A campy, but kind of unremarkable 9 minute short, and the last film Stacey Walker. Its essentially a ‘Nudie Cutie’ faux documentary ‘nature film’ narrated between Stacey and her ‘manager’ Charlie as shes tricked into attending a nudist camp, and more importantly ‘Miss Nude Universe 1965’ as some kind of judge or host.

Inoffensive, and not particularly well made. Theres a definite charm to this short, and its a very entertaining little time capsule of a particular way of life and film making from over 60 years ago. But in 2025, its a different kind of ‘novelty’ to what it was intended for back in the 60s.

The narration is probably the only reason to catch this one, the plots paper thin, its really just an excuse to show naked people in non sexual situations. But it all feels quite rushed, with Stacey only really appearing in about 2-3 minutes of the full runtime, and the rest of the movie being just footage of the contest, badly framed, and poorly edited together.

Back when adult content was censored and heavily restricted, I imagine this would have more than made some guy or gals night. But in the present day? its just a reminder of how inconsistent and aimless the censors were in their striving for virtuous modesty.

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