pinup girl

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Recent Examples of pinup girl 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 The bangs weren't cut straight across like most retro baby bangs, which tend to skew more ‘50s pinup girl than ’50s movie princess. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024 Bey went full pinup girl for a day aboard a boat with her husband Jay-Z, covering her hair in a white silk bandana tied under her chin and pairing it with a matching white mini sundress and 1950s-style white cat-eye sunglasses. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 June 2024 There are surprising new discoveries to be found too, including an audio diary podcast following fascinating subjects like an octogenarian pinup girl and an investigation of a gas attack on a furry convention. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 May 2024 Nearby, Pierson, one of the band’s singer-songwriters, was working the flippers on a machine called Scared Stiff, whose back box flashed a grinning pinup girl. Mina Tavakoli, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023 But advancing to the next room—a cell with a set of bunk beds, some books, a deck of cards, and what appeared to be a poster of the pinup girl Bettie Page—required a hint from a short man in a gas mask playing a prison guard. The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2021 On its screen was not any sort of equation or tactical diagram but rather a rendering of a pinup girl. Clio Chang, New York Times, 6 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinup girl
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
  • 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
Noun
  • Gellar wasn't a part of that one either, as her character, beauty queen Helen Shivers met her demise in the original.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 May 2025
  • 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

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“Pinup girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinup%20girl. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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