La Môme Moineau (the kid sparrow), "the richest woman of the Côte d'Azur", former flower seller, getting off her private plane Beech 18. On the right, her husband Mr. Benítez-Rexach, Puerto Rican ship building millionaire. On the left: O'Dett, French cabaret entertainer. Cannes Airport 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn

La Môme Moineau (the kid sparrow), "the richest woman of the Côte d'Azur", former flower seller, getting off her private plane Beech 18. On the right, her husband Mr. Benítez-Rexach, Puerto Rican ship building millionaire. On the left: O'Dett, French cabaret entertainer. Cannes Airport 1954.

At Cannes Airport in 1954, La Môme Moineau—the former flower seller known as "the richest woman of the Côte d'Azur"—poses in a pilot's uniform on the steps of her private Beech 18, named the "Moineau Flier." She holds hands with French cabaret entertainer O'Dett (left) and her husband, the Puerto Rican shipbuilding millionaire Mr. Benítez-Rexach (right).


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