page three girl

British newspaper feature

A page three girl is a topless female model, originally from the daily feature on page three of British tabloid *The Sun*, which from the 1970s printed photographs of bare-breasted young women.

The term extends to similar models in other tabloids or to the glamour-model aesthetic generally: She had that page three girl look.

glamour

topless

Lacking upper covering

nude · posed · busty · blonde · brunette · curves · figure · beauty · glamour model · portfolio

tabloid

newspaper

Printed periodical of current events

circulation · newsstand · readership · publication · editor · Rupert Murdoch · centerfold · spread · feature · British press

sensationalism

titillation

Pleasurable, teasing excitement

provocative · cheeky · saucy · risqué · racy · suggestive · voyeurism · ogling · leer · prurient

controversy

objectification

Reducing humans to things

ban · protest · outdated · demeaning · exploitation · gender politics · media ethics · petition · criticism · debate

Opposites
media representation of women

page three girlnews anchor

Television journalism presenter

war correspondent · investigative reporter · female CEO · newsreader · editor-in-chief

journalistic role

page three girljournalist

News profession practitioner

reporter · columnist · investigative journalist · photojournalist · newspaper editor

feminist discourse

page three girlfeminist icon

Celebrated advocate for women

women's rights activist · suffragette · Gloria Steinem

Family

page, pages, paged, paging, pagination, paginate, three, third, thirds

Familiarity
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Profile
Concrete · Rated R