Coppertone girl 961496 225596714 2008-07-14T14:01:40Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] American [[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. <gallery> Image:Carmen_Esquire_June04.JPG|[[Carmen Electra]] parodying the Coppertone girl Image:Familyguy-coppertone.jpg|[[Lois Griffin]] ([[Family Guy]]) parodying the Coppertone girl </gallery> ==References == {{Reflist}} ==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]]