Bluebell Girls

Madam Bluebell and the Bluebell Girls.

For 40 years, the most beautiful and talented dancers and showgirls in the world have carried the name"Bluebell," a name affectionately given Madame Bluebell as a baby when the family doctor looked into her bright blue eyes. Madame Bluebell assembled and trained the first Bluebell Girls at the Folies Bergere in Paris, and more than 11 million showgoers have come to see her girls perform in the spectacular Stardust Lido productions. She began her dancing career early. At 16, she traveled throughout Europe with an English ballet troupe. And before her 20th birthday, she was featured dancer with the Folies Bergere, the line captain, and the creator of the famous Bluebell Girls. When the Lido in Paris opened after the war, her covey of French beauties were an instant success. And in 1958, when they were brought to the Stardust in Las Vegas by Donn Arden, they awed the showgoers. Although many have attempted to duplicate Madame Bluebell's success formula, no one has achieved her international fame and respect. This remains established because of her demands that each girl have three qualities; She must have extensive ballet training; she must be beautiful and long-legged; and se must be 5'8 or taller. Qualifications "Finding girls wtih these requirements is extremely difficult. Knowing what I am looking for, ballet companies will call me. But since none of the famous ballet companies hire tall girls, statuesque dancers do not usually continue their ballet training past their early teens. I have travelled millions of miles, all over the world, in search of Bluebell Girls." ~ Madame Bluebell