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A variation occurs in most Brazilian tabloids (costing $0.25!), which always include a half-nude girl on the cover.
 
The few American tabloids that do this have only bikini girls, tops firmly in place. This is for two reasons: American tabs are primarily aimed at middle-aged housewives, and the [[Moral Guardians]] are stronger in the United States than in Europe. (Canadian tabloids also must limit themselves to bikini-clad women. <ref>Canadian tabloids also have ''male'' Page Three Stunnas, although a bit further on in the paper.</ref>) For these reasons, the publications that do feature skin are almost always [[Public Exposure|men's magazines]] like ''Maxim'' and ''[[Playboy]]''. One of the most famous American glamour models (or "pinup girls") is Carmen Electra. During [[World War II]], glamour models played a heavy role in wartime propaganda, with sexy pictures being distributed to GIs to... [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|relieve tension]].
 
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* A subtle reference appears in ''[[Ultimate X -Men]]''. Jean boasts that she and Storm made pages one, two and ''three'' of Britain's biggest-selling paper, while holding up a copy of ''The Sun''. Main Headline - "X-Babes Smash Real IRA Plot".
 
== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Mentioned in ''[[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami (Fanfic)|Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami]]''.
{{quote| "Also they have newspapers with nakedy ladies in and he got me one and I read it every night! I wish I was british now [[British Teeth|except for the teeth]]"}}
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', Newton Pulsifer had to count the nipples of each model, in his role as a witchfinder.
* One of the Discworld books mention the use of these, and suggest a picture of a Goddess to be moved to page three, because she's wearing half a toga..