Elizabeth Taylor's Unlucky Loves: Husband #1 (Nicky Hilton)

I've been reading a fascinating magazine about the life of Elizabeth Taylor. And let me be frank when I say, most of her husbands were real scumbags. I mean scum of the earth. Let's take Conrad Nicholas "Nicky" Hilton first. He was heir to the Hilton Hotel fortune. Liz was 18 when they married and MGM spared no expense for their lavish wedding. But Nicky turned out to be a gambler, bully, and a drunk. On their wedding night, he spent most of it at the bar. Are you kidding me? You just married one of the most beautiful women in the world and you would rather hang out at the bar. Later on in the month, they embarked on a three-month European honeymoon aboard the Queen Mary. But when Nicky lost $100,000 in the ship's casino, he took it out on Liz. He slammed her her against the bulkhead. Upon returning to the states, the pair would separate and get back together several times. They would reach the breaking point when Nicky kicked Liz in the stomach causing her to have a miscarriage. They would formally separate on December 1, 1950. Less than 7 months after they married. Liz's first marriage would prove to echo her later ones as well. I will detail her other 6 marriages over the coming weeks. It's tragic that she would be involved with so many terrible men.