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Article: Ex-model, former boyfriend battling for 'Bikini': parties in court over copyrights to swimsuit-based travel show.(ENTERTAINMENT)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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In a scene from the 2007 thriller "Disturbia," a young man is caught by his movie morn watching "Bikini Destinations."
But the show, which features soft music and bikini-clad models posing at exotic locations, has created more than just embarrassing moments for teen boys. The magazine-style travel show is creating a legal tug-of-war as the show's creator and her ex-boyfriend are each claiming the rights.
Victoria Vogel, a model-turned-entrepreneur, said she conceived the bikini show after doing photo shoots at exotic locations for the now-defunct Skin Diver magazine.
"All of my girlfriends were models," Vogel said. "It was a natural idea. And ...