Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine shoot, I was bowled over. I couldn't believe she was only fourteen. She filled out a swimsuit better than I did. We did the pictures, including one shot of me teaching her to float. With that superstructure of hers, she floated just fine. What she couldn't do was sink.
Esther WilliamsEven though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.
Esther WilliamsMarriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.
Esther WilliamsIt appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious
Esther Williams