Today, shooting girls, including famous ones, in naked form will not surprise anyone. On the contrary, the stars in this way try to draw attention to their person. And some consider nude photo shoots such a peculiar demonstration of their inimitable forms and female beauty. This all happens today, and in the late fifties and in the early sixties, photography and shooting even in swimsuits were a reason for condemnation by people from a well-educated society, as well as a reason for the emergence of grandiose scandals.
Hard childhood
Despite everything, at all times there were people challenging the established order, moral standards and living standards. Such was the inimitable Betty Page - one of the most famous girls of those years.
She was born on April 22, 1923 in the United States of America, in the small town of Nashville, Tennessee. Already at the age of ten, Betty May Page felt the hardships of life. After the parents divorced, the mother, trying to feed her family, clutched at any work, and the children had to survive in the orphanage for about a year. Betty, all this time, as she could, took care of her sisters.
Despite everything, the girl graduated from high school with good grades. The next step in her life was going to college with the goal of becoming a teacher. But at the same time, in the autumn of 1940, Betty Page went to acting school, and dreams of teaching faded into the background.
The path to popularity
In 1947, the girl moved to New York. To somehow feed herself, she works as a secretary and at the same time tries to prove herself in acting productions.
Three years later, by coincidence, Betty met a policeman Jerry Todd, who, in addition to work, was passionately passionate about photography. It was he who invited the girl to take pictures in the style of pin-up. The image of the beautiful half-naked Betty on posters and postcards began to be bought up with great speed. Her photos regularly appeared in magazines, on playing cards and envelopes for records. Thanks to them, Betty Page quickly overtook popularity. The biography of the girl from that moment ceased to be impeccable, as before.
Playboy Star
Posing naked, Betty very quickly became a famous model in the style of erotic photographs. Her pictures were published in the most famous magazines of those times.
For five years, since 1952, the girl worked in New York as a model. At that time in the United States of America, she was one of the most sought after in her profession. In 1955, in the Playboy magazine, celebrating the anniversary of existence, Betty's photographs were printed. They depicted a model on which only a Santa Claus hat was present from clothes. These pictures brought Betty Page even more popularity. Soon after the release of her numerous photographs in lingerie and swimsuits, the model received the well-deserved Miss Pin-up USA title.
Truth or rumors
Around famous personalities there is always a lot of gossip and it is not clear where the rumors come from. Sexy Betty Page was no exception. Films with her participation, in which elements of eroticism were present, even more generated mixed reviews about the actress. And today it is not always clear where the truth was, and where - the fiction.
One of these rumors appeared after an article was published in the English newspaper Sun, which talked about Betty's erotic relationship with Marilyn Monroe. However, this scandalous news only strengthened the growing interest in the person Paige.
Also, many believe that the sexual revolution that swept the United States in the sixties was started by Betty.
The charming, direct and sensual girl has repeatedly inspired both men and women. Several books were written about her life and two films were shot. In 2004, the picture “Betty Page: The Dark Angel” was released, and in 2005 - “Obscene Betty Page”.
Personal Facts
An incredibly charming and at the same time restless girl was married four times, and twice - to the same man. They became her college classmate Billy Nill. These two marriages took place in 1943 and 1960. There was another one between them - with Armond Walters, which lasted about five years. The last chosen Betty in 1967 was Garru Lear. But these relations also did not last long.
Unfortunately, Paige's turbulent life led her to a nervous breakdown in 1979 . The diagnosis of schizophrenia thundered as a sentence. The next year and a half she spent in a psychiatric clinic under the constant supervision of doctors. And only in 1992, the actress was rehabilitated.
Sixteen years later, in 2008, Betty was hospitalized with a heart attack in a Los Angeles clinic, where after a while she fell into a coma. Five days later, the relatives decided to turn off the artificial life support apparatus - and the wonderful actress and model was no more. She was eighty-five. As Betty Page wanted, she forever remained young and beautiful in the memory of people.