Pin-up model
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A pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures and photographs have wide appeal within the popular culture of a society. Pin-up models are usually glamour, actresses, or fashion models whose p
Betty Grable's famous pin-up photo from 1943
Pin-up girl nose art on the restored World War II B-25J aircraft Take-off Time
Harry Wann paints a "pin-up" girl on a PT boat, Australia, 1944.
Pin-up photo of singer Jackie Martinez
Betty Grable
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Elizabeth Ruth Grable was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years she placed a
Pin-up model
…and put on posters to be sold for personal use. Among the celebrities who were considered sex symbols, one of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable, whose poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II. In Europe, prior to the First World War, the likes of "Miss Fernande" (who…
Grable in the 1950s
Grable in a scene from Down Argentine Way (1940)
Grable in the film Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Grable and Carmen Miranda in hit Springtime in the Rockies (1942)