On Wednesday, May 31, the world was unofficially celebrating International Blonde Day. The origin of this holiday is not exactly clear, but it is said to be brought in by feminists who tried to break the stereotype that women with fair hair are less intelligent. Today, no one takes this "dumb blonde" myth seriously because the world has a large number of examples of intelligent and powerful ladies with fair hair.
Russian Foreign Ministry Official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova performs the traditional Russian dance ‘Kalinka’ at a reception for journalists on May 19, 2016, at the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi.
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Counselor to the President of the United States Kellyanne Conway (on the couch) at the meeting of President Donald Trump with leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on February 27, 2017.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a glass of beer as she attends an election campaign event of the Christian Social Union in a beer tent at the Truderinger Festwoche fair in Munich, on May 28, 2017.
Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts before boarding her campaign plane at Miami International Airport in Florida on October 26, 2016.
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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen walks along the landing pad after landing on the German navy support ship of the German navy support ship Bonn, in the Aegean Sea, off the Turkish coast on April 20, 2016.
President of the National Front, French far-right party, Marine Le Pen poses on the beach on July 28, 2010, in La Trinite-sur-Mer, northern France.
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Ivanka Trump, Special Assistant to the US President and daughter of Donald Trump, walks to the podium during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, on July 21, 2016.
Natalia Poklonskaya, a Deputy of the State Duma of Russia and a former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea, in her office in Simferopol.
President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca inspects as guards stand at attention in Valletta after taking her oath of office, on April 4, 2014.
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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on June 29, 2016.
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Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon sits in the driving seat of a Midge car during a campaign visit to Moffat, Scotland, on May 19, 2017.
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President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sworn in during an inauguration ceremony in Zagreb, Croatia, on February 15, 2015.
Dutch Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Colonel Albert De Smit (left), commander of the Netherlands Air Force operational test detachment, gesture as Dutch Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets start to taxi for takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on November 24, 2015.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg poses for a photograph with Kjetil Jansrud, a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion, after his finish in the men's super-G at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 16.
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Magdalena Ogorek (right), presidential candidate for the Democratic Left Alliance, Polish left-wing party, greets supporters during her electoral convention in Ozarow Mazowiecki, Poland, on February 14, 2015.
