Editing Pin-up model (section)

== African-American pin-up ==
[[File:Baker Banana.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Josephine Baker]] in a banana skirt from the Folies Bergère production ''Un Vent de Folie'', 1927]]

[[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Bettie Page]] are often cited as the classic pin-up, however there were many [[Black people|Black]] women who were considered to be impactful. In the 1920s the most notable black burlesque dancer was [[Josephine Baker]]. [[Dorothy Dandridge]] and [[Eartha Kitt]] were important to the pin-up style of their time by using their looks, fame, and personal success. African-American pin-up  gained a platform when the magazine [[Jet (magazine)|''Jet'']] (created in 1951) published material related to the African-American community. ''Jet'' supported pin-up with their full-page feature called "Beauty of the Week", where African-American women posed in swimsuits.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wilson |first1=Jennifer |title=The Unfiltered Charm of Jet's Beauties of the Week |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-unfiltered-charm-of-jets-beauties-of-the-week |magazine=The New Yorker |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref> This was intended to showcase the beauty that African-American women possessed in a world where their skin color was under constant scrutiny. It was not until 1965 that [[Jennifer Jackson (model)|Jennifer Jackson]] became the first African American to be published in ''[[Playboy]]'' as Playmate of the Month. 1990 marked the first year that ''Playboy''{{'}}s Playmate of the Year was an African-American woman, [[Renee Tenison]].

Some people believe there is a lack of representation in the media of Black women as pin-up models, even though they were just as influential to the construction of the style.<ref>{{Citation |last=As/Is |title=Women Of Color Get Transformed Into Pinups |date=2016-06-07 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiMOXaE8K7U |access-date=2018-05-08 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/BiMOXaE8K7U |archive-date=2021-11-17 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{Unreliable source|date=October 2024}}

Historically, Black women in pin-up are still not as common as White women pin-ups. However, the recent revival of pin-up style has propelled many Black women today to be interested and involved with. Making works based on the classic pin-up look to create their own standards of beauty. In Jim Linderman's self-published book, ''Secret History of the Black Pin Up'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Secret History of the Black Pin Up: Women of Color from Pin Up to Porn|last=Linderman|first=Jim|publisher=Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books|year=2011}}</ref> he describes the lives and experiences of African-American pin-up models.