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Definition of poster girl in English: poster girlnoun North American A woman who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc. an unlikely poster girl for freedom of speech Example sentencesExamples - She is the poster girl for sassiness, sensuality, casual good looks, and studied style.
- She's such an ambitious, annoying poster girl for the worst aspects of meritocracy that you kind of want better for her partner.
- When asked, I admitted that I'd gained weight, adding that I had never presented myself as the poster girl of thin.
- She could be the poster girl for the new generation of Ontario filmmakers.
- She is perhaps not the ideal poster girl for the younger generation, but one, like me, who stands in defence of rubbish food.
- She has become a poster girl for quality artists left behind by major labels.
- Pip is a poster girl for mother figures with attitude.
- She herself as "a onetime quiet suburban housewife who's turned into the local poster girl for gay and lesbian rights".
- If a PR company had taken on the task of rebranding Rotary for the 21st century, Penny would be their ideal poster girl.
- In a world with so few bisexual celebrities actually willing to come out and almost no bisexual film or television characters, her willingness to embrace bisexuality on and off-screen has made her the de facto poster girl for bisexual women.
- She found being the poster girl for fat acceptance a lonely business.
- In public, Foreman is a poster girl for the power of positive thinking.
OriginLate 19th century: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young women and appealing children. Definition of poster girl in US English: poster girlnoun North American A woman who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc. an unlikely poster girl for freedom of speech Example sentencesExamples - She's such an ambitious, annoying poster girl for the worst aspects of meritocracy that you kind of want better for her partner.
- She has become a poster girl for quality artists left behind by major labels.
- Pip is a poster girl for mother figures with attitude.
- She could be the poster girl for the new generation of Ontario filmmakers.
- If a PR company had taken on the task of rebranding Rotary for the 21st century, Penny would be their ideal poster girl.
- In public, Foreman is a poster girl for the power of positive thinking.
- In a world with so few bisexual celebrities actually willing to come out and almost no bisexual film or television characters, her willingness to embrace bisexuality on and off-screen has made her the de facto poster girl for bisexual women.
- She is the poster girl for sassiness, sensuality, casual good looks, and studied style.
- When asked, I admitted that I'd gained weight, adding that I had never presented myself as the poster girl of thin.
- She is perhaps not the ideal poster girl for the younger generation, but one, like me, who stands in defence of rubbish food.
- She found being the poster girl for fat acceptance a lonely business.
- She herself as "a onetime quiet suburban housewife who's turned into the local poster girl for gay and lesbian rights".
OriginLate 19th century: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young women and appealing children. |