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Raquel was inspired to take up ballet after seeing the 1948 motion picture "The Red Shoes" with her father.
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Raquel took classical ballet for ten years, and had once planned on becoming a professional ballerina. This dream was shattered after her teacher told her she didn't have the proper body type. Raquel was heartbroken as she not only looked up to her as a mentor, but she admitted to having a romantic crush on her throughout her childhood.
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Raquel was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People in the World," in the Beauty Over 60 portion, in May 2007.
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Raquel's various contest titles include: "Miss Photogenic", "Miss Contour" and "Miss Maid of California," which she received while she was still in her teens.
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Raquel is one of the bombshells shown in the 1994 movie "The Shawshank Redemption."
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Raquel once worked as a cocktail waitress.
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Raquel had a notorious backstage feud with the indomitable Mae West on the set of 1970's "Myra Breckinridge."
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On August 30, 2003, Raquel broke her wrist in a car crash in L.A.
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Measurements:
1967 - 37C- 22½ -35½
1980 - 37- 23½ -35½
1985 - 37D- 26 -36
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Raquel turned down the lead in 1968's Barbarella, which eventually went to Jane Fonda.
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Raquel's father is Bolivian.
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Raquel graduated from La Jolla High School, in La Jolla, California, in 1957.
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Raquel was married four times.
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Raquel was born at 2:04 pm.
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Raquel ranked at #18 in Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars In Film History."
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Raquel's height was 5'6".
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Raquel was "Miss Fairest of the Fair" of the San Diego County Fair in 1957.
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Raquel has the same birthday as Freddie Mercury, Bob Newhart and Rose McGowan.
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Raquel attended San Diego State College on a theatre arts scholarship.
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Raquel's father was an aerospace engineer.
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Raquel was a weather forecaster for a San Diego television station.
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Raquel has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
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Raquel auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island. She had won the part until show creator Sherwood Schwartz met Dawn Wells.