Bettie PageBiography Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) Page was born Betty Mae Page[6] in Nashville, Tennessee. As a teenager, Page and her sisters tried different makeup styles and hairdos imitating their favorite movie stars. As the model who many have argued raised cheesecake to an art, Page combined exuberant, wide-eyed innocence with confident, sometimes aggressive sexuality. VANITY FAIR praised the playfully seductive Page as “our Uber-pin-up.†The NEW YORK TIMES has declared that today “her star shines more brightly than it did in her brief heyday from 1950 to 1957.†PLAYBOY immortalized Page as one of its inaugural centerfolds and recently named her “the model of the century, yet she remains one of its best kept secrets.†In a recent TVGuide.com poll, Bettie Page was voted the “ultimate sex goddess,†outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe.Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe [PlayBoy's sweetheart 1956] personified Hollywood glamour with an unparalleled glow and energy that enamored the world. Although she was an alluring beauty with voluptuous curves and a generous pout, Marilyn was more than a '50s sex goddess. Her apparent vulnerability and innocence, in combination with an innate sensuality, has endeared her to the global consciousness. She dominated the age of movie stars to become, without question, the most famous woman of the 20th Century.