British ad promoting Tampax with thongs, 1994
- another British Tampax ad, with nudity, 1992DIRECTORY of all topics (See also the SEARCH
ENGINE, bottom of page.)

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Actress Susan Dey and two
ads for Tampax menstrual tampons (below is ad #2; see #3)
Susan Dey, an American television (L.A. Law, The Partridge Family) and
movie actress, was a teenage model, and appeared in the ads below probably
in 1969 or 1970 for Tampax (magazines unknown). See more
information and pictures of Dey.
An official of Tambrands, who visited MUM with her son and a member
of the company advertising staff, was surprised to learn that Dey had once
appeared in a Tampax ad - actually, at least three (see the first add here.)
By the way, this official, Dr. Iris Prager, the manager of North American
education for the company, e-mailed me in November 2000 when I was preparing
for a television debate, writing,
"You don't have to actually experience menstruation
to understand how it works physiologically or to educate about it."
She was president-elect of the American Association for Health Education.
Some people have said I could not run a museum or Web site about menstruation
if I did not experience it myself (I'm male). Tambrands, before Procter
& Gamble bought it, generously gave this museum many
items from its archives. Then P&G gave even more!
Many pictures, long download!
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Above: Enlargements of Dey's face and
unmistakable mouth from the ad.
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The right-hand ad text, above Dey's head,
reads,
"My sunfish solo was not a total success."
The little silly!
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See the third ad. See the first
one, on the main Dey page.
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