Modern young women visiting Italy might not recognize those limits, though, because the stripper or girly show girl was so mainstreamed in Italy, especially during the years of Silvio Berlusconi's control of Italian television and politics.

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It will be up to the French public to decide whether it wants to watch the antics of constestants such as David, Julie or, Loana - a professional stripper, who spends most of her time in the swimming pool.

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