Editing Daisy Duke (section)

== Appearance ==
Daisy Duke is both the main female protagonist and the [[sex symbol]] on ''Dukes of Hazzard''. In two episodes Daisy wears a red bikini to distract [[Cletus Hogg|Cletus]] and a truck driver. She appears numerous times wearing short, tight denim shorts, which later became colloquially known as "[[Daisy Dukes (clothing)|Daisy Dukes]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=daisy dukes|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/daisy-dukes|publisher=Cambridge Dictionary|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref>

The network censors believed that Daisy's famous denim cut-off shorts alone would be too revealing. The shorts were so short that the only way the producers could get them on air was for Catherine Bach to wear flesh-colored [[pantyhose]] with them to ensure that the shorts revealed no more of her than intended. Bach herself had concerns about the shorts, saying she could not wear them in a restaurant scene in the show. The producers suggested that Bach go and see what the girls were wearing in the restaurant across the street; she found the waitresses there were wearing "little miniskirts that matched the tablecloths!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3VYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QdoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4352,2540768&dq=catherine+bach&hl=en |title= Catherine Bach Defends the Dukes|work=[[Beaver County Times]] |access-date= May 1, 2010|date =October 11, 1981}}</ref> Bach made many of Daisy's costumes herself, especially the early ones, including the red bikini in the first episode, which is seen during the show's opening credits.

At the suggestion of the show's producers, Bach posed as Daisy Duke for a poster, which sold 5 million copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/x1898860323/Daisy-Duke-today-10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-Catherine-Bach |title=Daisy Duke today: 10 things you probably didn't know about Catherine Bach |work=The Repository |access-date=July 11, 2010 |author=Dan Kane |date=January 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726154420/http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/x1898860323/Daisy-Duke-today-10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-Catherine-Bach |archive-date=July 26, 2010 }}</ref> The poster created unexpected admiration from [[Nancy Reagan]] and other staff after Bach visited, then sent a copy to one of her former schoolteachers employed in the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ao8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656,4456502&dq=catherine+bach+poster&hl=en|title= Catherine Bach's Daisy poster causing quite a White House stir|date= October 12, 1981|work= Lakeland Ledger|access-date=July 11, 2010}}</ref>