Micheline Bernardini
French dancer (born 1927) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Micheline Bernardini (born 1 December 1927) is a French former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris who agreed to model, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard's two-piece swimsuit, which he called the bikini, named four days after the first test of an American nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll.[1]
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Micheline Bernardini | |
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![]() Modeling the first bikini on 5 July 1946 at the Piscine Molitor in Paris. | |
Born | (1927-12-01) 1 December 1927 (age 96) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Model |
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