The iconic meeting took place in 1957. Sophia Loren's career had just skyrocketed in Europe and this was a Beverly Hills party organized by Paramount Studies, to welcome her to Tinsletown. Loren had been the most photographed actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival - but felt that her spotlight was stolen in Hollywood by blonde bombshell, Jayne Mansfield, who greeted her at her table.
In later years, Loren said about the meeting: "I’m so frightened that everything in her dress is going to blow—BOOM!—and spill all over the table"
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from France and was dedicated in the New York Harbor in 1886. It was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame.
