cover girl

noun

Definition of cover girlnext
as in bathing beauty

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Recent Examples of cover girl Perhaps more important was the exhibition catalog, which featured La Catrina as cover girl. — Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023 The cover girl is Ger van Braam, an Indonesian woman who subscribed to The Ladder and sent her picture to the editor in search of kinship. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Also at the event was former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover girl Brooks Nader, who first applied for the magazine’s 2019 open casting call and won. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 The British Vogue cover girl, beloved by David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Ossie Clark, met George Harrison at 19, when she was cast as a schoolgirl in 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover girl
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  1. bathing beauty
  2. pinup girl
Noun
  • 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.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 June 2018
Definition of bathing beauty
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  • It was addressed to Betty Grable — then 26, a rising Hollywood star and already celebrated as World War II’s pinup girl.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 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
Definition of pinup girl

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“Cover girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cover%20girl. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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