Coppertone is a well-known brand of sunscreen and sun care products, recognized for its broad range of sun protection lotions, sprays, and gels. Founded in 1944, the brand is famous for its iconic logo featuring a young girl and a dog, symbolizing fun and outdoor activities. Coppertone products are formulated to protect the skin from harmful UV rays, helping to prevent sunburn and skin damage. The brand offers various formulations, catering to different skin types and preferences.
Coppertone operates as a subsidiary of Merck, symbol MRK. Coppertone is not a publicly traded company, so has no symbol of it's own.
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The parent company of Coppertone is Bayer AG, a global life sciences company based in Germany. Bayer acquired Coppertone when it purchased the consumer health division of Merck & Co. in 2014. Since then, Coppertone has continued to be a leading brand in sunscreen and sun care products.
No, Brooke Shields is not the Coppertone baby. The original Coppertone baby, featured in the iconic sunscreen advertising campaign, was a young girl named Cheryl Tiegs. Brooke Shields did, however, gain fame as a child model and actress in the 1970s, which sometimes leads to confusion regarding her association with the Coppertone brand.
Jim Carrey parodied the Little Miss Coppertone cover of Rolling Stone in 1995
The Coppertone sunblock girl is a character from the iconic advertising campaign for Coppertone sunscreen. Introduced in 1953, the image features a young girl with pigtails being playfully pulled by her dog, revealing her bare back as she applies sunblock. This imagery has become emblematic of sun safety and childhood innocence, making it one of the most recognizable symbols in advertising history. The character's name is generally referred to as "Little Miss Coppertone."
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After the original 1953 art was lost in a fire, artist Joyce Ballantyne Brand re-drew the "Coppertone girl" in 1959, supposedly using her daughter Cheri as the model.
Coppertone Girl painted by Joyce Ballantyne who used her 4-yr-old daughter, Cheri Brand, as her model. Circa 1959
No, Jamie Lynn Spears is not featured on the Coppertone bottle. The iconic Coppertone branding is associated with the image of a young girl and a dog, which has been a recognizable logo for the sunscreen brand since the 1950s. Jamie Lynn Spears, known for her acting and music career, is not connected to the brand's advertising imagery.
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