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...Casta, Perez Hilton, Bunny Yeager, Paula Klaw Live music by Mamablue, dancing and open bar, following the documentary "Bettie Page Reveals All." Featuring Mamablue, "Sketchy Night at the Cummer" will be a throwback to speakeasies and art salons. Dr. Sketchy...
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Yup, thats right, the schooner Liberty is supporting Ayuda Miami by providing our schooner for the 2009 Winterfest Boat Parade. With 1 million spectators, the 7th largest spectator event in the country, and a huge TV audience, this is bound to be a
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...would say: âKristin, you have a small waist â show off your round ass!â She would never show it. I wanted to make her into a Bettie Page in SATC, but all she wanted were A-line skirts and Ralph Lauren clothes. Heels or flats? Girls need relief from heels,...
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A few years ago I had one of these Bettie Page purses by Roebuck, and I loved it. Unfortunately it was stolen along with all the contents of a beloved bag *sniff*, and I've been trying with little success to find a replacement ever since.
I was quite
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âBettie Page: Heaven Boundâ is a new tribute exhibit that celebrates the iconic burlesque legend who passed away last year.
As a promotion of the exhibit, celebrities such as Margaret Cho and Perez Hilton (!?) were captured by photographer Austin Young
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One of the coolest things about going to conventions is getting original art. Sometimes you canât make it out, and luckily thereâs the wonderful world of eBay. Christine Norrie, who you may know from her work on American Virgin, Hopeless Savages, or
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Cultural icon and former pinup queen Bettie Page died last week at the age of 85. Page rocked cultural norms between 1949 and 1957 with her suggestive poses. Sadie Stein, of the blog Jezebel, offers a remembrance of Page and why, for many, she is a
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After suffering a heart attack and subsequently being placed on life support, 1950s pin-up model Bettie Page has died. Page was 85-years-old when she passed away in Los Angeles late last week. Page never regained consciousness after falling into a post-
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Artist Direct
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Bettie Page died last week at age 85 and it is difficult, from the vantage point of so many years, to understand how her relatively brief career before the cameras could have made such an outsized difference.
Page, if you grew up in modern times or
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has been styling hair in Denver for nearly a dozen years, specializing in vintage fashions and pinup styles.
Model Wink Holliday's Bettie Page look was styled by Andee Becker of Henry's Salon.
(Jennifer Evans, Candy Apple Photography )
In her heyday,
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- When 10 year-old Betty Mae Page began caring for her younger siblings in an orphanage after their molesting father's incarceration and parents' divorce, she had no idea that one day she would be loved - and mourned -- by an entire
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...nothing at all. Decades later, those images inspired biographies, comic books, fan clubs, Web sites, commercial productsBettie Page playing cards, dress-up magnet sets, action figures, Zippo lighters, shot glassesand, in 2005, a film about her life and times,...
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...Page helped set the stage for the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Photo / AP Bettie Page, the raven-haired pin-up girl whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips, garters and high heels titillated young men and schoolboys in the 1950s, has died, aged 85. She...
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A post on the official Star Wars blog notes how the late pinup queen, Bettie Page, was the inspiration for the shapely BD-3000 luxury droid, seen in the Revenge of the Sith installment. Specifically noted are the bangs and build, which led to the bot's
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1950s pin-up star Bettie Page has died in Los Angeles, succumbing to pneumonia aged 85.
Equal parts Southern ingĂŠnue and sex kitten, Bettie Page was the rarest of â50s icons, a pin-up who won the hearts of born-again Christians and dirty-macâd sinners
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The art critic John Berger once wrote: âTo be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself.â Iâm pretty certain he never met Bettie Page, naked, nude or otherwise.
Bettie Page in one of a number
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That's where Bettie Page, who died yesterday at 85, lived in full flesh-o-rama glory, a transparency frozen in novelty product flimsiness. The gizmo had a chain, so you could carry it with the keys to your Ford Fairlane -- how '50s is that? -- the
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The Washington Post
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...and the hidden sexuality straining beneath the surface," authors Karen Essex and James L. Swanson wrote in their 1996 book "Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-Up Legend." Page professed to be mystified by all the attention, saying she never felt particularly attractive...
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...and who could fergit THIS
Pretty innocent by today's standards but Bettie's photo shoots in the fifties were an important part of the sexual revolution that followed in their wake.
Spud, as you've no doubt figured out by now, is a bog ole
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Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
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...in America and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos). Directed by Mary Harron. THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGEThe story of the uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation...
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Styledash
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Bettie Page, the famous brunet pinup model that caused widespread panic with her racy photos in the 1960s, died last night in Los Angeles. She was 85.
While pin-up and glamour models frequently have careers measured in months, Page was in demand for
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Jalopnik
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Who the heck is Bettie Page, you ask?
Only the most famous pinup queen of all time.
Sheâs the saucy brunette who got her start posing for amateur camera clubs in lingerie, bathing suits, eventually buck naked. Then she moved into the more lucrative S&M
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Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Bettie Page, who gained fame as a '50s pin-up girl, has died in Los Angeles, nine days after suffering a heart attack, her agent said. Page was 85.
Mark Roesler, Page's long-time friend and business agent, said Page died
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Bettie Page, the raven-haired pinup girl whose naughty-but-nice rompings with
whips, garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men and
school boys in the 1950s has died at the age of 85.
She had suffered a heart attack earlier this month,
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The Independent
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Bettie Page, the legendary 1950's pinup, fetish model, and Playboy Playmate, died in Los Angeles last night due to complications of a heart attack she suffered on December 2nd. The original Viagra was 85. The New York Times reports:
"In her trademark
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I Don't Like You In That Way
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Well, Christmas is ruined. Ruined for rollergirls, Suicide Girls, rockabillies, psychobillies, and punkabillies, for their patron saint, '50s pinup model Bettie Page, has departed this mortal coil at the age of 85. Part of Variety's obit:
Bettie Page,
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Bettie Page, in her heyday Photo by: CMG Worldwide / AP
Bettie Page, the ever-smiling, zaftig brunette with trademark bangs who became one of America's most famous and notorious pin-up girls in the 1950s, died in Los Angeles Thursday after having her
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Youâd be forgiven for thinking, before yesterday, that Bettie Page, the black-haired, 1950s pinup girl with an unflappable commitment to the camera, above, wasnât even a real person, but, like Uncle Sam, merely a symbol.
Indeed, her face and figure are
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...was a stunning brunette. She has been created to revolutionizing the fashion industry and starting a sexual revolution. Bettie Page was a legendary Pin Up girl in the 1950's and 1960. She had somewhat of a naughty image. Betty Page's risquĂŠ pictures are what...
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Source: Variety
Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
Read more: http://www.variety.com/article/VR11
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Page posed in a Christmas-themed Playboy centerfold in 1955 (image NSFW). Heffner told AP Page "had a tremendous impact on our society... an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion."
Soon after, she became depressed, and
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Last week Bettie Page was in intensive care after suffering a heart attack
Sadly to say the pneumonia made her slip into a coma and will never ever come back
Bettie's image will always be remembered the good, bad, the naughty and the nice
Her dark
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Bettie Page's image, whether clothed, slightly clothed or unclothed, were always highlighted by her trademark bangs.
According to her agent Mark Roesler, Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness. Prior to
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Although her body was mortal, Bettie Page's image is forever young and feisty.
The 1950s-era model, whose saucy poses for publications like Beauty Parade, Twitter and an upstart rag called Playboy won her a legion of fans and a cult following long
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...public eye, which contributed to her cult following in later years as a younger generation of fans speculated what had become of her, KNBC-TV reported. Page's story was adapted for film in 2005 with Gretchen Mol starring in "The Notorious Bettie Page."...
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...magnet sets, action figures, Zippo lighters, shot glasses -- and, in 2005, a film about her life and times, "The Notorious Bettie Page." Page took a turn as a Christian missionary after renouncing her bondage phase in the 50s. 2:37 PM Thu | The 86-year-old...
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...pinup model Bettie Page has died at the age of 85. Page's agent says she died Thursday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack days ago and never regaining consciousness. Page became famous and a cult figure posing for sometimes provocative...
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...photos, and some feminists hailed her as a pioneer of women's liberation. Gretchen Mol portrayed her in 2005's The Notorious Bettie Page and Paige Richards had the role in 2004's Bettie Page: Dark Angel. Page herself took part in the 1998 documentary Betty...
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...became a cult favorite in the 80s as a new generation rediscovered her work. A picture based on her life âÂÂThe Notorious Bettie Pageâ was released in 2005. Later in life Bettie battled depression and spent several years in a mental institution. She was 85....
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...Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85. Page, whose later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several...
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...these new itty-bitty bangs can look severe, but they're growing on me. They're like a modern version of 1950s pinup girl Bettie Page's playfully sexy mid-forehead fringe. Ms. Bettie Page herself, in the least saucy photo I could find. In fact, I've just decided...
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Glamour
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...Page disappeared in the 60s, becoming a born again Christian and renouncing her previous modeling, she eventually resurfaced in the 90s, and in 2003 was photographed for the first time in 40 years. In general, she preferred to not be shown during interviews,...
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...title character in the comedy-drama "Eli Stone" on ABC. Hicks has appeared in "The Shield." '60s pinup muse in intensive care Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after...
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...pin-up bikini and lingerie photos. Before that in 1955, she became Playboy's second ever Playmate, following Marilyn Monroe. Bettie, my thoughts are with you. You're one hell of a gal! I second Jenniferfolly- here's hoping she's doing alright. I wonder if...
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...Page, the quintessential 1950s pinup girl who captivated men and women alike with her dark, glossy hair, naughty fetish photos and incredible knockout figure, is in a coma after suffering a heart attack. Page, 85, had the heart attack on Friday and has since...
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Artist Direct
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...said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her "a bunch of money" to show up at autograph signings. "I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. " Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all."...
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...said, "I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all." Gretchen Mol played the former pinup star in the 2005 film "The Notorious Bettie Page." This article...
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...when he offered her âÂÂa bunch of moneyâ to show up at autograph signings. âÂÂI probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300,â he said. âÂÂEleanor Roosevelt, we got US$40-US$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all.â àRespond to this email...
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...taboos and partly inspired the free-love attitudes of the 60s. She was one of the earliest Playboy Playmate of the Month in 1955. In 2006 the biographical film âÂÂThe Notorious Bettie Pageâ chronicled her life from a child growing up in Nashville, TN....
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...Page, one of the earliest Playboy models suffered a heart attack after a week of battling pneumonia last week. Page, who reached new levels of infamy in the 50âÂÂs for fetish and pin-up modeling believe it or not has an official certified autograph trading card. The...
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