Micheline Bernardini
Micheline Bernardini | |
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Modeling the first bikini on 5 July 1946 at the Piscine Molitor in Paris | |
| Born | 1 December 1927 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Model |
Micheline Bernardini (born 1 December 1927) is a French former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris who agreed to model, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard's two-piece swimsuit, which he called the bikini, named four days after the first test of an American nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll.