Pearl Goldman was born in Bondi in 1918. In 1937 she won the Miss Bondi Surf Queen competition, which marked the start of her glamorous future. Through the media attention at this time she was spotted by Norman Lindsay, who wanted to paint her and she became the central figure in several of his most famous works such as The Amazons, Imperia and Gift to Venus. She also was launched into the exciting worlds of fashion and theatre.

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