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A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s. The "pin up" images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of "pin-up girls" were mass produced.Many "pin ups" were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable. Her poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of GIs during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough. Others pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought particularly a beautiful or attractive woman should look like. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson girl, drawn by Charles Dana GibsonCharles Dana Gibson ( September 14, 1867 December 23, 1944) was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of one of the first pin-up girls, the " Gibson Girl". He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A talented youth, his parents enrolled him in t. The genre also gave rise to several well-known artists specializing in the field, including Alberto VargasAlberto Vargas ( 1896- 1982) was a noted painter of pin-up girls. Born in Peru, he came to the US in 1916. He designed the cover of The Cars album Candy-O''. See also Pin-up girl List of pinup artists External links Vargas, Alberto Vargas, Alberto Vargas, and George PettyGeorge Petty ( 1894- 1975) was an early pin-up artist. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and True Magazine, and in calendars by Esquire and True magazines and Ridge Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated the genre of fold-out magazi, and numerous lesser artists such as Art FrahmArt Frahm ( 1907- 1981) was an American painter of campy pin-up girls and advertising. Frahm lived in Chicago, Illinois, and was active from the 1940s to 1960s. Today he is best known for his "ladies in distress" pictures involving beautiful young women w.
The term "cheesecake" was for a time synonymous with "pin-up photo". The first recorded usage of this sense of "cheesecake" is in 1934 [1], predating "pin-up".
These days men can be considered "pin ups" as well and there are male equivalents of attractive and sexy actors such as Brad Pitt or numerous male models. The counterpart term to "cheesecake" is " beefcakeBeefcake is a slang word for erotic photos or realistic images of any well-muscled, well-built man, in a word play on cheesecake', used since 1934 of images of sexy young women. In the US, the term is used mostly by gay men as a sexual term, but also by t".
See also:
- Bettie PageBettie Mae Page also known as Betty Page (born April 22, 1923) is a United States model, the subject of numerous " pin-up girl" photographs in the mid 20th century. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Page's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, forcing h (pin-up model)
- List of pinup artists
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