Felicia Atkins (born 5 Apr. 1937, died 8 Dec. 2016) was an Australian born

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. She was ''

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'' magazine's

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for the April, 1958 issue. Her

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was photographed by

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and Bill Bridges. Felicia Atkins was a showgirl at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in

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, in their Las Vegas rendition of the "

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", which is how she was discovered by ''Playboy''. (The Playboy issue Atkins was featured in had a Las Vegas, Nevada theme.) Atkins holds the record for the longest tenure in the Tropicana's long-running Folies-Bergère

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(19 years). She was the maid of honor at the marriage of

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, son of

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, to fellow Tropicana showgirl Sandra Drummond, whilst she was dating Phillip's brother Gary Crosby.Crosby weds
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