Charles de Temple, sculptor, with Princess Medina model

Jan. 21, 1966 - 21.1.66 Charles de Temple finds his Golden Princess - Sculptor Charles de Temple's world-wide search for the living face of Prinoess Medina, daughter of King Midas of Phrygia, ended recently in Greece. For eighteen months Charles de Temple has searched receiving more than 6, 000 photographs, and interviewing 500 young women of many nationalities, hoping to find the mysterious beauty of the legendary princess who was turned to gold by her father touch and whose features he will Immortalise in gold as an everlasting symbol of the moment when women, in her full beauty, is suspended for ever against the ravages of time, Rica Diallina with her Mediterranean expressiveness and Asian stillness will be Charles de Temple*s Medina. Born in Crete. Rica Diallina is 23, and renowned as being one of Greece's outstanding beauties, the is an actress of unusual talent who? after many films in her native land, starred opposite Vittorio Gasman in Romeo Her latest film is Julietta and the Spirits for Frederico Fellini who sees great potential both in her beauty and In her ability Mr de Temple hopes to complete the sculpture by the end of 1966 when, together with a major collection of his works Princess Medina will be exhibited throughout the world, in all major cities, IL.O de Temple la at the moment working on the preliminary sketches of Miss Diallina, and will then ask her to travel to England for the first sittings of the sculpture. This should be at the beginning of February. Photo Shows: Charles de Temple seen sketching Rika Diallina at the ruins of the Jupiter Temple in Athens. PHOTO SHOWS: CHARLES de TEMPLE seen sketching RIKA DIALLINAi'lit the ruins of I. e Jupiter Temple in Athens

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