American Flag Bikini Moments: What's YOUR Favorite? (PHOTOS)

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

The American flag has been painted on bathing suits, bikinis, and directly on skin like a bathing suit for decades. From movies to television to magazine spreads, below are the most famous iconic flag-as-bikini interpretations from the past several decades.

Good use of the flag or bad? YOU decide.

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[lipoi]

She certainly is: http://www.actressscene.com/2009/04/cindy-crawford-in-simian-line.html

[OKSunny]

cindy crawford is BY FAR the best...still a classic beauty

[plschwartz]

Well I am against using the US flag as underwear.
If any anti-American was shown wiping his butt with the Flag, sure enough there would be an outcry.
But wearing a flag to cover your butt subjects it to all the stuff which dirties our underwear.
IMHO this is a gross desecration of the flag which is somehow felt to be patriotic

[Guggenheim]

For those saying that the American flag should not be worn as a bikini, I tend to agree (while I drool), but I am glad that we have the freedom for someone to do so. This is what our flag represents, our freedom as Americans. If someone's "display" of our flag is not tasteful, or even downright offensive (like burning), I am at least glad that person has the freedom to express themselves. Even if I disagree.

[DeepsyRascal]

Raquel Welch gets my vote, her ensemble is worthy of any flagpole.

[Guggenheim]

True, it made my pole stand up!

[rabiddog6708]

I would gladly hoist her from my flagpole anytime.

[Blenvid]

They could've included Halle Berry's shot with her flag dress. She's more beautiful and sexier, imo, then any of the above. It's hard to find a woman who can exude such sex appeal and class at the same time.

http://hyerstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/celebs.jpg

[FloaterBall]

Unbelievable.

[Helloamanda]

i love 4th of july bikinis, just a fun way to be cute on the 4th :) check mine out!!!

http://www.helloamanda.com/?p=302#more-302

[chefranden]

I don't think good flag etiquette includes wearing Old Glory in your ass crack.

[XME]

Ditto!

[berrycooda]

Here we go again.

Just another way of showing what America is all about.

Sex and beauty and not much else going on.

How about some respect for what the FLAG stands for.
Pay some tribute to the veterans and the active military who are
trying to uphold values in America without some people who are
wanting to be notices for all the wrong reasons.

God Bless America and the FLAG for which it stands.
Quit belittling it.

[RichEggleston]

I'll bet a lot of soldiers abroad have those American-flag bikini posters hanging in their barracks.

What the heck do you think the flag stands for, all you pompous hypocrites? It stands for the right to display those posters, as well as your First Amendment right to show how you're the south end of a horse going north.

Rich

[TEHelms]

The flag stands for the rights of all of us and that means bikini flag posters too! Yea! for the red, white and blue, bikinis!

[digitalprophet]

Fail.. No Will Ferrell SNL thong

[iRock]

So are there no beautiful women of color in this country? If i was a foreigner, I'd think there were ONLY caucasian people in america, looking at this.

Brings new meaning to the phrase "If it ain't white it ain't right"

I'm disappointed.

[TEHelms]

Hey, if they will put on a bikini I am sure they will be shown too! Not only red, white and blue, but black, brown, yellow, red, etc. Equal opportunity bikini watching for all!

[jag97PC]

iRock, I cannot say I understand where you are coming from because I am hispanic, but twice??? Do you really define everything in terms of race? I love many an ethnic woman and appreciate the beauty in all women, but your comments don't seem to ask for equality as much as they do for quotas.

That being said, I would also love to see some color and flava, God knows, he made it all look allllllright!!!!!

[TheFictionist]

Cindy is close, but this is the only flag bikini photo that really matters:

Jelena Jensen
http://twitpic.com/99fr1

God bless America.

[perera]

Cindy still is the hottest: http://www.actressscene.com/2009/04/cindy-crawford-in-simian-line.html

[CARTERJ]

Welch and Spitz. What a team. No contest.

[wwwlepotanicom]

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