Forget, for only this instance, what your mother told you about staring. Gaze into the eyes on this page. Hold, hold, hold. Stop. Chances are you've been hyponotized by the beauty of Brooklyn-born Aaliyah Dana Haughton. She did this to many. Her power: an understated beauty that was equally alluring in baggy Tommy Hilfiger jeans or leopard print bikinis accented with oversized snakes. Sometimes, she appeared to be ashamed of her secret sexy - hiding her left eye behind her hair; rockin' the baggy garb till the proverbial fashion wheels fell off...

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