Happy Anniversary, Bikini!

Leave it to the History channel to reemind us that 63 years ago, the bikini was invented!

Check out the full story and video at:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=6949

World's Largest Bikini Parade in Las Vegas (Plus Sin City's Hottest Spots)

The Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority earned a Guinness World Record for staging the world's largest bikini parade recently, according to the Telegraph.com website. Almost 300 participants strutted down the Strip in sexy swimwear along the Las Vegas Strip. The parade was led by Playboy's Holly Madison to help celebrate the 50th birthday of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign and boost tourism. It was followed by a swimwear retrospective, featuring a catwalk show of bathing suits from the fifties to the present day.



If you are planning to travel Sin City this weekend or later this year, the Telegraph points out a few of the hottest spots on the Strip!

--“Rehab”, every Sunday at the Hard Rock Hotel (001 702 693 555, www.rehablv.com), is the place to drink off the night before — think grass cabanas, underwater music, swim-up blackjack tables, cocktail bars and hundreds of people dancing clad only in bikinis and board shorts.

--The Palms (001 702 942 7777, www.palms.com) boasts a three-acre adult playground, featuring two waterfalls, three pools and four bars. The pool deck offers the ultimate aquatic experience. With an almost 3,000 person capacity

--The Bare Pool Lounge at the Mirage Resort (001 702 791 7442, www.lightgroup.com) offers poolside pampering, DJs and, as its name suggests, a relaxed, Mediterranean take on beach attire

--The Rio hotel 001 866 746 7671, www.riolasvegas.com) offers Sapphire an adults-only, Brazilian themed lagoon that comes complete with a sand beach, waterfalls, three pools and four Jacuzzi-style spas.



To see the full article, go to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/weird-wide-world/5329392/Worlds-largest-bikini-parade-on-Las-Vegas-Strip.html.

Top photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Visitlasvegas.com.

Anna is the OMP Hot Model of the Day

California-based model Anna OMP Model #199138 is our latest OMP Hot Model of the Day! Need we say more? LOL

Meet Alina, OMP's Hot Model of the Day

One Model Place is celebrating the selection of our latest " Hot Model of the Day" -- ravishing Romanian Alina! http:​/​/​www.​onemodelplace.​com/​member.​cfm?​ID=​398635

Check her out and book her for a shoot in the South Florida area today!

Bikini Blowouts in Ohio and South Florida

One Model Place has sponsored almost a dozen workshops since December, and every one keeps getting bigger and better. However, sometimes photographers want to be able to shoot models in more intimate settings. Now they can with OMP's new Mini-Workshops! The first one happened on Saturday, June 14, and the results were impressive!

Next up is a Bikini Blowout this Saturday June 21 in Springfield, OH, followed by a special "In the Click" networking party. For all the details, go to www.intheclick.com.

If you are in South Florida, another Bikini Blowout will take place on Sunday, June 29. Email troubleshooter@onemodelplace.com for information on all these events.

BABEWATCH #1 -- WHO'S THAT GIRL?

Think you've seen our "Babewatch" blonde Lindsay before? Let us know where and you can win a prize. If you need a clue, check out OMP Model #350354 for the answer. First person to answer in the comment section will win a One Model Place t-shirt!

Up Close and Personal with Maxim's New Hometown Hottie

SNEAK PREVIEW OF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ONLY AVAILABLE ON ONEMODELPLACE.COM

Brunette beauty Erin McKinnon OMP Model #304174 , who recently was crowned Maxim Magazine's "Hometown Hottie" winner, almost didn't enter the competition. "I was getting ready for the Miss Florida USA pageant, so I didn't publicize the Maxim contest at all. I actually tried to drop out of the competition when I was in the top 100 because it was stirring up a lot of commotion with the 'Pageant People.' Luckily for me, Icehouse was sponsoring the contest and because of that sponsorship I wasn't able to drop out. Not to mention the fact that everything had already gone to print."

Erin readily admits that no one was more surprised than her when she won the competition. "I flew up to NYC to do some press for the finalists. I just thought I was the only girl that was able to go to NYC at the time. I walked in for my interview and everyone screamed, 'Congratulations!' I was floored and thought the whole thing was a big joke. I kept thinking that this should be happening to someone else."

She had a great time at the party that Icehouse and Maxim threw for all of the finalists in South Beach. "That was the first time I had ever been out in South Beach, and it was amazing. I also met a lot of people at the event – I don't think I can ever attend a party without networking. There are some pictures on the Maxim photo blog that basically describe it all. The cool part of the night is when they introduced us at the club. I think that was the first time it really hit me that I had won."

To see more of Erin's exclusive interview with One Model Place, follow this link: Modeling In Focus

Photo courtesy of Andre Rowe of Rowe Photography OMP Member 24722