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:: June 2005 :: |
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30
June
2005 -
Yahoo!
News |
| Simpson Enlists
In The Pinup Wall Of Fame |
Fresh from her visit
to Iraq, all-American girl Jessica Simpson appears
on the July cover of GQ wearing camouflage pants, an
American-flag bikini and military dog tags. "That's
why I'm there," the pop singer tells GQ. "To bring
smiles, even if I have to show a little cleavage."
Simpson is the latest in a long line of wartime
pinups dating back to World War II, when soldiers
decorated their bombers and tents with "Varga Girls"
sketches and photographs of Betty Grable.
The iconic pinup image of Simpson was photographed
by Peggy Sirota, who says she never gave the pinup
history much thought when she came up with the idea
for the photo shoot.
In one of her photographs, Simpson is crawling on
all fours in combat boots and a camouflage swimsuit,
her hair billowing from a real Huey helicopter
hovering overhead.
Sirota says she and Simpson hope the photos "bring a
smile to the face of anybody involved in that
endeavor."
"We get a ton of e-mail from soldiers, and their two
biggest complaints are a lack of women and a lack of
beer," says James Heidenry, executive editor of
Maxim magazine. Because of a military ban on booze,
no one can help with the beer, but the magazine's
sexy pictorials are a favorite with troops.
The July issue of Maxim is dedicated to U.S. troops
and has three separate covers featuring models
Carmen Electra, Kelly Hu and Kim Smith posing with
militaria including a Kevlar helmet. The issue also
includes three pullout posters of the models on one
side and a picture of an apple pie on the back "so
soldiers can swap it around if (Donald) Rumsfeld
makes a surprise visit," Heidenry says.
Model and sports reporter LeeAnn Tweeden says there
is no difference between the pinup models of
yesteryear and today.
"It's still about that beautiful image of a
beautiful woman that guys - and the majority are
guys - long to come home to, whether it's a pinup,
or a photo of a wife or girlfriend," says Tweeden,
32.
The host of Speed Channel's NASCAR Nation and
correspondent on Fox Sports' Best Damn Sports
ShowPeriod is returning to Iraq for a fourth time in
August as part of a USO tour and will appear on that
month's cover of FHM magazine. "It's my way of
giving something back to boost morale and brighten
up the troops," she says.
When she was about 8, Tweeden recalls seeing an
autographed photo of Raquel Welch that her father,
Bill, brought home from his tour in Vietnam. "Maybe
someday, somebody will pass my photo to their son or
daughter and say that I was their Raquel Welch." But
unlike Grable and Welch, no single celebrity
dominates the trailers and tents of soldiers and
Marines serving in Iraq.
"(It's) pretty much a collage of girls that catch
their eye," says Maj. Richard Bartoszuk, a public
affairs officer with the Army's 1st Brigade of the
42nd Infantry Division, based in Samarra.
"Some of the guys totally wallpaper their rooms with
these pics. Maxim is a big one, also FHM and Stuff."
Maj. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the 3rd Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division, says Simpson and Angelina
Jolie are popular among soldiers based in Baqubah.
"Pretty much anything from Maxim that shows any
fleshy part might get hung up," Pfc. Sam Spurlock
says.
Female soldiers are also into the action. Warren's
colleague, Cpl. Natalie Loucks, has a picture of a
male model torn from a health supplement
advertisement.
Warren says military rules prohibit pinups that
include nudity. "I had to define the word 'pinup' to
a number of soldiers."
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