Betty Page as the Saucy French Maid!
She surpassed even Marilyn Monroe, I think, for sheer allure and sensuality. Marilyn managed to parlay her looks and talent into a film career, while Bettie was turned down for her "too thick Southern accent". But her photographs, with Irving Klaw, with Bunny Yeager, showed the world just how sensuality could be conveyed through a hot body-- but always with that "girl next door" smile. Not even Marilyn could do that.
Bettie will always be "the girl next door" to me--my older neighbor friend, who just happened to like taking her clothes off and posing with cheetahs. There seemed to be NO photos where she didn't look FABULOUS!!!!
As Bunny Yaeger put it, "You just couldn't catch Betty [sic] looking bad. I shot over 1,000 photos of her and I think that she only blinked and closed her eyes in one photo. She was always ready for the camera." (Betty Page Confidential, Page 42.)
RIP, Bettie, You will always be an inspiration to me.
She surpassed even Marilyn Monroe, I think, for sheer allure and sensuality. Marilyn managed to parlay her looks and talent into a film career, while Bettie was turned down for her "too thick Southern accent". But her photographs, with Irving Klaw, with Bunny Yeager, showed the world just how sensuality could be conveyed through a hot body-- but always with that "girl next door" smile. Not even Marilyn could do that.
Bettie will always be "the girl next door" to me--my older neighbor friend, who just happened to like taking her clothes off and posing with cheetahs. There seemed to be NO photos where she didn't look FABULOUS!!!!
As Bunny Yaeger put it, "You just couldn't catch Betty [sic] looking bad. I shot over 1,000 photos of her and I think that she only blinked and closed her eyes in one photo. She was always ready for the camera." (Betty Page Confidential, Page 42.)
RIP, Bettie, You will always be an inspiration to me.
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raziel666:
Now about Marilyn Monroe,I might be the onyl guy on the Earth that doesn't care for her,never have.Something about her to be just puts womenin a bad light.
dryad:
Marilyn wasn't that good an actress (I know, blasphemy) whereas Bettie was an excellent model. 