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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.
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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
Folks driving through the historic Brooke Smith neighborhood can’t miss the larger than life mural, featuring a rocket, blonde pinup girl and a spaceship, facing Cavalcade Street.
—Zach McKenzie, Chron, 15 June 2021
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
Folks driving through the historic Brooke Smith neighborhood can’t miss the larger than life mural, featuring a rocket, blonde pinup girl and a spaceship, facing Cavalcade Street.
—Zach McKenzie, Chron, 15 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinup girl
Noun
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Hefner told me that his first cover girl, Marilyn Monroe, (dead since 1962) was buried in a drawer at the mausoleum in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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As for our gherkin-goggled cover girl, this white woman at the spa—that quintessential image of wellness—is seen through two green circles that overlap like a Venn diagram, converging as things do when held close to your face.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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The bathing beauty revue served as a post Labor Day festivity that garnered many city visitors.—
Brittany Chambers,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2021
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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
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The former beauty queen, actress, and member of Canada’s parliament, is running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Bryant rose to fame as a pop singer and Oklahoma beauty queen.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Pinup girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinup%20girl. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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