can't get much hotter than that first scene in return
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the first truly was the best. the swiss native's voice may have been completely dubbed over in postproduction, but, well, the goods were all hers. her sultry walk out of the waves set the tone for every sexy-strong bond girl who followed and led a generation of men to dream about lying down 'underneath the mango tree.'
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The unveiling of the newly named bikini was a spectacle that almost didn't happen. It seemed designer Louis Ré-ard had a hard time finding a woman willing to model the skimpy suit. Luckily for him — and millions of beachgoers to come — a 19-year-old French showgirl by the name of Micheline Bernardini rose to the challenge. Introducing the small suit to the world on July 5, 1946, Bernardini strutted in the newspaper-printed, G-string bikini for a fashion event at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Unsurprisingly, the suit was a headline-making success and Bernardini received over 50,000 fan letters.
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