Vargas’ first illustration with Esquire was featured in the magazine’s October 1941 issue and received overwhelming praise. Soon after, Vargas created a pin-up girl calendar which was a great commercial success and sold more copies than any other previous calendar.
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It has been argued by some critics that in the early 20th century that these drawings of women helped define certain body images—such as being clean, healthy, and wholesome—and were enjoyed by both men and women, and that as time progressed, these images changed from respectable to illic