I'm no expert on Raquel. I was just a little kid when she was in her prime. I wouldn't know one of her movies or photo shoots from another. I would leave it up to the older members to possibly know if there was an actress from that era that looked like and was built exactly like her. If you think about it, finding a woman that looked like her would be hard enough. But finding a woman that both looks like her, and has that same busty-curvy hips-narrow waist build, what are the odds of that? If the pic was closer up, and in color, you could look for similarities that would prove or disprove if it's her...moles, freckles, etc. I did think of two things that could help prove the authenticity of the photo. Since we know how tall she is, if someone knew how tall that chair is, and could use that for scale, you could find out how tall that woman in the pic is. If she's taller or shorter than Raquel, then it's not her. Also, if someone knew of a photo shoot or movie that she did wearing those shoes, then that could prove the photo authentic.
I attached two photos of her where she is obviously nude, but covered up. Now assuming once again that it's not a look alike, maybe it's from a photo shoot like in these two attached pics. I'm sure she didn't walk out onto the set that way. She probably walked out in a robe, took the robe off, at which point everyone there sees her in the buff, and then she puts the sheets around her. Now using that similar scenario for the possible nude pic, she walks out in a robe, takes the robe off, puts sheets or something over her, photographer starts taking pics. Then after awhile the photographer says "Let's take a break" or "Raquel I need you to move over here" something like that. Then Raquel drops the sheets, and before Raquel can put the robe back on, the photographer snapped a photo. I know some people might wonder why Raquel would be so bold about being nude. "I can't believe she would walk around totally naked in front of all those stage hands." I can only say from my experience working on plays...it's limited but I did several as like a stage hand in college...and talking with people that I know who work on stage plays and behind the scenes work in Hollywood, that nudity and partial dress is a common occurrence behind the scenes. You either get over the shyness quickly, about either being nude or about seeing nudity, or you can't do the job.
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