If you’re a wrestling fan, you’ll remember a couple of years back when The Undertaker crucified Stone Cold Steve Austin on his devilish symbol… and this caused quite a stir, the segment actually being edited out on Canadian television! Now imagine being back in 1966 and witness the following image by photographer Terry O’Neill, where Raquel Welch was on the verge of stardom for her role in One Million Years BC. O’Neill claimed that this piece was a reflection on the ideal of womanhood of the time, as women were valued only for their sexuality. Fans probably didn’t care for the deep thought… but controversy brewed nevertheless. As you can guess, the real official poster presented a less provocative Raquel pose… but still sexy.

Eternal beauty Raquel Welch turns a youthful 67 today. Her last movie was 2006’s Forget About It and she’s still going on strong in the wig business. She remains in my Top Five of favorite screen beauties of all time and is responsible, alongside Brigitte Bardot, for starting my interest in movie actresses, when I was a wee lad in the early seventies. How could I know that decades later, I would pay tribute to Raquel and many others on the web?