Kayleen Schaefer

The Most Beautiful Girls in the World, According to Prince

Kayleen Schaefer

April 21, 2016 at 3:32 p.m.

Apollonia Kotero

Apollonia Kotero is best known for co-starring in Prince’s 1984 film, Purple Rain, as his love interest. She got the role when another Prince muse, Vanity, resigned from the band Vanity 6, the girl group Prince formed. (The band was renamed Apollonia 6 for the film.) The former professional cheerleader told Oprah: Where Are They Now? that when she flew to Minneapolis to audition, “He picks me up, and we go for a long drive in his purple limo. We had a date that evening, and we danced up a storm, had a great time.” But despite playing a couple onscreen, Apollonia says she was never Prince’s girlfriend in real life. “There’s a lot of romance,” she said. “He was not my boyfriend, but he’s my greatest friend.”

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Prince, the beloved, unrivaled multi-genre musician who died Thursday, romanced more ladies than the world may ever know. But he didn’t keep the great loves of his life — or the women he simply admired for their musical talent or appearance — anonymous. He brought many of them their own fame by helping craft their style and image so that the public soon adored them as much as he did. Above, a look at the women who became stars in their own right but got a shot onstage because Prince put them there.

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