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Marilyn Monroe, described by the BBC as "perhaps Hollywood's most enduring sex symbol".[1]

A "Sex symbol" is a celebrity of either sex, typically an actor or actress, musician, supermodel, teen idol, sports star, or even a politician, noted for being widely regarded as sexually attractive. The concept of the 'sex symbol' was first used sometime between the 1910s and 1920s, before gaining much more prominence in general culture in the mid-1950s with the popularity of certain film stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Raquel Welch.[2]




Examples

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Before 20th Century

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20th Century[4]

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1900's to 1920s

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1930s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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21st Century

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2000s

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References

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  1. ^ "BBC World Service – Witness, The Death of Marilyn Monroe". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Hollywood's Ultimate Sex Symbols | Barnebys Magazine". Barnebys.com. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Nilsson, Jeff (2017-06-01). "9 Sex Symbols Before Marilyn Monroe". The Saturday Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  4. ^ Nastasi, Alison (2015-04-19). "Silent Film Sex Symbols: The Men". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  5. ^ Goldsbrough, Susannah (2021-08-24). "Singer, sex symbol, spy: how Josephine Baker became De Gaulle's secret weapon". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  6. ^ a b c d "Sex Symbols of the 1920s: Featuring Clara Bow, Evelyn N…". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "The 50 Greatest Female Sex Symbols in Film History - Nerve". web.archive.org. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  8. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference 25 female bollywood sex symbols was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Romantic Couch bring back 80s sex symbol". Indieful ROK. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  10. ^ Herald, The Korea (2010-04-05). "Kim Hye-soo`s sex appeal beams in comedy film". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  11. ^ "김혜수 "노출 의상 불편하면 안 입어야"" [Kim Hye-soo"I don't feel inconvenient when I wear revealing dress"]. Yonhap News Agency. February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.

Further reading

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  • Donna Leigh-Kile, Sex Symbols, Random House Inc, Aug 28, 1999, ISBN 188331951X