BETTIE PAGE - remembered.....

[parrishsky]

THE ORIGINAL PIN UP QUEEN~

LONG LIVE SEXY, SMART, STRONG, BEAUTIFUL, AND EMPOWERING WOMEN.

Bettie Page, the brunette 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.

A religious woman in her later life, Page was mystified by her influence on modern popular culture. "I have no idea why I'm the only model who has had so much fame so long after quitting work," she said in an interview with The Times in 2006.

She had one request for that interview: that her face not be photographed.

"I want to be remembered," she said, "as I was when I was young and in my golden times. . . . I want to be remembered as the woman who changed people's perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form."

YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BETTIE ~

I love this painting of her.... 

 

 

She sure made bangs sexy~  R.I.P. Bettie Page

[LindyLou]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 11:44 AM

I too was saddened to hear of her passing.  She was amazing and I loved her too. I used to wear my hair similar back in my wild gal rockabilly days.

 

[athenagirl84]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 11:55 AM

I love Betty Page. She was and still is an icon. 

[parrishsky]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 1:48 PM

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks she's amazing....

 

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[CherBearCM]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM

I love all those old photos.  They're wonderful and considering the time too, very risque.  She was amazing.

[DanaWar]

Dec. 15, 2008 at 7:02 AM

I got into her when I started listening to The Cramps.   Brilliant woman!