How to Use poster girl in a Sentence

poster girl

noun
  • Now Gen Z has found a new poster girl for vintage in the form of one Dua Lipa.
    Emily Chan, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2022
  • As the poster girl of athleisure, Gigi Hadid has no shortage of sneakers.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 31 May 2018
  • Being thought of as a poster girl, in any situation, is a double-edged sword.
    Jillian Davison, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Anne has long been a friend of the Italian house and is the perfect poster girl for Pierpaolo Piccioli’s bold use of block colors.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 13 June 2022
  • Despite being a poster girl for the Council’s greatest hits—Marc Jacobs!
    Faran Krentcil, ELLE, 5 Dec. 2022
  • And Drescher suddenly became the poster girl for a Hot Labor Summer already in progress.
    Time, 20 July 2023
  • Ghesquière’s brilliant confections have found the perfect poster girl who also dreams big.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Her poor performance at work and constant tardiness (even to late dinner with gals), told me this well-meaning friend was far from being a poster girl of beauty and health.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • For the poster girl of athleisure, Gigi Hadid has been taking a decidedly more polished approach to her wardrobe this Fashion Week.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The catch is that Mr. Incredible is too clumsy and careless as a hero: the Deavors want Elastigirl as their poster girl, given her far more surgical and studied form of heroism.
    Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 15 June 2018
  • Fox, who was the poster girl in MGK’s teenage bedroom, previously announced her engagement to the musician in January 2022.
    Vulture, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Now, instead of Barbie-like poster girls, Victoria’s Secret is showcasing a new, diverse group of women.
    Paige Hagy, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Affleck famously proposed to the Versace poster girl with a pink six-carat Harry Winston diamond ring in 2002, before the pair called off their engagement.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Kidman has quickly become the poster girl for this relatively new form of upscale television.
    Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • As the longtime poster girl for a healthy glow, Jennifer Aniston’s beauty routine is a subject of great interest to the general public—team Vogue included.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 6 May 2022
  • The most recent poster girl for this season’s hottest look is model and muse Emily Ratajkowski, who just revealed a spicy new hair color on Instagram with a series of swimsuit selfies.
    Tish Weinstock, Allure, 19 July 2023
  • The poster girl for this season’s hottest look is model and muse Emily Ratajkowski, who recently revealed a spicy new hair color on Instagram by way of a series of red-hot swimsuit selfies.
    Tish Weinstock, Glamour, 19 July 2023
  • The millennial poster girl for beauty startup mania led her company to over $100 million in sales last year with new retail pop-ups and beauty products that the Instagram-obsessed will stand in lines for.
    Megan Ditrolio, Bobbie Gossage, Marie Claire, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Juggling on-set glamour and motherhood at home, Jolene is a poster girl for the industry; respected, aspirational, happy.
    William Earl, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
  • From that luminous healthy skin, to her penchant for an undone, California-girl hairstyle, Meghan Markle is an excellent poster girl for looking low-maintenance, but polished and put together at the same time.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Equipped with a voice that elicits the smoky atmosphere of California, Del Rey has also positioned herself as the unofficial poster girl of vintage Americana.
    Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Irina Shayk is the unofficial poster girl for pulled-together, eternally glamorous beauty.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 June 2018
  • Translation: the perfect poster girl for Reed, whose mission is to celebrate individualism.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Zendaya, whose best accessory is Timothée Chalamet, is the perfect poster girl for this new dawn at Alaïa which, while paying homage to Azzedine, resolutely drives the house forward for clients like herself who lust after newness.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Taking it all in her stride Being the poster girl for Black swimming while also studying towards a master's degree in social media and political communications might be overwhelming for some, but Dearing takes it all in her stride.
    Sammy Mngqosini, CNN, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Denying this team of teenagers the opportunity to participate in a robotics competition seemed indefensible, making them poster girls for the pointlessness and cruelty of the Trump administration’s stance toward international visitors.
    Torie Bosch, Slate Magazine, 13 July 2017

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