bathing beauty

Definition of bathing beautynext

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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. 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In the Netflix documentary, Evil Influencer, one of her fellow missionaries described Hildebrandt as a former beauty queen and basketball athlete who successfully convinced several people to convert to the LDS faith.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The former beauty queen, who is married to Martina Navratilova, claimed there was friction with the Brazilian art dealer due to a one-night stand years ago.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025

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“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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