Technology blogDigital videoAt last: swimsuit babe Sarah Palin
The footage the web has been waiting for is now all over YouTube: Sarah Palin in a swimsuit, from the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant
University of Alaska student Richard Millay has popped up with some "Alaska Gold": an old VHS videocassette of the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant, in which Contestant number 8, Sarah Heath, appears in her swimsuit. She's now better known, of course, as Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, and would-be US vice president.
On YouTube, the video posted above (if it still works), has the comment:
STOP TAKING IT DOWN YOUTUBE, WE WILL NOT BE SUPPRESSED!!!!
There are now multiple versions with added advertising. And when I viewed it on YouTube, Google put an advert next to it … for women's swimwear from www.smarter.com
The 44-second swimsuit section of the video is also appearing on other sites, such as Andy Biao's Waxy.org.
The original poster, Richard Millay, was planning to upload the talent spot where Sarah Palin plays the flute. But by now, there may be men with chequebooks lining up outside his door….
The video doesn't look likely to cause Palin any political harm -- just the reverse -- and it more than counters Barack Obama's high school basketball footage, which is also on YouTube.
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