For a few years in the 50s I thought Tuesday Weld was the prettiest girl in the world. Eventually there was a girl in my high school who was even prettier and to top it off, she had a crush on my older Brother. That way she would talk to me. Actually she was so sweet she talked to everybody even the dorks.
A friend of mine in grad school did not believe me until I showed him an annual picture of her.
Also my late wife would had stood up against just about any of them in both face and form.
Aw. So sweet. Sorry for your loss. I'll bet she loved you as much as you loved her. God bless.