A simple photo of Tom Jones and Marjorie Wallace hides a tangled story of fame, infidelity, and heartbreak. At the height of his career, Tom Jones was known as a wild heartthrob, admitting to sleeping with hundreds of women, despite being married to his wife Linda for 59 years.

Marjorie Wallace, crowned the first American Miss World in 1973, met Tom backstage at the London Palladium that same year. Their passionate affair shook the Miss World organizers and cost Marjorie her crown due to public displays of affection and her simultaneous engagement to race car driver Peter Revson, who tragically died in 1974.

When Tom’s wife nearly found out, he ended things with Marjorie. Heartbroken, she overdosed on sleeping pills but recovered, insisting it wasn’t a suicide attempt. Despite the past, Tom and Marjorie stayed friends, often keeping in touch decades later.

Sometimes, a picture can reveal so much more than meets the eye.