Media

March, 1997

Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan, has a talent for looking foolish. CNN recently captured her being hoisted aloft by a group of Fabio wannabes. There she was, at age 74, giggling like a schoolgirl. Even her physical appearance is cartoonish. So wispy-thin she appears frail, Brown looks like the poster girl for the Anti-Plastic Surgery League--her ultratight skin a warning against having one face-lift too many. And when she spoke, things got worse. She preached her gospel o...