Scandalous Facts About Zsa Zsa Gabor, The Hollywood Diva
It was a beautiful, terrible thing to be Zsa Zsa Gabor. One of the most stunning women of her century, Gabor wore Hollywood like a skin-tight dress, languishing in its glamour, its galas, and its dark side.
Through her incredible nine marriages, she found out—and aired—some of the dirtiest laundry in Tinseltown. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t have secrets of her own…
Zsa Zsa Gabor Facts
1. She Came From A Beautiful Family
Zsa Zsa actually came from a family of drop-dead beauties. Born in Hungary as Sari Gabor, her sisters were the future socialite Magda Gabor and fellow actress Eva Gabor.
But although her siblings earned a ton of notoriety for their own scandalous love lives, it’s their middle sister Zsa Zsa who has become synonymous with Hollywood infamy—and for good reason.
2. She Was "Discovered" Young
When Zsa Zsa was just 17 years old, her entire life changed in the blink of an eye. According to Gabor, she was walking the streets of Vienna, Austria, on a vacation when the opera singer Richard Tauber spotted her from across the road. Tauber, who dabbled in film roles, knew a superstar when he saw one, and invited her to join him on stage for a show. It was the beginning of her fame, and Zsa Zsa knew exactly what to do with it.
3. She Was A Teenage Bride
Within the year, Zsa Zsa’s name was on everybody’s lips. She won the Miss Hungary competition in 1936 when she was still a teenager—and then she took it up a notch.
In 1937, just barely out of her teen years, she married the Turkish politician Burhan Asaf Belge, feeling that his prestige matched her ambitions. Yet like so many youthful decisions, this was a big mistake.
