Las Vegas is a sexy city, and I am a sheltered Seattleite. I want to explode! Should I become a showgirl? I am 21 years old and still live with my folks. I hate it so much that I eat for refuge and pacification. The weather here makes me depressed. I am self-destructing! I’ve always wanted to be a dancer. I have some training and want to lose my inhibitions! I am in good shape; I could lose 15 pounds easily and be really hot. Las Vegas would offer hot weather, adventure, and perhaps a good career. But where does the sex industry and the showgirl thing differ and divide?
Former Catholic School Girl
“It’s nothing like that awful Showgirls movie,” said Lisa Perkowski, company manager for The Follies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Follies has been playing at the Tropicana for 40 years, making it...