
History of the Covergirl pinup model

- The Production Code and Continued Evolution of Cheesecake Pinup
- How Politics shaped womens fashions in the early 20th century
- Women’s Fashion Trends in the first half of the 20th Century changed drastically
- How World War I and World War II influenced womens fashions
- Lucille Ball and Marie Wilson were Successful Pinups on TV
- To Man, Woman is Basically Funny – history of pinups in humor
- Marilyn Monroe’s appearance on the Jack Benny Show, and Ed Sullivan’s Toastettes
- How the term cheesecake pinup originated
- The future of the pinup model
- History of Women’s Swimwear and Sports Fashions
- History of Beauty Contests and the Ideal Female Measurements of the 1950s
- A brief history of women in sports, part II
- History of the Covergirl pinup model
- The evolution of chorus girls and showing skin on stage
- A brief history of Women in Sports
- Pretty Girls Sold Tobacco – tobacco advertisements used pinups
- Dancing, Singing, NightClubs, and 1950s Stripper Stars
- Pinups on billboards, book covers, and record covers.
- History of Lingerie advertisements from the 1800s to the 1950s
- How to sell shirts and bed sheets with Cheesecake Pinups
- Corset and shapewear advertising history
- CheeseCake – An American Phenomenon
- The Florodora Girls & Other Musical Comedy pinup Stars
- Movie Vamps Have Been Pinups
- Pinup Gals of World War I and World War II: Mary Pickford and Betty Grable
“The ubiquitous cover girl is a fairly accurate for fashion in females”. Yellowbook in 1900 showed a trim waisted young woman with a large hat, the 1920s look was slinky and boyish, and Cosmopolitan has always favored the fresh look.
When it’s counted as “news”, the cover girl gets more exposure, as literally demonstrated by a publicity stunt where Gina Carr “accidentally” fell from a lifeboat and was rescued, sans swimsuit.
By the early 1950s, beauty and publicity had become almost ridiculous, as evidenced by the crowning of Potato Queens (Marilyn Monroe), National Soybean Queen (and Miss Missouri), Sourkraut Queen, Queen Pickle.
This article claims that every one of these 22 pictures were accepted for distribution by one of the 3 major publications.
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