pin-up model
Sign in to saveAlso known as pin-up girl, pin-up boy, female pin-up, male pin-up, cheesecake
model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- model
- Image
- Yank Pin-Up Girls.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pin-up-art
- topic's main category
- Category:Pin-up art
- Commons gallery
- Pin-up
- social media followers
- 77483
- female form of label
- pin-up dekle
- male form of label
- pin-up fant
- hashtag
- pinup
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Encyclopedic overview
Betty Grable's famous pin-up photo from 1943
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 pictures are intended for informal and aesthetic display, known for being pinned onto a wall. From the 1940s, pictures of pin-up girls were also known as cheesecake in the U.S.
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