Marianne Gravatte Nude
“Right now, she told us, I’m the least shy I’ve ever been in my life. There was a time when if I didn’t know a phone number, I would be too embarrassed to call Information. At school, I would never do an oral book report. I’d arrange to be absent on that day. But gradually, I’m getting out of it. Every job I do now gets a little easier for me.” Marianne is at a loss to explain why she is so reserved. Her startling looks may have something to do with it. She simply attracts attention whether or not she wants to. And, as she says, “Being the center of attention makes me nervous.” As a result, she avoids public contact as much as she can. Raised in a Los Angeles suburb, she still lives there, driving to the city only for a modeling call. “I don’t like cities; they’re too noisy. I feel best in the mountains, where it’s quiet.” One of her favorite places to be is along the Colorado River, where she and her boyfriend regularly go for a little boating and water-skiing. There, in the bosom of nature, she is at peace. “The air is clean and dry and the sun is warm, not hot and sticky as it is in the city. I like the feeling of having nothing to do but lie in the sun.” Her love of the river is surpassed only by her love of animals. At one time, she wanted to be a zookeeper, “just to feed the baby animals all day,” until she learned that such a job would take seven years of schooling. Now she is content to play zookeeper to her seven cats and two birds. Only one of the cats was purchased; the rest are strays she has taken in. Cats do not make her nervous.
