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A poster created for the predecessor to the Greater Miami FL Convention & Visitors Bureau 35 years ago is still too risqué for some media outlets — including Facebook.

In 1979, Miami advertising firm Beber Silverstein & Partners created the iconic poster, “Miami. See it like a native,” which depicted the naked back of a female snorkeler. The Dade County Commission censored the poster for its nudity and perceived sexism, and in 1981, paid $100 to shred 18,000 of 22,000 copies. Some posters, mailed before the ruling, have become collectors items on eBay and currently fetch up to $700.

“Your ad wasn’t approved because your image is overly sexual, implies nudity, shows excessive amounts of skin or cleavage, or focuses unnecessarily on body parts,” said Facebook.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/28/3965780/35-year-old-miami-tourism-poster.html
I have one of these original posters from then and met the model who did the advertisement. She was a flight attendant and model who happened to make an appearance on a tourism poster which became as-famous locally as the Coppertone kid and the dog. You know, something like this:
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