For centuries, westerners have contributed to the Myth of the Vahine : the beautiful, free-minded and sensual Tahitian Woman living in a distant paradise.

Marlon Brando, the rebel lover himself, succumbed to the beauty of the mesmerizing Tarita Teriipaia while shooting the movie Mutiny on the Bounty.

Through this book, we offer you a glimpse of this paradise so that you can decide for yourself how real this myth is.