Virginia Mayo ENF?

[Blunderman]

I had read something online that Virginia Mayo was once photographed coming out of the ocean naked, a wave having taken her swimsuit. Can anyone verify this, or provide any links/additional information/the photograph itself? She was apparently voted the "Best Undressed Woman of the Year" by a nudist group known as the Colorado Sunbathing Society (she declined), if this helps. I think this incident was in 1949.

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[fordguy2001]

I have always had a thing for her. She was so much prettier than anything hollywood has to offer today.

[joejitsu]

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.

[darkwarriorkane]

I gotta go with Joe on this one sorry mate, guess we can call this myth busted

[Blunderman]

Isn't there a photo of this though?

[Blunderman]

This also poses the question of "how do you even lose one of those olden two piece bathing suits anyways?" Or a one-piece for that matter (any theories or stories would be nice).