bathing beauty

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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
  • On Tuesday, May 13, the publication announced the 58-year-old actress, model and producer as one of its 2025 cover girls, joining athletes Livvy Dunne and Jordan Chiles and model Lauren Chan with her own sizzling cover moment.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • The prosecutor behind Elizabeth Holmes' guilty verdict said the entrepreneur's fall from Silicon Valley's cover girl to a felon serves as a cautionary tale.
    Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The two best narratives, of the innocent youth Maria and life-embracing beauty queen Myrna, bookend the musical.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The cast includes two generations of former Philippine beauty queens – Gutierrez was Miss World Second Princess in 1993, while Diaz was crowned Miss Universe in 1969.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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