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October, 1955

We solemnly swear (or affirm) that Playboy is one magazine that is not going to make cute references to smorgasbord, Swedish massage, Swedish meatballs, or suchlike similes in connection with the Swedish amazon, Anita Ekberg.Nor are we going to drag in Greta Garbo, Ingrid bergman, and other radiant but irrelevant Swedish exports. All we want to talk about is Anita.For one thing, she's a big girl: five-feet-seven, 120 pounds, measuring 39"-22"-37" from north to south, according to...

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