Bettie Page
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 Bettie Page facts

• Often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups", her jet black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations
• A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Page lived in California in her early adult years before moving to New York City to pursue work as an actress
• There, she began to find work as a pin-up model, and posed for dozens of photographers throughout the 1950s
• Page was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine
• "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society," said Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to the Associated Press in 2008
• In 1959, Page converted to evangelical Christianity and worked for Billy Graham, studying at Bible colleges in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, with the intent of becoming a missionary
• The latter part of Page's life was marked by depression, violent mood swings, and several years in a state psychiatric hospital suffering from paranoid schizophrenia
• After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s