an attractive young woman whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.
Origin
1910-15, Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for cover girl
cover girl
noun
1.
a girl, esp a glamorous one, whose picture appears on the cover of a newspaper or magazine
Slang definitions & phrases for cover girl
cover girl
modifier
: It doesn't seem fair that their cover-girl looks should obscure the vast athletic skills displayed between the lines
noun phrase
A model or celebrity whose likeness appears on the cover of a magazine; a beautiful and glamorous young woman (1915+)
Idioms and Phrases with cover girl
cover girl
An attractive woman whose photograph is featured on a magazine cover; also, a woman attractive enough to be so featured. For example, All models hope to be cover girls some day, or She's gorgeous—a real cover girl. [ c. 1910 ]