LIFE legend Rita Hayworth was born 99 years ago nowadays in Brooklyn,NY on Oct. 17, 1918. According to LIFE in 1945: “In an overseas poll American GIs recently conferred the title of "No. 1 Back domestic Glamour Girl” on Rita Hayworth. At a presentation ceremony at Walter Reed Hospital, or which Miss Hayworth attended,Pvt. Martin Leeds of the Bronx made a speech and awarded her a GI “Oscar” because her “sheer loveliness and her willingness to share that loveliness through the medium of the screen with millions of warsick and lonely GIs has contributed immeasurably to the morale of the fighting men.” (Peter StackpoleThe LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #RitaHayworth
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