1. From kid-show star to sex symbol,

2. As a young film star, she was packaged as a sex symbol.

3. 11 The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.

4. 14 In the 1960s, there were three worldly-known persons from France, namely president Charles de Gaulle, the sex symbol Brigitte Bardot, and the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

5. For many Bimbos, their main goal is altering their looks to become a sex symbol - but how does this tally with female empowerment? "Bimbofication is an expression of a woman’s sexuality.