bathing beauty

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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. 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 There’s no shortage of historic houses in Salem, Massachusetts, and the latest to cross our desks is this two-bedroom, two-bath beauty. Megan Barber, Curbed, 17 June 2019 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. CBS News, 5 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, chicagotribune.com, 5 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 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, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathing beauty
Noun
  • Lizzo has been transparent about her weight loss journey and was recently a cover girl for Women’s Health magazine.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 July 2025
  • The Jamaican-Canadian cover girl first captured global attention in 2014 as a contestant on cycle 21 of the iconic modeling competition, America’s Next Top Model.
    Bryanna Symone, Essence, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In the movie, a former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the Miss Juneteenth pageant.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • We've long been obsessed with the 27-year-old beauty queen, and are equally invested in her romance with Timothée Chalamet.
    Lena Raab, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Bathing beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathing%20beauty. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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