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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.
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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
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.
—Wayne Parry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
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
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.
—Wayne Parry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathing beauty
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl, who attended the event alongside her sister Sarah, wore her dirty blond tresses in waves, while her makeup consisted of brown eye shadow, coral blush and a glossy mauve lip.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
17 Oct. 2024
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Many point to Roan’s fiery performances at Coachella in April 2024 as the inflection point of her charging from cult favorite to Rolling Stone-worthy cover girl.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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As depicted in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, José, attending Southern Illinois University on a swimming scholarship, met blond beauty queen Mary Louise Andersen, a lively communications major two years his senior who everyone called Kitty.—
Roy Trakin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Feb. 2025
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The kindergartner was following the footsteps of her beauty queen mother, Patsy, a former Miss West Virginia, frequently participating in child pageants.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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