1966. When Raquel Welch appears on screen in a purposely depleted, furry, prehistoric bikini in Hammer Studios’ One Million Years B.C., she instantly becomes a leading international sex symbol. If nothing else, she captures the hearts and libidos of sixties men – not to mention their teenage sons – while producing THE definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of the decade.
Her curvaceous figure is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the waif look embodied by the likes of Twiggy, while her auburn mane forever wipes away the notion that enduring sex goddesses come only in the form of bottled blondes.
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