4. Bettie Page Was the “Queen of Pin-ups”.
Bettie Page was the most photographed model of the 20th Century. She actually didn’t start modeling until she was 27 years old, but people thought she was much younger, and she became “Miss January 1955” in Playboy Magazine. Hugh Hefner said that Bettie Page “…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,”
When she passed away, her grave even said “Queen of Pin-ups” on her tombstone. Betty Page’s look became iconic, because of her black hair with bangs and bright blue eyes. She inspired several characters throughout pop culture, including Jenny Blake from The Rocketeer. From then on, women in comic books were always drawn in a pin-up style, and even popular female brunette characters who existed before her peak of popularity, like Wonder Woman and Veronica from the Archie Comics may have been influenced by Bettie Page when artists designed future incarnations of their characters, because she redefined beauty in American culture.