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Socialite girl possesses extremely nubile heavenly body (5)

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I believe the answer is:

deneb

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(Other definitions for deneb that I've seen before include "The star Alpha Cygni" , "First magnitude star in Cygnus" , "Be Ned (anag) - brightest star in Cygnus" , "Bright star in Cygnus" , "Bright star; be end (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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