Anita Ekberg: When Anita Ekberg came to Hollywood in the early 1950's from Sweden, she instantly become part of the 3B glamour culture--busty, blonde and bold. She's was in good company with such pin-up legends as Marilyn Manroe, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, and June Wilkinson. She was given the nickname "the iceberg"-- a play on her name as well as her cool European demeanor. She more exotic along the lines of the French sex kitten Brigette Bardot than, say, Britain's pin-up girl Sabrina. Ekberg knew how to play the Hollywood press, creating stunts that she hoped would translate into movie roles. In an interview with Modern Man magazine (Aug., 1961) she was asked about her biggest publicity stunt. Her reply was classic: "It was after we had just finished War and Peace. It was arranged for my strapless evening gown to pop apart in the crowded lobby of a London hotel before a large crowd of witnesses. We had it fixed up for an English magazine to be on the spot to get still pictures of that scene so that the magazine could later be banned.
