Happy Birthday Bettie Page

(April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008)

Bettie Page photographed by Harold Lloyd c. 1955

Bettie Page photographed by Harold Lloyd c. 1955

Bettie Page photographed by Art Amsie c. 1950s

Bettie Page photographed by Art Amsie c. 1950s

Jennifer Jackson (right) (Miss March 1965) pictured with her twin sister Janis when they worked as Bunnies at Chicago’s Playboy Club

Jennifer Jackson (right) (Miss March 1965) pictured with her twin sister Janis when they worked as Bunnies at Chicago’s Playboy Club

Twiggy reading a guide book to Tokyo at London Airport before departing for Japan, 1967

Twiggy reading a guide book to Tokyo at London Airport before departing for Japan, 1967

A young and bangless Bettie Page (credited as “Laura Kavanaugh”) in a men’s magzine c. 1950s Yes it is Bettie Page, no she didn’t have any cousins that were models. Men’s Magazines frequently printed the wrong names, usually to make it seem like a fresh new model, instead of much older images of an already established model. 

A young and bangless Bettie Page (credited as “Laura Kavanaugh”) in a men’s magzine c. 1950s

Yes it is Bettie Page, no she didn’t have any cousins that were models.

Men’s Magazines frequently printed the wrong names, usually to make it seem like a fresh new model, instead of much older images of an already established model. 

Jean Patchett, photo by Milton Greene, New York City, 1953

Jean Patchett, photo by Milton Greene, New York City, 1953

Maria Stinger photographed by Bunny Yeager c. 1950s

Maria Stinger photographed by Bunny Yeager c. 1950s

1950s Pin-up model

1950s Pin-up model

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Dovima photographed by Richard Avedon c. 1950s (x)

Dovima photographed by Richard Avedon c. 1950s (x)

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

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