What is a historical event that involved or is related to beauty?

I need a historical event that involved or is related to beauty. So far i can only think of the holocaust, but i have to be able to write a strong, well-detailed paragraph about it and the holocaust is not my strongest subject. By historical i mean 2009 and earlier; and if you could, something easy to write about.What is a historical event that involved or is related to beauty?
The building of the Taj Mahal. :) Sorry if that's not what you meant, but it is amazingly beautiful and has an interesting history, I think.



The fact that we finally have a black president is beautiful.



The pyramids are beautiful.What is a historical event that involved or is related to beauty?
How about the epic of the Trojan War. The whole poem by Homer is about how Paris was promised the most beautiful woman in the land, Helen of Troy. The myth is called the iliad, and it's all about ancient greece. It's not an entirely true story, but it's very historical

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