London
(ANI):
Years
after
her
death,
Princess
Diana
is
still
an
influential
'style
icon'
the
royal
has
topped
a
list
of
the
'Most
Elegant
Women
Ever'.
She
has
beaten
Sophia
Loren,
an
Academy
Award
winning
Italian
film
actress,
to
land
the
top
spot.
Grace
Kelly,
generally
known
as
Princess
Grace
of
Monaco,
came
third
while
Audrey
Hepburn
stood
fourth.
Rounding
off
the
top
five
was
none
other
than
blonde
beauty
Marilyn
Monroe.
According
to
elegance
expert
and
former
headmistress
at
school
for
etiquette
Lucie
Clayton
Jean
Broke
Smith,
their
old-fashioned
etiquette
has
yet
to
be
rivalled
in
today's
celebrity
world.
"The
word
'elegance'
to
me
means
Audrey
Hepburn
the
Little
Black
Dress," the
Daily
Express
quoted
her,
as
saying.
"I
think
of
Princess
Diana
she
was
so
iconic
because
of
her
elegance,"
she
added.
The
top
ten
'Most
Elegant
Women
Ever' are:
1.
Princess
Diana
2.
Sophia
Loren
3.
Grace
Kelly
4.
Audrey
Hepburn
5.
Marilyn
Monroe
6.
Catherine
Zeta
Jones
7.
Ava
Gardner
8.
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis
9.
Greta
Garbo
10.
Carla
Bruni