Mary Ann, Bailey Quarters, and the rest: when the sidekick is hotter than the lead

[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]
Actually I merely referred to the way she dressed. The original Gabgarb was by far the most skin-covering outfit anyone under forty wore on either Xena or Hercules; that Gabby was eiher lacking in confidence or perpetually fighting off a chill
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I saw an interview with Renee OConner once, where she remarked that in the early shows she was quite out of shape, but after much training grew so personally proud of her abs, that she helped push the show’s producers into getting her character into more skimpy attire.