But her fame also ushered in deep depression, no fewer than four suicide attempts, four marriages, more than one hundred lovers -including women - and an unwanted pregnancy with a difficult birth to follow.'In the game of love, she is as much a hunter as she is prey’, Simone de Beauvoir is quoted in the stunning, just released book, Brigitte Bardot: The Life, The Legend, The Movies by Ginette Vincendeau and published by Carlton Books.The book, which pays tribute to the star who just turned 80,  also contains pull-out replicas of Bardot memorabilia,including the original movie poster for And God Created Woman.Born into a wealthy Parisian family on September 28, 1934, she lived in the elegant 16th arrondissement of Paris, a stone’s throw from the Eiffel tower.The family spent weekends at their cottage west of Paris in Louveciennes, winter holidays in the French Alps and summers at Saint-Tropez on the French Riveria.‘Bri,’ as Brigitte was called by her parents, was quickly enrolled in ballet classes by her Mama, Marie-Jeanne, ‘Mijanou,’ as well as modeling. She was considered the perfect height at the time, 5’6”, and had no weight problems like her rivals Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor stateside and Martine Carol in France.Bri appeared on the cover of Elle magazine in May 1949 in her first modeling assignment, dressed in a younger version of what her mother’s friends were wearing. Tailored jackets and full skirts were favored at the time, as French fashion was dominated by designer Christian Dior. Hats, bags and high heels had to match.Four years later, in December 1952, her image as role model for the younger generation changed to flat ballet shoes, long hair in a ponytail with fringe, lipstick to accentuate her pout, and clothes to highlight her hourglass figure.The sex kitten evolved out of these early modeling days when she met Roger Vadim, assistant to filmmaker Marc Allégret who had discovered French Cinema’s biggest stars of the 1930s.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az