The phrase "advertised herself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone promoting or presenting themselves in a particular way, often in a context related to personal branding or self-promotion.
Example: "In her online profile, she advertised herself as a skilled graphic designer with years of experience."
Alternatives: "marketed herself" or "promoted herself".
Ms. Waterman, who had advertised herself as an escort on Craigslist, disappeared after traveling to Suffolk County.
(They were not so much recovered as finally released by her executor, who -- appropriately for the woman who advertised herself as the model for the Little Prince's melodramatic rose -- happened also to be her gardener).
"Most of the money that supported this astonishing establishment," Sneddon writes, "was supplied by the procession of veiled women who passed in and out of a small door on the side street which was marked 'Office.'" She advertised herself as "Madam Restell, female physician," and sold "two kinds of powder, one corrective, the other preventive".
Daily Mail Australia delved into her profession, reporting she had advertised herself as a high-class, transsexual escort in the UK and Australia and was charging "$200 for half an hour to $500 an hour for her 'top high class international' services as a 'shemale' escort".
She never advertised herself as a photographer.
He found it in a large advertisement by Stela Sapio, who advertises herself as an immigration specialist with offices at 37-44 75th Street in Queens and 71 Franklin Street here.
And in the meantime, she should find work by advertising herself as an immensely qualified contractor and arming herself with glowing letters of recommendation from satisfied clients.
She advertises herself as a "master storyteller" and plays traditional African instruments like the 21-stringed kora, the djembe (an African drum) and the berimbau (a Brazilian musical bow).
When he saw her photograph, George wrote, he became even more convinced that she was the right person for him — not because of how pretty she was but because she hadn't used her "superficial charms" to advertise herself, the way so many American women did.
The more wholesome of Anne's free-spirited interview subjects is Charlotte (Anaïs Demoustier), a Parisian student who advertises herself as Lola and can't afford an apartment without resorting to prostitution, usually serving men old enough to be her father.
Though Ms. Anderson advertises herself as a "dominatrix with a holistic approach," he did not ask her whether that meant she also performed sex acts for money, nor did he ask Ms. O'Donnell what her work actually was before characterizing it.
