Coppertone girl
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[[Image:coppertone.jpg|thumb|right|Original Coppertone ad.]]
'''Coppertone''' is the brand name for an [[United States|American]] [[sunscreen|suntan lotion]], owned by [[Schering-Plough]] HealthCare Products Inc.
It dates to 1944, when [[pharmacist]] [[Benjamin Green]] invented a lotion to darken tans. The company became famous in 1959 when it introduced the '''Coppertone girl''', an advertisement showing a young blonde girl in pig-tails in shock as a Cocker Spaniel sneaks up behind her and pulls down her blue swimsuit bottoms, exposing her pale white [[buttocks]] in stark contrast with her tanned body. Accompanying the ads was the impish slogan, "Don't be a paleface!"
The original artist, [[Joyce Ballantyne Brand]], created this iconic image using her daughter, Cheri, as the model.<ref>{{Citation | last = NYT Staff | title = Joyce B. Brand, Commercial Artist, Dies at 88 | newspaper = New York Times | date = May 18, 2006 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/business/media/18brand.html?_r=1&oref=slogin }}</ref> Later, [[Jodie Foster]] made her acting debut as the Coppertone girl in a television commercial, when she was 3 years old.
At the turn of the 21st century, Coppertone revised drawings of the Coppertone Girl so that they would be less revealing in an era of heightened sensitivity regarding [[pedophilia]]. Some recent versions show only the girl's lower back, as opposed to her buttocks or wearing a T-shirt, a hat, and holding a bottle of Coppertone while the puppy is shown pulling on her shirt.
==Parodies==
[[Image:Coppertone girl.gif|left|thumb|Modern Coppertone girl icon]]
[[Image:Old Coppertone ad Miami.jpg|thumb|right|One of the few remaining ads in existence, on the side of a building in [[Downtown Miami]]]]The image has been frequently parodied, often using older female models duplicating the pose for a pin-up effect.
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Image:Carmen_Esquire_June04.JPG|[[Carmen Electra]] parodying the Coppertone girl
Image:Familyguy-coppertone.jpg|[[Lois Griffin]] ([[Family Guy]]) parodying the Coppertone girl
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==References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.coppertone.com
| title = Official website
| publisher = Coppertone
| accessmonthday = February 7 | accessyear=2005
}} ''Showing image of Coppertone Girl in logo''
* {{cite news
| url = http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/05/Floridian/Real_Florida__Red_fac.shtml
| title = Real Florida: Red-faced with the Coppertone Girl
| work = St. Petersburg Times
| date = 2004-09-05
| accessdate = 2004-09-06
}} ''Interview with [[Joyce Ballantyne Brand]]''
[[Category:Advertising characters]]
[[Category:Schering-Plough]]