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She was famous for her {{fetish}} modelling and often called the "Queen of Pinups". Her signature look has influenced several celebrities from Music/KatyPerry to Creator/DitaVonTeese and she was one of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Magazine's earliest ''Playmate of the Month''s. Even Franchise/{{Batman}} antagonist ComicBook/PoisonIvy was created as her {{Expy}}. Her fame was mostly in the 1950s but experienced a resurgence of popularity the [[TheEighties 1980s]] that has carried through to the present day.

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She was famous for her {{fetish}} modelling and often called the "Queen of Pinups". Her signature look has influenced several celebrities from Music/KatyPerry to Creator/DitaVonTeese and she was one of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Magazine's earliest ''Playmate of the Month''s. Even Franchise/{{Batman}} antagonist ComicBook/PoisonIvy was created as her {{Expy}}. Her fame was mostly in the 1950s but experienced a resurgence of popularity in the [[TheEighties 1980s]] that has carried through to the present day.
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* GoodBadGirl: By all accounts (including her own) Bettie felt no shame about either her love life or her modeling...but also felt one did not reflect on the other. Those who worked with her recall her as a consummate professional. She had no problem with nudity, which she viewed as natural, but she hated profanity, which she viewed as vulgar.

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* GoodBadGirl: By all accounts (including her own) Bettie felt no shame about either her love life or her modeling... but also felt one did not reflect on the other. Those who worked with her recall her as a consummate professional. She had no problem with nudity, which she viewed as natural, but she hated profanity, which she viewed as vulgar.

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* BrainyBrunette: Graduated salutatorian of her high school (although poverty kept her from going to college). A math whiz. Those costumes she wore? All designed and sewn by her. Almost everyone she ever worked with recalled both her magnetic personality and her surprising intellect--she loved to read and would read almost anything, and remembered everything she read, too.

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* BrainyBrunette: Graduated salutatorian of her high school (although poverty kept her from going to college). A math whiz. Those costumes she wore? All designed and sewn by her. Almost everyone she ever worked with recalled both her magnetic personality and her surprising intellect--she loved to read and would read almost anything, and remembered everything she read, too. Her intelligence expanded to her modeling career, with many photographers and filmmakers remarking Bettie understood the process so thoroughly that she required very little direction: she did everything perfectly the first time, every time.



* HomeNudist: Page genuinely believed in the health benefits of nudity and regularly took "air baths" in which she would strip off her clothes and open all her windows to allow fresh air to circulate over her whole skin. Page claimed to have done this since she was a teen and attributed her flawless complexion to air bathing. She was naked often enough at home that friends teased her by calling ahead and telling her to put on a robe because they were on their way.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: ''In real life''. Those who worked with Bettie noted that among her many photogenic attributes was a unusual and distinctive waist with a uniquely well-defined indentation and wide hips that exaggerated it still further. Bettie was adept at posing and dressing to emphasis her natural figure to Impossible Hourglass proportions.



* MemeticHair:[[invoked]] Those bangs! Her signature look came about when a photographer suggested she cover up her forehead instead of pulling the hair back in a ponytail. It's now considered the go-to look for any woman posing as a dominatrix or 50s-era sex kitten. In ''Film/DeathProof'' Creator/RosarioDawson sports this hair as a direct ShoutOut to her.

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* MemeticHair:[[invoked]] Those bangs! Her signature look came about when a photographer suggested she cover up her high forehead instead of pulling the hair back in a ponytail. It's now considered the go-to look for any woman posing as a dominatrix or 50s-era sex kitten. In ''Film/DeathProof'' Creator/RosarioDawson sports this hair as a direct ShoutOut to her.
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* WhipItGood: Frequently posed with a whip in her fanservice photos.
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-->-- '''Olivia Olson,''' "Oh, Bettie"

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-->-- '''Olivia Olson,''' '''Creator/OliviaOlson,''' "Oh, Bettie"

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* TheFifties: Bettie's heyday.
* FiftiesHair: Her signature bangs are prominent for the essential pin-up girl look.



* FiftiesHair: Her signature bangs are prominent for the essential pin-up girl look.
* TheFifties: Bettie's heyday.

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'''Bettie Mae Page''' (April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008) was an American model and pin-up of the [[TheFifties Fifties]] who was famous for her fetish modelling and often called the "Queen of Pinups". Her signature look has influenced several celebrities from Music/KatyPerry to Creator/DitaVonTeese and she was one of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Magazine's earliest ''Playmate of the Month''s. Even Franchise/{{Batman}} antagonist ComicBook/PoisonIvy was created as her {{Expy}}. Her fame was mostly in the 1950s but experienced a resurgence of popularity the [[TheEighties 1980s]] that has carried through to the present day.

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'''Bettie Bettie Mae Page''' Page (April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008) was an American model and pin-up of the [[TheFifties Fifties]] who Fifties]].

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was famous for her fetish {{fetish}} modelling and often called the "Queen of Pinups". Her signature look has influenced several celebrities from Music/KatyPerry to Creator/DitaVonTeese and she was one of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Magazine's earliest ''Playmate of the Month''s. Even Franchise/{{Batman}} antagonist ComicBook/PoisonIvy was created as her {{Expy}}. Her fame was mostly in the 1950s but experienced a resurgence of popularity the [[TheEighties 1980s]] that has carried through to the present day.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to most '50s pin-up girls. Also her more modern interpretations tend to paint her as much Darker and Edgier than she was.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to most '50s pin-up girls. Also Also, her more modern interpretations tend to paint her as much Darker and Edgier than she was.



* JunglePrincess: In 1954, Bettie did some modeling work in South Florida, and model/photographer Bunny Yeager took her to a animal park in Boca Raton to pose with various animals while wearing leopard-pattern bikinis. Those photos are considered some of her most famous works, and had been used for postcards and Florida tourism promotional materials for years.

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* JunglePrincess: In 1954, Bettie did some modeling work in [[UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} South Florida, Florida]], and model/photographer Bunny Yeager took her to a an animal park in Boca Raton to pose with various animals while wearing leopard-pattern bikinis. Those photos are considered some of her most famous works, and had been used for postcards and Florida tourism promotional materials for years.



* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Bettie in ComicBook/TheRocketeer.

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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Bettie Betty in ComicBook/TheRocketeer.''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''.
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* BrainyBrunette: Graduated salutatorian of her high school (although poverty kept her from going to college). A math whiz. Those costumes she wore? All designed and sewn by her. Almost everyone she ever worked with recalled both her magnetic personality and her surprising intellect--she loved to read and would read almost anything, and remembered everything she read, too.

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