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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Apr 23, 2022, 08:07 AM Apr 2022

Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923.

Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923. Remembered for her pin-up photos (during the 1950s) & referred to as the "Queen of Pinups" Passed in 2008 (age 85) from #heartattack #RIP #feminists #liberate #freedom #womenpower #GoneButNeverForgotten #BOTD


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Actress & model star Bettie Page, was #BornOnThisDay, April 22, 1923. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP
At the time, more popular than Marilyn Monroe. malthaussen Apr 2022 #1
The quintessential 1950s pinup model. Her life story is interesting. John1956PA Apr 2022 #2

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)
1. At the time, more popular than Marilyn Monroe.
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 08:25 AM
Apr 2022

Now, pretty much forgotten except among Goths.

I've always thought she had a terrific grin.

-- Mal

John1956PA

(3,368 posts)
2. The quintessential 1950s pinup model. Her life story is interesting.
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 09:21 AM
Apr 2022

A part of me appreciates 1950s nostalgia, but, of course, that era has been romanticized over the ensuing decades.

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