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Everyone has heard jokes about blondes at least once. But no one suspected that jokes about hair color could lead to a new holiday. World Blonde Day is a response to undeserved ridicule about the intellectual abilities of blond ladies.
When is World Blonde Day 2023?
World Blonde Day is celebrated every year. 31 May.
history of the holiday
The origin of the holiday is rooted in sexism in the workplace and misogyny towards blonde girls. American women lawyers and barristers have faced the fact that male colleagues are not perceived as equals and hindered their career advancement. The girls did not tolerate offensive jokes about their hair color and created their own holiday. They started talking about him on July 9, 2001. This year the first parade took place.
In 2003, the International Association of Blondes invited UNESCO to establish a holiday. The initiative was not supported by all members of the organization, but, nevertheless, the holiday spread throughout the world. It has been celebrated in Our Country since 2006.
Holiday traditions
The purpose of the holiday is the fight against stereotypes about blondes, and in a global sense – the fight for equality. Since 2001, festive parades, processions, festivals, competitions, flash mobs and meetings with blond celebrities have been held.
In Our Country, on this day, a special award is awarded – “Diamond Hairpin”. The first ceremony took place in 2006 in Moscow, in the Novinsky Passage. By the way, this is the first special award for blondes.
Interesting facts about blondes
- The idea for the holiday was born in 2001. Then, on June 26, the comedy Legally Blonde starring Reese Witherspoon was released. She is credited with a major role in the emergence of the holiday.
- By the way, the film is an adaptation of the book Legally Blonde. Its author, Amanda Brown, the daughter of a lawyer and art gallery owner, went to law school herself and wrote stories from the lives of fellow students.
- Natural blonde is rare. According to scientists, blondes may disappear altogether by 2202, because the gene for blond hair is recessive, that is, weak. Now fair-haired people make up 14% of the total.
- Natural blondes have thicker hair than brunettes and redheads. Thus, the body protects the scalp from the sun’s rays. At the same time, the hair itself is thinner and more delicate.
- In ancient Greece, blond hair symbolized purity, chastity and purity.
- By the way, the goddess of love Aphrodite is often portrayed as a blonde.
- Fashion for blond hair originated in ancient Rome. Then wigs with light hair were actively sold.
- Before the invention of paint, women resorted to a variety of methods of lightening, for example, lime water and many hours of sitting in the sun.
- In 1867, at the Paris Exhibition, the first remedy was presented that allowed a woman to become a blonde. Yes, hydrogen peroxide.
- According to legend, Empress Eugenia, the wife of Napoleon III, was the first to artificially lighten her hair.
- Attentive viewers have noticed that in every Alfred Hitchcock film there is a lady with blond hair.
- Marilyn Monroe is not a natural blonde. By the way, she refused to act in films where, according to the script, there were other fair-haired girls.
- Most blondes live in Our Country, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Legendary blondes
Marlene Dietrich
27.12.1901 – 06.05.1992
Singer and actress, Hollywood star who influenced style, fashion and the very female consciousness.
Marilyn Monroe
01.06.1926 – 04.08.1962
Actress, singer, cult figure in world cinema. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for her role in the film Only Girls in Jazz. Born Norma Jean, she tried for a long time and unsuccessfully to get rid of the screen image of a charming goofy blonde.
Grace Kelly
12.11.1929 – 14.09.1982
The highest grossing actress of her time, a beauty who received an Oscar and two Golden Globes. She starred with Hitchcock himself and left her career for the sake of marriage to the Prince of Monaco.
Brigitte Bardot
28.09.1934
French actress, singer and fashion model. Sex symbol of the 1950s – 1960s. She ended her career in 1973 and became an animal rights activist.
Catherine Deneuve
22.10.1943
Another star of French cinema. She was repeatedly called to Hollywood. But the actress chose to stay in Europe.
Movies about blondes
Get in the holiday spirit with a blonde movie marathon. Our selection includes classics of cinema and popular comedies.
“Blond Venus”, 1932
A drama starring Marlene Dietrich about the love between American chemist Ned Faraday and German variety show singer Helen.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
The film is based on the musical of the same name, which starred two sex symbols of America: brunette Jane Russell and blonde Marilyn Monroe.
“Blonde around the corner”, 1984
In the Soviet picture, the clash of an intellectual astronomer and a more mundane blonde is played up.
“Real Blonde”, 1997
A little-known in Our Country film directed by Tom Dichillo about two friends conquering the world of show business.
Legally Blonde, 2001
The comedy that inspired the holiday. Elle Woods is a natural blonde and president of the college sorority. When her boyfriend declares that he intends to go to Harvard law school and marry a smart, intelligent girl, she does not give up and goes to university herself.
Legally Blonde 2, 2003
Continuation of the story of Elle Woods, no longer a student, but an employee of a law firm.
“Blonde with ambitions”, 2007
Comedy with Jessica Simpson about a girl trying to get settled in New York.