For my next subject, I offer this unidentified model from a cigarette ad, scanned from a magazine of mid-eighties vintage.
I don't like to feature cigarette ads here, and as you might remember, I displayed photos of Beverly Johnson from cigarette ads with the offending ciggies airbrushed out; and she stopped doing such ads when she realized she was promoting lung cancer. This model's gaiety and beauty compelled me to use this picture, though. And I love her outfit - primary colors.
But I was still uncomfortable with showing the original ad, so I airbrushed and edited out everything - not just the cigarette in the model's hand but also the text and the Surgeon General's warning. Because I don't want to show cigarette ads and promote unhealthy behavior any more than Beverly Johnson wanted to do them. Hence, any picture I show from cigarette ads.
Oh yeah, in my original post of Sheila Johnson from December 2009 (my second most popular post ever on this blog), the first picture at the top of the post shows Sheila Johnson holding a cigarette, but I didn't even notice the cigarette between her fingers until just recently. I remember where I found the picture, but I didn't know it was originally from a cigarette ad. Sometimes you don't notice those little details.
Oh yeah, in my original post of Sheila Johnson from December 2009 (my second most popular post ever on this blog), the first picture at the top of the post shows Sheila Johnson holding a cigarette, but I didn't even notice the cigarette between her fingers until just recently. I remember where I found the picture, but I didn't know it was originally from a cigarette ad. Sometimes you don't notice those little details.
Anyway, editing out the text of the ad for this picture shouldn't affect anyone's ability to place a name to this beautiful face if anyone should know who this is. So, as always, if you know this model's identity, please identify her in a comment in the field below this blog entry.
Back soon with looks back at women featured earlier, to close out the year.
