Atomic Testing
Photo: Las Vegas News Bureau
Copa Room showgirl Lee Merlin poses in a cotton, mushroom cloud swimsuit as she is crowned "Miss Atomic Bomb" in this 1957 photo. Above-ground nuclear testing was a major public attraction during the late 1950s and hotels capitalized on the craze by hosting nuclear bomb watch parties which usually included the dubbing of a chorus girl as "Miss Atomic Bomb." Merlin was the last and most famous of the "Miss Atomic Bomb" girls.
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