10月8日
Extra Digit Diva
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my new favorite Bond Girl, Gemma Arterton, a woman
who proudly carried extra digits -- and I'm not talking an alternative phone number:
"Bond girls have long been exceptional women. From Ursula Andress to Halle Berry, they have each embodied the feminine ideal of their particular time. Gemma Arterton, the statuesque stunner who plays Agent Fields in next month's 'Quantum of Solace,' has proven herself to be exceptional not only for her English Rose beauty, but also because she was born with six fingers on each hand.
"'It's my little oddity that I'm really proud of,' she said to Esquire magazine. 'It makes me different.' Different indeed. The condition, called Polydactyly, occurs in 1 of every 500 births."
In a land of fake white teeth, breast enhancement balloons and Botox abuse, I wish Miss Arterton had never removed them. But Bravo to her for talking about it. Again though, just think of her potential piano playing skills.
--posted by Kim