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:''For the 2004 film, please see Poster Boy
The phrase '''poster child''' originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "he was the poster child for muscular dystrophy". However, the term is usually used metaphorically, meaning a shining example or model of its type.
★ Ryan White was considered a poster child for societal acceptance of AIDS, after he contracted the disease from a blood transfusion and was expelled from his school.
★ Bobbi Campbell was a self-professed "KS poster boy" in the earliest years of the AIDS epidemic.
★ An example of its metaphorical use by George Voinovich: "It is my opinion that John Bolton is the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be". [1]
A poster that generates sympathy for a child in order to promote children's health and solicit donations
The phrase '''poster child''' originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "he was the poster child for muscular dystrophy". However, the term is usually used metaphorically, meaning a shining example or model of its type.
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Examples
★ Ryan White was considered a poster child for societal acceptance of AIDS, after he contracted the disease from a blood transfusion and was expelled from his school.
★ Bobbi Campbell was a self-professed "KS poster boy" in the earliest years of the AIDS epidemic.
★ An example of its metaphorical use by George Voinovich: "It is my opinion that John Bolton is the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be". [1]
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