Her public image as a sex symbol and diva conflicted with her religious upbringing, she said.

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Plus he wears a cape, that accessory beloved by eternal sex symbol Count Dracula and dandy Oscar Wilde.

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He would be taking a huge risk in terms of his image as a straight, African-American sex symbol.

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What is particularly remarkable about the public statement made by Angelina Jolie is that she is a young, beautiful, sex symbol.

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He also also finds himself being labelled a sex symbol with one American magazine even voting him - 'one of the 30 most interesting people in the world'.

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But Direct TV commercials had a signature female sex symbol clad with a seductive look and wardrobe the opposite of the on-par smart women athletes they want to show for women going pro in something other than sports.

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At the height of her career, she and Casablanca Records created a sex symbol persona for her, and in an October 1977 cover story for Ebony, she remarked about her other nicknames: Queen of Love and Symbol of Eros.

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Each stands for something unique and relevantly different. (Think Marilyn as sex symbol, Elvis as rock idol, Lou Gehrig as baseball legend and Einstein as wild-haired genius.) And, each played and now plays out this unique difference in a manner consistent with the image consumers have of them.

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Just a few years ago Batista's sex-symbol ex-wife, former Playboy cover girl Luma de Oliveira, paraded during Carnaval clad in spandex and glitter--and wearing his name proudly on a collar around her neck.

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