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Miss film's opening to get model? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cover girl

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'model?' is the definition.
(cover girl is a kind of model)

'miss film's opening' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'miss' could be 'girl' (synonyms) and 'girl' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cover' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to get' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cover girl that I've seen before include "Front page model" , "She tarts up jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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