I'm afraid that this is probably just a rumor started by Warner Brothers to get some word of mouth publicity for Ms. Mayo's 1949 film "The Girl from Jones Beach" in which she is prominently displayed in a swimsuit coming out of the water at the beach. I haven't found any corroboration of the story from the photographer (who is nameless) nor from Virginia Mayo herself on the internet and something like that would probably have gotten a lot of play from the various vintage pinup sites if it existed.
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