It's a sad day. Pin-up icon Bettie Page passed away in California after suffering a heart attack.
You'll remember Bettie Page as the black haired pin-up who often did bondage photos in the 1950s.
For those of you interested, Bettie grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She attended a local high school, Hume Fogg graduating salutatorian of her senior class. She was reportedly upset that she wasn't top of the class because that assured her a full scholarship to Vanderbilt.
Bettie did receive a full scholarship to George Peabody College (now a part of Vanderbilt) and graduated with a teaching degree. She taught school for a short time (I would have loved to been her student...). Bettie wasn't just a pretty face, she was smart and academically inclined, albeit with a Southern drawl.
Betty was from East Tennessee, but left because of an abusive father.
She married a few times and finally wound up in New York as a secretary. She did some modeling and finally met the man, Irving Klaw, who turned her into the icon we know today.
Time has a few photos of Bettie here.
Bettie was queen before plastic surgery, before botox, and before photoshop. She was a rare bird.
So long Bettie.
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