Dixie Evans, “the Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque” She was working in celery fields near Los Angeles when she saw an ad for Hollywood chorus girls. This led to modeling jobs and burlesque. Her beauty, and her act imitating Marilyn Monroe, made her a top icon of burlesque.
Virginia Bell on the cover of a men's magazine
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean) early bikini pose
Tanya Roberts rises out of the water topless