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  2. Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty featured as the "Yank pin-up girl" at the end of the war. The women who posed for the pin-ups included both famous and unknown actresses, dancers, athletes, and models. Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, the most famous pin-up models of World War II, both appeared in Yank pin-ups. Grable appeared in June 1943 wearing a ...

  3. Frances Vorne - Wikipedia

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    Vorne was raised in New York. She spoke and read Russian and Ukrainian fluently. [4] In his book, The Pin-Up Girls of World War II, Brett Kiser wrote that Vorne was a "simple" and "modest" girl with an "awe-inspiring anatomy" who never drank alcohol, never visited night clubs, and avoided staying out late.

  4. Yank, the Army Weekly - Wikipedia

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    Ingrid Bergman was the Pin-up Girl on 16 March 1945. 5. Deanna Durbin was the Pin-up Girl on 19 January 1945. 6. The Statue of Liberty featured as the Pin-up Girl at the end of World War II. 7. A 1945 interview with baseball player Jackie Robinson — written shortly before his joining the Montreal Royals. 8.

  5. Rita Hayworth - Wikipedia

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    [29] [30] Bob Landry's photo made Hayworth one of the top two pin-up girls of the World War II years; the other was Betty Grable, in a 1943 photograph. For two years, Hayworth's photograph was the most requested pin-up photograph in circulation. [31] [32] In 2002, the satin nightgown Hayworth wore for the photo sold for $26,888. [33]

  6. Pin-up model - Wikipedia

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    Pin-up girl nose art on the restored World War II B-25J aircraft Take-off Time. From the early 19th century, when pin-up modeling had "theatrical origins"; burlesque performers and actresses sometimes used photographic business cards to advertise shows.

  7. Chili Williams - Wikipedia

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    Marian Uhlman [1] (née Sorenson; December 16, 1921 – October 17, 2003), known as Chili Williams or the Polka Dot Girl, was an American pin-up model and actress. A photograph of her wearing a polka-dot two-piece bathing suit appeared in Life magazine in 1943 and became one of the most popular pin-up photographs of World War II. Following the ...

  8. Betty Grable - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) 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 (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were ...

  9. Dusty Anderson - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, she was one of a number of actresses who became a pin-up girl, appearing in the October 27, 1944, issue of the United States Military's YANK magazine. Anderson was featured in the mystery films Crime Doctor's Warning (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and The Phantom Thief (1946), from the Boston ...