard Ferrand had expressed “contempt”.

(With inputs from Agencies)

Actress Brigitte Bardot, 87, was fined $23,000 by a French court in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion after her remarks two years ago when she described the inhabitants as "degenerate savages".

Actress Brigitte Bardot, 87, was fined $23,000 by a French court in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion after her remarks two years ago when she described the inhabitants as "degenerate savages". The controversial veteran star had made the comments over alleged mistreatment of animals in the French overseas colony. The court also fined Bardot's spokesman Bruno Jacquelin for sending out the message. Also Read: Pro-hijab ad campaign by the Council of Europe dropped after outcry in France The authorities had filed a case after Bardot's comments which was described as "racist toward the inhabitants of Reunion". The French actress runs an organisation called Brigitte Bardot Foundation. The 1950s star is widely known for animal rights campaigns. Also Read: 'France is ruled by the Islamic State': Knife-wielding attacker shot by Paris railway security Bardot in a letter had reportedly said that "the natives have kept their savage genes". She had also spoken out against La Reunion's Hindu Tamil population for sacrificing goats saying that it involved "cannibalism of past centuries" and it was "a degenerate population still soaked in barbarous ancestral traditions". Also Read: France shuts mosque in Allonnes; set to close seven mosques over 'radicalism' Her comments in 2019 had angered people in the island as authorities took legal action. Bardot’s remarks was also criticised by the French lower court at the time as the president of the house Richard Ferrand had expressed “contempt”. (With inputs from Agencies)

'Degenerate savages': French court fines Brigitte Bardot for remarks on La Reunion's Hindu Tamils

They are the defining images of newsmakers down the decades from Princess Diana to Brigitte Bardot to Pope John Paul II.

And now some 130 of the most iconic pictures taken by the French magazine Paris Match are to be auctioned on November 25 in Paris for prices of between 1,500-4,000 euros ($1,660-4,400).

The auction of the celebrated covers and double-spreads will mark the 70th anniversary of a publication whose trend-setting influence has always gone well beyond France.

The pictures include powerful images from nature and conflict zones and also of politicians ranging from the deposed shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Charles de Gaulle and late French president Jacques Chirac.

But among the most unforgettable are those of personalities who have shaped the zeitgeist of the last decades.

Perhaps the most famous is the image of Britain's Princess Diana, sitting alone on the diving board of a luxury yacht as a bird flies by, just a week before her death in a Paris road accident in 1997.

"Yes, it is a paparazzi photo, but it's one that has gone down in history. This photo is Diana, it's Lady Di and she only had eight days to live," said Marc Brincourt, former photo editor-in-chief at Paris Match and curator of the exhibition at the Cornette de Saint Cyr auction house in Paris.

"She is alone, on the diving board. And then the seagull going by," he added.

Another image, by photographer Jack Garofalo from 1974, celebrates the 40th birthday of actress Brigitte Bardot, her chest exposed and flowers in her hair.

"In order to pose like that in front of Jack Garofalo, you need to have trust," said Brincourt.

"There is a trust between the star and the photographer. Why? Because in that era, the stars were friends with the photographers and the Paris Match reporters," he added.&nbsp;

They are the defining images of newsmakers down the decades from Princess Diana to Brigitte Bardot to Pope John Paul II. And now some 130 of the most iconic pictures taken by the French magazine Paris Match are to be auctioned on November 25 in Paris for prices of between 1,500-4,000 euros ($1,660-4,400).

They are the defining images of newsmakers down the decades from Princess Diana to Brigitte Bardot to Pope John Paul II. And now some 130 of the most iconic pictures taken by the French magazine Paris Match are to be auctioned on November 25 in Paris for prices of between 1,500-4,000 euros ($1,660-4,400). The auction of the celebrated covers and double-spreads will mark the 70th anniversary of a publication whose trend-setting influence has always gone well beyond France. The pictures include powerful images from nature and conflict zones and also of politicians ranging from the deposed shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Charles de Gaulle and late French president Jacques Chirac. But among the most unforgettable are those of personalities who have shaped the zeitgeist of the last decades. Perhaps the most famous is the image of Britain's Princess Diana, sitting alone on the diving board of a luxury yacht as a bird flies by, just a week before her death in a Paris road accident in 1997. "Yes, it is a paparazzi photo, but it's one that has gone down in history. This photo is Diana, it's Lady Di and she only had eight days to live," said Marc Brincourt, former photo editor-in-chief at Paris Match and curator of the exhibition at the Cornette de Saint Cyr auction house in Paris. "She is alone, on the diving board. And then the seagull going by," he added. Another image, by photographer Jack Garofalo from 1974, celebrates the 40th birthday of actress Brigitte Bardot, her chest exposed and flowers in her hair. "In order to pose like that in front of Jack Garofalo, you need to have trust," said Brincourt. "There is a trust between the star and the photographer. Why? Because in that era, the stars were friends with the photographers and the Paris Match reporters," he added.

From Brigitte Bardot to Princess Diana, iconic Paris Match photos to get auctioned

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/sothebys-to-auction-rare-videotape-of-neil-armstrongs-first-steps-on-moon-231321">Neil Armstrong took his historic first step</a> on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in.&nbsp;

The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a million miles (380,000 kilometres) away fascinated viewers young and old.

AFP spoke to some, who recalled their joy and emotion, including Dafydd Williams, now a Canadian astronaut with <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-criticises-nasa-moon-mission-after-promoting-it-earlier-225364">NASA</a> who has twice been into space in 1998 and 2007 but who was a schoolboy back then.

Dafydd Williams

"It was a pretty remarkable day. The sixties was this decade of exploration and the highlight of the decade was humans walking on the surface of the Moon.

"If you were alive at that time, everybody remembers where they were.

"I was fifteen years old at the time, at home watching it with my family glued to the television set, which was black and white because we didn't have money to afford a colour TV.

"It changed the course of history and for me, it demonstrated the fact that the seemingly impossible is possible.

"Watching NASA going from never having flown humans in space in 1960 to have humans &nbsp;walking on the surface of the Moon in 1969... what an incredible decade!"

Jackie Stewart

Formula One champion Stewart was a friend of Armstrong and also of Eugene Cernan, the last man to date to walk on the Moon in December 1972.

"I was in the Playboy Club in New York with Roman Polanski and my wife Helen. I knew a lot of the astronauts because they were coming to see Formula One and Indycar races. I was blown away by what I was seeing," said Stewart, who with his son Mark produced a 2014 documentary, "Last Man on the Moon."

Brigitte Bardot

"I was in Normandy on that night of July 20-21,1969. I was shooting the Bear and the Doll," recalled the French screen icon.

"I watched this miracle without really believing it, it was so extraordinary, unachievable and yet they did it.

"Human genius can reach the divine."

Claudia Cardinale

The Italian actress, then aged 31, has hazy memories of exactly where she was when she saw the broadcast.&nbsp;

But "a few months later, Neil Armstrong, who was an amateur trumpeter, dropped by for a house party (in the Rome countryside), invited by Franco Cristaldi," Cardinale's first husband.

"My brothers accompanied. We'd hired two trumpets -- one got bent by Neil in a state of inebriated joy."

Pierre Cardin

"I was on the Champs-Elysees, with thousands of people, waiting for the dream to become reality," said the fashion designer, then 47, now 96.

"When Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon I felt immense satisfaction. We were all awaiting news and this triumph was greeted with a shriek of joy shared by the thousands of people around me.

"Nobody believed (it could happen) a few years earlier but I always was sure it would come to pass. It was a great leap forward for humanity," said Cardin, who later would meet Armstrong and mission colleague Buzz Aldrin.

Bertrand Piccard

The Swiss psychiatrist and aviator were 11 at the time and recalled how "I was lucky enough to be invited to Cape Kennedy to watch the rocket take off on July 16 as my father worked for NASA.

"On July 20, I was at a restaurant with my family at Palm Beach, Florida, when a NASA official tipped off my mother that we had to hurry up and get back as the astronauts leaving (the module) had been brought forward two hours.&nbsp;

"We rushed home as quickly as we could. Shortly beforehand, my father had bought a television, especially for the occasion.

"I remember the first step as if it were yesterday. I had the impression I was watching the most important event in the history of humanity. I still think so...

Boris Volynov

Volynov was a 34-year-old Russian cosmonaut who saw his country, after taking an early lead in the space race, beaten to the Moon by the Americans.

"Of course we felt certain rancour as we had our own Moon program. I was myself in training to walk in lunar gravitation conditions. We had all dreamed of one day walking on the Moon," said Volynov, who flew on two Soyuz missions.

"We feared the Americans were getting ahead of us as our program was losing momentum," said Volynov, adding that two competing Russian programs meant that "we ended up being overtaken."He later met Armstrong.

"We quickly became friends, communicating via a Soviet translator. The pictures of us saluting one another were only declassified after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Alain Prost

French four-time Formula One champion Prost was just 14 when Armstrong made his great leap but "it's one of those memories which always stay with you."

"My parents had a little studio at Cannes and we were on holiday. I still recall that day so clearly, I remember looking at the TV and the Moon simultaneously and saying to myself 'what's going on?"

"It's a crazy memory you felt something is happening. At the time we thought it was impossible."

Jean-Michel Jarre

The composer of electronic music watched the broadcast live and recalls "celebrating the era when we had a vision and an appetite for the future it was an absolute inspiration for musicians, filmmakers, and writers.

Pop culture was born at the same time as the beginning of the conquest of space."

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in.

Half a century has passed but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the lunar surface is etched in the memories of those who tuned in. The grainy pictures coming back on the night of July 20, 1969, from a quarter of a million miles (380,000 kilometres) away fascinated viewers young and old. AFP spoke to some, who recalled their joy and emotion, including Dafydd Williams, now a Canadian astronaut with NASA who has twice been into space in 1998 and 2007 but who was a schoolboy back then. Dafydd Williams "It was a pretty remarkable day. The sixties was this decade of exploration and the highlight of the decade was humans walking on the surface of the Moon. "If you were alive at that time, everybody remembers where they were. "I was fifteen years old at the time, at home watching it with my family glued to the television set, which was black and white because we didn't have money to afford a colour TV. "It changed the course of history and for me, it demonstrated the fact that the seemingly impossible is possible. "Watching NASA going from never having flown humans in space in 1960 to have humans walking on the surface of the Moon in 1969... what an incredible decade!" Jackie Stewart Formula One champion Stewart was a friend of Armstrong and also of Eugene Cernan, the last man to date to walk on the Moon in December 1972. "I was in the Playboy Club in New York with Roman Polanski and my wife Helen. I knew a lot of the astronauts because they were coming to see Formula One and Indycar races. I was blown away by what I was seeing," said Stewart, who with his son Mark produced a 2014 documentary, "Last Man on the Moon." Brigitte Bardot "I was in Normandy on that night of July 20-21,1969. I was shooting the Bear and the Doll," recalled the French screen icon. "I watched this miracle without really believing it, it was so extraordinary, unachievable and yet they did it. "Human genius can reach the divine." Claudia Cardinale The Italian actress, then aged 31, has hazy memories of exactly where she was when she saw the broadcast. But "a few months later, Neil Armstrong, who was an amateur trumpeter, dropped by for a house party (in the Rome countryside), invited by Franco Cristaldi," Cardinale's first husband. "My brothers accompanied. We'd hired two trumpets -- one got bent by Neil in a state of inebriated joy." Pierre Cardin "I was on the Champs-Elysees, with thousands of people, waiting for the dream to become reality," said the fashion designer, then 47, now 96. "When Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon I felt immense satisfaction. We were all awaiting news and this triumph was greeted with a shriek of joy shared by the thousands of people around me. "Nobody believed (it could happen) a few years earlier but I always was sure it would come to pass. It was a great leap forward for humanity," said Cardin, who later would meet Armstrong and mission colleague Buzz Aldrin. Bertrand Piccard The Swiss psychiatrist and aviator were 11 at the time and recalled how "I was lucky enough to be invited to Cape Kennedy to watch the rocket take off on July 16 as my father worked for NASA. "On July 20, I was at a restaurant with my family at Palm Beach, Florida, when a NASA official tipped off my mother that we had to hurry up and get back as the astronauts leaving (the module) had been brought forward two hours. "We rushed home as quickly as we could. Shortly beforehand, my father had bought a television, especially for the occasion. "I remember the first step as if it were yesterday. I had the impression I was watching the most important event in the history of humanity. I still think so... Boris Volynov Volynov was a 34-year-old Russian cosmonaut who saw his country, after taking an early lead in the space race, beaten to the Moon by the Americans. "Of course we felt certain rancour as we had our own Moon program. I was myself in training to walk in lunar gravitation conditions. We had all dreamed of one day walking on the Moon," said Volynov, who flew on two Soyuz missions. "We feared the Americans were getting ahead of us as our program was losing momentum," said Volynov, adding that two competing Russian programs meant that "we ended up being overtaken."He later met Armstrong. "We quickly became friends, communicating via a Soviet translator. The pictures of us saluting one another were only declassified after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Alain Prost French four-time Formula One champion Prost was just 14 when Armstrong made his great leap but "it's one of those memories which always stay with you." "My parents had a little studio at Cannes and we were on holiday. I still recall that day so clearly, I remember looking at the TV and the Moon simultaneously and saying to myself 'what's going on?" "It's a crazy memory you felt something is happening. At the time we thought it was impossible." Jean-Michel Jarre The composer of electronic music watched the broadcast live and recalls "celebrating the era when we had a vision and an appetite for the future it was an absolute inspiration for musicians, filmmakers, and writers. Pop culture was born at the same time as the beginning of the conquest of space."

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French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity.

&quot;The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous,&quot; she told the French magazine Paris Match.

&quot;Lots of actresses try to play the tease with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed,&quot; declared the 83-year-old Bardot. 
 
&quot;I was never the victim of sexual harassment. And I found it charming when men told me that I was beautiful or I had a nice little backside,&quot; said the actress, who became a sex symbol overnight for And God Created Woman&nbsp;in 1956. 
 
Her comments come a week after fellow French star Catherine Deneuve sparked a worldwide feminist backlash by defending men`s right to &quot;hit on&quot; women. 
 
She signed an open letter by 100 prominent women that claimed that #MeToo had become a puritanical &quot;witch-hunt&quot; which threatened sexual freedom. 
 
It also implied that women fondled on public transport should just get over it. 
 
But Deneuve later distanced herself from some of the other signatories after one claimed that women can orgasm during rape.The 74-year-old went on to apologise to victims of sexual assault, saying there was &quot;nothing good&quot; about harassment. 
 
Bardot, who ended her film career in 1973 so she could dedicate herself to her animal rights charity, has a long history of provoking feminists. 
 
Yet she admitted to the magazine that she has not digested what happened to her when she was at the height of her fame in the 1960s, and her love life made international headlines. 
 
&quot;I still find it difficult to understand what happened to me,&quot; she said. &quot;That uncontrollable time made me very distrustful of the human race.&quot; 
 
Bardot said she &quot;has almost no contact these days with the entertainment industry&quot; other than phone calls from her old friends like veteran actor Alain Delon. 
 
Instead, she looks after her six cats, nine dogs and some 50 other animals at her farm and animal sanctuary near the French Riviera resort of Saint Tropez. 
 
She said that when she is gone she wants to be known as the &quot;animals` fairy godmother&quot;.&nbsp; 
 
A supporter of the far-right National Front, Bardot said she prefers the late pope John Paul II to Pope Francis and prays to the Virgin Mary, which she calls &quot;my little Virgin&quot;. 
 
But she said that if she was reincarnated she would be like to be a &quot;mustang, that wild and free horse of the American West&quot;. 
&nbsp;

"The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous," Bardot old the French magazine Paris Match.

French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity. "The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous," she told the French magazine Paris Match. "Lots of actresses try to play the tease with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed," declared the 83-year-old Bardot. "I was never the victim of sexual harassment. And I found it charming when men told me that I was beautiful or I had a nice little backside," said the actress, who became a sex symbol overnight for And God Created Woman in 1956. Her comments come a week after fellow French star Catherine Deneuve sparked a worldwide feminist backlash by defending men`s right to "hit on" women. She signed an open letter by 100 prominent women that claimed that #MeToo had become a puritanical "witch-hunt" which threatened sexual freedom. It also implied that women fondled on public transport should just get over it. But Deneuve later distanced herself from some of the other signatories after one claimed that women can orgasm during rape.The 74-year-old went on to apologise to victims of sexual assault, saying there was "nothing good" about harassment. Bardot, who ended her film career in 1973 so she could dedicate herself to her animal rights charity, has a long history of provoking feminists. Yet she admitted to the magazine that she has not digested what happened to her when she was at the height of her fame in the 1960s, and her love life made international headlines. "I still find it difficult to understand what happened to me," she said. "That uncontrollable time made me very distrustful of the human race." Bardot said she "has almost no contact these days with the entertainment industry" other than phone calls from her old friends like veteran actor Alain Delon. Instead, she looks after her six cats, nine dogs and some 50 other animals at her farm and animal sanctuary near the French Riviera resort of Saint Tropez. She said that when she is gone she wants to be known as the "animals` fairy godmother". A supporter of the far-right National Front, Bardot said she prefers the late pope John Paul II to Pope Francis and prays to the Virgin Mary, which she calls "my little Virgin". But she said that if she was reincarnated she would be like to be a "mustang, that wild and free horse of the American West".

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