The '50s feel

Sunday, September 11, 2016

There were doubts surrounding the first PinUp Girl Contest during a 2014 Cruise In event on the square in Perryville, Missouri. Not everyone necessarily knew what "pinup" meant or what the contest would entail. The contestants have proved happy to educate them since then. Pinup costuming, they've shown, isn't about pulp sexuality; it's about a feminine elan and good-girl empowerment, more Marilyn than Miley.

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