Bettie Mae Page was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations. After her death, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner called her "a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society".
Page posing for the camera
Page appearing in S&M and bondage reels by Irving and Paula Klaw
Bettie Page's grave
A pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures and photographs have wide appeal within the popular culture of a society. Pin-up models are usually glamour models, actresses, and fashion models whose pictures are intended for informal, aesthetic display, such as being pinned onto a wall. Beginning in the 1940s, pictures of pin-up girls were also known as cheesecake in the U.S.
Betty Grable's famous pin-up photo from 1943
Pin-up girl nose art on the restored World War II B-25J aircraft Take-off Time
Harry Wann paints a "pin-up" girl on a PT boat, Australia, 1944
Pin-up photo of singer Jackie Martinez