She was not a classic beauty but she received close to 50,000 letters after photos of her in a reclining position were released to the press. Reard called his bikini 'smaller than the world's smallest bathing suit? ... forming an intense market for the Prosch 7 swimwear all over the world in 1957 (Bikini History 1). In July of 1959 the New York Post searched the beaches of New York City for bikinis, but found only a few. However, sales were rising in the United States and those noting the growing number of private pools mentioned that thousands of shy women were probably purcha...

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