30 Bombshell Babes in Modest Swimwear
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Beach season is upon us, which means women must begin their annual agonizing over the relative appropriateness of skimpy swimwear. Can a one-piece conservative enough for the family also be hot enough for boardwalk seduction? Can sexiness be achieved in a suit that covers your corn-dog-stuffed Memorial Day belly? What can you wear to avoid starting a sex riot with that outrageously hot bod you’ve got going on?
For inspiration in the delicate art of the not-too-naked sexiness, let us study Christie Brinkley, Farrah Fawcett, Liz Taylor, Bo Derek, Sofia Vergara, Rihanna, and other bombshells babes in (relatively) modest beach attire. Because “sexy” need not be synonymous with “string bikini.”
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Christie Brinkley, 1977 Photo: Stan Malinowski/Corbis
Farrah Fawcett, 1979
Photo: Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Gene Tierney, 1940 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Sofia Vergara, 2011 Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage
Rachel Hunter, 1992 Photo: Isabel Snyder/Corbis
Joan Collins, 1955 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images
Bo Derek, 1979
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection
Natalie Wood, 1970 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images
Vanessa Williams, 1991
Elizabeth Taylor, 1959
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Morgan Fairchild, 1989 Photo: Douglas Kirkland/Corbis
Veruschka, 1968 Photo: Franco Rubartelli/Corbis
Claudine Auger, 1965
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Marilyn Monroe, mid-1950s Photo: Everett Collection
Raquel Welch, 1977 Photo: Tony Kent/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Rita Moreno, 1955 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Darryl Hannah, 1993
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Sharon Stone, 1991 Photo: Wayne Stambler/Corbis
Ava Gardner, 1943 Photo: Eric Carpenter/Moviepix/Getty Images
Cher, 1979 Photo: Douglas Kirkland/Corbis
Keira Knightley, 2007
Photo: Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection
Rihanna, 2012 Photo: Splash News/�© www.splashnews.com
Tuesday Weld, 1963 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images
Milla Jovovich, 1992 Photo: Calliope Grigorea/Corbis
Ann-Margret, 1960s Photo: LGI Stock/Corbis
Linda Cristal, 1958 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images
Mary Stavin, 1986 Photo: New World Releasing/Courtesy Everett Collection
Susan Strasberg, 1961
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Eva Herzigova, 1989 Photo: Yves Forestier/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Romy Schneider, 1969
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection
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