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glamour, n. DRAFT REVISION Apr. 2007 
DRAFT ADDITIONS JUNE 2006

  attrib. euphem. (orig. Brit.). Of or relating to nude or topless modelling or photography, as glamour model, glamour photography, etc.

1958 (title) Glamour Guide supplement..1/6. 1967 J. E. HOLLANDS & L. DANELLS (title) Pocket guide to glamour photography... A handy reference for glamour models and photographers.
1981 Times 16 Sept. 25/5 (advt.) We are looking for new faces for fashion, photographic and glamour modelling. 1989 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Apr. 10/2 Glamour modelling which has become extremely popular worldwide in the last decade is due mainly to England's top selling daily newspaper, The Sun. 2004 K. PRICE Being Jordan x. 77, I thought that I looked flat-chested and not as sexy as the other girls on the glamour circuit.