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Chili Williams

Chili Williams

December 16, 1921 – October 17, 2003

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Chili Williams was a popular pin-up known as "The Polka-Dot Girl". After a photo of her wearing a polka-dotted bikini appeared in Life magazine she received more than 100,000 fan letters.

Poster for The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952

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