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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
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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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
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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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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
Cite this Entry
“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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