What’s a Chalet Girl?

“I begin at the pub, where I ask the barmaid. ‘Slags!’ she screams instantly, wiping the bar down. ‘Posh! Gap year! Daddy’s money!’ Her colleague tells me about awards given at the end of the season for ‘loosest girl,’ and an annual ski day when they run around half naked and pose for photos, shouting.” — A journalist seeks out actual “chalet girls” — young women who work as personal maids at European skiing resorts — to fact-check the stereotype put forth by the British romantic comedy Chalet Girl. They are found to be dull, smooth-skinned, and disappointingly sober.