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

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

Date7/4/1971
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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.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0020105F
      Chosen Miss Bikini at radio station Chinés international picnic yesterday on Toronto Islands, 22-year-old Mariann Lee is a Toronto-born model who spea(...)
      Chosen Miss Bikini at radio station Chinés international picnic yesterday on Toronto Islands, 22-year-old Mariann Lee is a Toronto-born model who spea(...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/9/1972
      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(...)
      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(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/6/1975
      Happy 100th birthday, great-grandma!, Rebekah Bajari, 5 1/2, with help from brother Joshua, 3 1/2, presents a bouquet of freshly picked flowers to gre(...)
      Happy 100th birthday, great-grandma!, Rebekah Bajari, 5 1/2, with help from brother Joshua, 3 1/2, presents a bouquet of freshly picked flowers to gre(...)
      Combs, Erin
      8/14/1985
      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
      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
      Russell, Jim
      7/3/1982
      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
      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
      Bull, Ron
      7/7/1974
      Blonde in a bikini, She's a 19-year-old honey blonde, a model with girl-next-door good looks and she's the Miss Chin Bikini winner. But, ahh, the competition was pretty tough at the picnic yesterday
      Blonde in a bikini, She's a 19-year-old honey blonde, a model with girl-next-door good looks and she's the Miss Chin Bikini winner. But, ahh, the competition was pretty tough at the picnic yesterday
      Cooper, David
      6/30/1979
      It was a beautiful day at Toronto Islands yesterday as Toronto beauties in bikinis vied for the title of Miss International Picnic. The winner was Pem(...)
      It was a beautiful day at Toronto Islands yesterday as Toronto beauties in bikinis vied for the title of Miss International Picnic. The winner was Pem(...)
      Ross, Fred
      7/12/1970
      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(...)
      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(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/13/1971
      Getting ready: It will soon be CHIN-Molson International Picnic time again, and CHIN President Johnny Lombardi seems to be having as good a time with the Miss CHIN Bikini prospects as he will at the picnic itself
      Getting ready: It will soon be CHIN-Molson International Picnic time again, and CHIN President Johnny Lombardi seems to be having as good a time with the Miss CHIN Bikini prospects as he will at the picnic itself
      Lombardi, Johnny
      6/22/1982
      Miss Bikini of '79 Diane Heaslop samples pasta cooked by Johnny Lombardi, who's staging his 14th international picnic at Toronto Island next weekend.
      Miss Bikini of '79 Diane Heaslop samples pasta cooked by Johnny Lombardi, who's staging his 14th international picnic at Toronto Island next weekend.
      Lombardi, Johnny
      6/20/1980
      With A Curtsey that would do credit to an old hand in court circles, 5-year-old Penny Medwell presents a bouquet of flowers to Princess Alexandra. Thi(...)
      With A Curtsey that would do credit to an old hand in court circles, 5-year-old Penny Medwell presents a bouquet of flowers to Princess Alexandra. Thi(...)
      Alexandra, Princess, granddaughter of George V, King of Great Britain, 1936-
      5/17/1967
      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 (...)
      Bull, Ron
      7/8/1974