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Recent Examples of bathing beauty
The bathing beauty revue served as a post Labor Day festivity that garnered many city visitors.
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Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
The Coen Brothers lovingly send up everyone from famous gossip columnist Louella Parsons to bathing beauty Esther Williams.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
There’s no shortage of historic houses in Salem, Massachusetts, and the latest to cross our desks is this two-bedroom, two-bath beauty.
—Megan Barber, Curbed, 17 June 2019
The swimsuit competition dates to the founding of the crowning of Miss America in 1921 as a bathing beauty revue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
—NBC News, 6 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—CBS News, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2018
Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
The Coen Brothers lovingly send up everyone from famous gossip columnist Louella Parsons to bathing beauty Esther Williams.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
There’s no shortage of historic houses in Salem, Massachusetts, and the latest to cross our desks is this two-bedroom, two-bath beauty.
—Megan Barber, Curbed, 17 June 2019
The swimsuit competition dates to the founding of the crowning of Miss America in 1921 as a bathing beauty revue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
—NBC News, 6 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—CBS News, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort in the weekend after Labor Day.
—Wayne Parry, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathing beauty
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The British Vogue cover girl, beloved by David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Ossie Clark, met George Harrison at 19, when she was cast as a schoolgirl in 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2025
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Camille Miceli, artistic director of Pucci, conscripted Irina Shayk for her holiday campaign — casting her as a cover girl of yore.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Dec. 2025
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It was addressed to Betty Grable — then 26, a rising Hollywood star and already celebrated as World War II’s pinup girl.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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In terms of blush Gonzalez is known for giving her clients a watercolored romantic cheek inspired by Alberto Vargas’s pinup girl paintings.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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However, by the time Wilson came into the beauty queen's life, her prognosis had evolved in a more positive direction.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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During an interview for Hello! Magazine, the former beauty queen revealed she’s been taking drugs to aid in weight loss for the past two years because of challenges brought on by menopause.—
Essence,
Essence,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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