Miss Brenda Frazier, New York debutante, was the American Glamour Girl of 1938-1939. Her media celebrity caused journalist Walter Winchell to coin the term "celebutante." Brenda's much publicized look-- blue-black hair cut to shoulder length, a dead-white complexion, the liberal use of deep-red lipstick, and eyebrows carefully penciled around the corners of her eyes-- set a national glamour standard. Brenda created a trend for strapless evening gowns, appeared in advertising campaigns for Woodbury soap and Shell oil, was given a full-page feature in Harper's Bazaar, had an orchid named after her, and even won a spot on the cover of Life magazine. Moreover, she was given long life in comic strip incarnation, as the inspiration for Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter. Named after Miss Frazier, Brenda Starr soon became a favorite strip with her arrival in June, 1940, on a Sunday page. This was the first adventure strip penned by a woman-- Dalia "Dale" Messick. As a female protagonist, one of few in the strips, Brenda was characterized-- in adventurous excess of even her Hollywood counterparts-- by a stunning appearance and sterling professionalism.