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Picked as miss bikini for obvious reasons, 16-year-old Heidi Willi holds bouquet of flowers yesterday at fifth annual International Picnic at Toronto Islands
Picked as miss bikini for obvious reasons, 16-year-old Heidi Willi holds bouquet of flowers yesterday at fifth annual International Picnic at Toronto Islands

Picked as miss bikini for obvious reasons, 16-year-old Heidi Willi holds bouquet of flowers yesterday at fifth annual International Picnic at Toronto Islands

Date4 July 1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Picked as miss bikini for obvious reasons; 16-year-old Heidi Willi holds bouquet of flowers yesterday at fifth annual International Picnic at Toronto Islands. About 50;000 turned out to picnic; watch girls; have yogurt-and-pizza-eating contest; and see a team of girls beat the Toronto Metros soccer team by 1-0.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodToronto Islands
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0020105F
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Surprise -- she's miss bikini, The winner of the Miss Bikini contest at the International Picnic Sunday on Centre Island is Marion Rose Stanford, 18, Story and pictures of the picnic are on page C1
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Miss Bikini: Eva Domik takes centre stage at the Chin-Moison international Picnic at Exhibition Place yesterday after winning the Miss Chin Bikini contest over 19 other entrants
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7/3/1982
It was a beautiful day at Toronto Islands yesterday as Toronto beauties in bikinis vied for the title of Miss International Picnic
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Chosen Miss Bikini at radio station CHIN's international picnic yesterday on Toronto Islands
Chosen Miss Bikini at radio station CHIN's international picnic yesterday on Toronto Islands
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Miss Bikini contestants parade along a runway, making their turns right where Constable Maurice Biancolin was on duty at International Picnic. At one (...)
Miss Bikini contestants parade along a runway, making their turns right where Constable Maurice Biancolin was on duty at International Picnic. At one (...)
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6/23/1983
Toronto chooses its 'Miss Argo', North Toronto's 18-year-old Margaret Worton, holds a bouquet after being chosen last night as Toronto football team's(...)
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10/13/1971
Miss Canada: Heidi Quiring, 20, wins for Winnipeg
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The crowd-pleasers at the Chin International Picnic yesterday on Centre Island were the Miss Bikini contest, won by Jill Askew, a 20-year-old model, a(...)
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A garland for Miss Argo, Betty Lou Pokol, 20, second-year nursing student at University of Toronto, smiles over her flowers after being chosen Miss Argonaut last night over 17 contestants
A garland for Miss Argo, Betty Lou Pokol, 20, second-year nursing student at University of Toronto, smiles over her flowers after being chosen Miss Argonaut last night over 17 contestants
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