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Memorial Day Swimwear: Bathing Suits, Bikinis, & Other Iconic Swimsuit Images (PHOTOS, POLL)

First Posted: 05/29/2010 6:29 pm   Updated: 05/25/2011 4:35 pm

Happy Memorial Day! Summer is now in full swing with Monday's barbecues and bronzing by the pool, so we'd like to take a moment to remember our favorite swimsuits. From Phoebe Cates's infamous front-clasped bikini top to Pam Anderson's Baywatch one-piece to Obama's trunks in Hawaii, take a look and tell us which bathing suit has you most inspired.

 
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DalKimball82
04:06 PM on 06/01/2010
Since you included the Obama's (why I have no idea) let's include the Reagans

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awarg
04:02 PM on 06/01/2010
Marilyn Monroe puts all those others to shame!!
11:07 AM on 06/01/2010
Wow...there are some ugly people on this list.
10:39 AM on 06/01/2010
How you include a Barbie doll and not include Halle Berry in that orange 2 piece swimsuit coming out of the water in the James Bond movie, Die Another Day?

Are ya'll on crack?!
03:51 AM on 06/01/2010
Happy B-day MM!
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12:23 AM on 06/01/2010
Why are the Obamas in here?
garystartswithg
el sueno de la razon produce republicans
10:44 PM on 05/31/2010
when does the huffpo porn channel start?

can't believe the best you could do w guys was phelps and obama -- remember greg louganis? he gave every straight man watching the olympics their own special stupid sexy flanders moment. there was a spread with rock hudson and his "roommate" in their little swin toggles that shocked everyone that figured it out. which in the united states was about 3 people because this country is really really stupid.
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lillibelle
08:30 PM on 05/31/2010
My father was the delivery boy for a florist in Southampton during his teens. He was a skinny, freckled redhead. Well, while making his deliveries, he knocked on the door and who answered? Marilyn, herself, with barely anything on!

Oh, how I loved listening to him describe her...beyond gorgeous - in the flesh - sans makeup...or much else.
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CreativeKitty
09:10 PM on 05/31/2010
Thank you for sharing your fathers wonderful story. I can only imagine what The Hampton's were like back then. A lot less crowded, and a fairly quiet place to spend the summer!
02:20 AM on 06/01/2010
Lucky kid!
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awarg
04:03 PM on 06/01/2010
Dad was the envy of the neighborhood!!!
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killerbarbie
05:18 PM on 05/31/2010
what are the Obama´s doing here? Please stop this stupid propaganda...
11:29 AM on 05/31/2010
Can't believe that they left out the James Bond scene with Halle Berry coming out of the surf.
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killerbarbie
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06:56 PM on 05/31/2010
They might as well put Putin in their or worse netayahu in a Speedo. Absolutely revolting
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Pennsanic
Be nice to the US or we'll bring you democracy too
06:19 AM on 05/31/2010
I think they all look great. It's interesting how body ideals change over time. But Demi Moore, who ordinarily looks healthy and strong, looks anorexic in the photo on the left. Her legs look like sticks.
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blondebeblonde
Blondes also prefer gentlemen
01:10 PM on 05/31/2010
I read somewhere that she had liposuction before shooting this film, which could account for the hollowed-out thighs look. She was at her best in GI Jane.
07:04 PM on 05/31/2010
I know she works out - but get real - she's how old? She looks younger than her daughter Rumor....
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StylesBitchly
02:55 AM on 05/31/2010
Let's hope summer is finally here...
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12:57 AM on 05/31/2010
Barbie? WTF?
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blondebeblonde
Blondes also prefer gentlemen
01:11 PM on 05/31/2010
Wasn't that funny? It made me laugh that they included Barbie. But I have to wonder at the inclusion of Barack and Michelle Obama??
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02:13 PM on 05/31/2010
That was weird too, but I chock it up to them being celebrities.
12:22 AM on 05/31/2010
Tacky putting the First Family in this group.

Plus, the supermodels from the previous era (Tiegs, Ireland, Derrick) sure did have unremarkable, somewhat boyish, straight line figures.

How come nothing from Jane Mansfield?
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RedRat
Ignorance is fixable, stupidty is forever
11:06 PM on 05/30/2010
I guess I must be a misanthrope because I never found Monroe all that sexy, and this was indeed back in my day. I never understood what her mystique was, but clearly John Kennedy saw something. Give me Raquel Welch, Demi Moore, Bridget Bardot, or the any of the gaggle of women in Sports Illustrated any day.
12:24 AM on 05/31/2010
She gave off the impression of being infantile and helpless and that appeals to mens' sense of being the protector.

She was listed at 5'4" and 140 lbs. Let's face it, today we'd be calling her a plus model.
07:06 PM on 05/31/2010
S.I.C.K. Take your med's grandpa.....and watch that heart.....Those "girls" in SI are young enough to be your great-grandaughters! YUK.....
12:57 AM on 06/01/2010
Do you speak/read English?