A celebrity, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, a tragic drama, Margaux Hemingway’s life is remarkable one. In more than one way she was similar to her grandfather, as if her genes were commanding her to repeat the life of her grandfather. She was a model, actress and for her first modeling job earned the record money and yet it is a fact that she was “dyslexic”. Thinking about Maragux Hemingway’s achievements, I can just say “phenomenal”. Margaux Hemingway gained much publicity for her role in the controversial film “Lipstick”. She played the role of a girl who was raped; it was the rape scene that made the film controversial. Margaux Hemingway appeared with her sister Mariel who was 14 at the time. Little did she know that she would be facing toughest competition from her in the coming years? At the peak of her career she was on the front page of every hip magazine of the day. Even TIME magazine published her photograph on the front page of its June 16, 1975 issue.
Margaux Hemingway was named after the wine “Château Margaux” as her parents were drinking the particular variety at the time she was conceived. As her life threw her knee deep in scandals, controversy, alcoholism and drug addiction she changed the spellings of her name to Margot. Zachary Selig has a prominent role in Margux Hemingway’s life. He taught the model yoga and deep meditation, the techniques that helped Margaux throughout her life. Selig also helped her to read the scripts because of her difficulty to read. As she met an accident while skiing, she put on weight. Her weight problem caused bulimia. She was also an epileptic.
It was the anniversary, of the suicide of her grandfather in July 1996. The wheel of fate had completed its full circle; Margaux Hemingway had to die the death of her grandfather. The very next day she took Phenobarbital to commit suicide. She was buried in the family graveyard.
Margaux Hemingway
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