What the World Doesn’t Know About Pin-Up Girls

What the World Doesn’t Know About Pin-Up Girls

Shannon Quinn - March 5, 2019

What the World Doesn’t Know About Pin-Up Girls
Young Eartha Kitt. Credit: Pinterest

6. Eartha Kitt Used Pin-Up To Launch Her Career

Eartha Kitt is remembered for her tremendously successful singing and acting career. She acted in several broadway musicals, put out her own albums, and acted in several movies. Even Orson Welles called her “the most exciting woman alive.” Her song “Santa Baby” is still played on the radio to this day, and her iconic gravely voice can be heard as a villain named Yzma in the Disney movie Emperor’s New Groove.

When she was young, Eartha Kitt she got her start pin-up modeling, but she never got into some of the more risque areas of the genre. But even as she got older, she was not afraid to pose in front of the camera. She was not alone. Many famous actresses started out getting pictures taken in the pin-up style to show off their body without revealing too much. She went down in history as being one of the most successful African American actresses of all time.

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