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Leotard. A leotard (/ ˈliːətɑːrd /) is a unisex skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso from the crotch to the shoulder. The garment was made famous by the French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard (1838–1870). There are sleeveless, short-sleeved, and long-sleeved leotards. A variation is the unitard, which also covers the legs.
Born almost a decade before the first Miss Universe contest was held in 1952, 80-year-old Choi Soon-hwa could now make history as the pageant’s oldest ever participant. Earlier this month, she ...
The word "swimsuit" was coined in 1915 by Jantzen Knitting Mills, a sweater manufacturer who launched the Red Diving Girl swimwear brand. [41] The first annual bathing suit day at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1916 was a landmark. [42] The swimsuit apron, a design for early swimwear, disappeared by 1918, leaving a tunic covering the ...
Thong. A woman in a thong bikini. A man in a black thong swimsuit. The thong is a garment generally used as either underwear or in some countries, as a swimsuit. It may also be worn for traditional ceremonies or competitions. Viewed from the front, the thong typically resembles a bikini bottom, but at the back the material is reduced to a minimum.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. cover models. Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five. Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model. Camille Kostek landed a solo cover in 2019 after being scouted in the issue's first ever open casting call. This is the chronological history of cover ...
The Society Management (New York) Wilhelmina Models (Los Angeles) Yumi Nootenboom (born September 23, 1996), better known as Yumi Nu, is an American model. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2022, becoming the first plus-size model of Asian-American descent to do so.
Sasha Rogelberg. July 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM. Elsa/Getty Images. Paris’ latest designer runway will be on its gymnastic tumbling floor at the Olympic Games later this month. During this unofficial ...
The history of swimwear traces the changes in the styles of men's and women's swimwear over time and between cultures, and touches on the social, religious and legal attitudes to swimming and swimwear. In classical antiquity and in most cultures, swimming was either in the nude or the swimmer would merely strip to their underwear.