ARTICLE ARCHIVE: "Win Annette's Bikini from Muscle Beach Party"

Annette appeared on the cover of this 1964 issue of Hollywood Fun Teen Album promoting a special contest tied-in with the release of Muscle Beach Party.

Readers could enter to win a bikini just like the one Annette wears in Muscle Beach Party.

If you saw this issue on the magazine rack at your local drug store fifty years ago and wanted to enter the contest, you would have to spend thirty-five cents to purchase the magazine in order to fill out and mail in the entry coupon inside.

From the original ad:

What a prize for summer! You can be a sensation on the beach wearing the bikini designed exclusively for Annette!

How alluring can you get? One lucky gal will have the answer, by winning Annette's sexational white bikini from A.I.P.'s Muscle Beach Party. (If you haven't seen Annette in this swinging movie, what are you waiting for?) Our contest is so simple. Just write, in 50 words or less, why you would like to win Annette's suit. All entries become the property of HOLLYWOOD FUN TEEN ALBUM and cannot be returned. The decisions of the judges will be final. Fill out the coupon (right) and don't wait, mail it right in. As soon as you've sent in your entry get to work on your sun-tan. We can't promise that this bikini is the magic answer to popularity but it sure looks as if it will help!! Good luck to you all!

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