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Bettie Page: A Triumph of Sexual Spirit

Biographer hails late model's refusal to let the spotlight tarnish her sexuality

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 13, 2008 9:33 AM CST

(Newser) – Bettie Page suffered more than her share of troubles, but the late pinup star never succumbed to victimhood, biographer Karen Essex writes in the Huffington Post. Essex tracked down the model in 1991 expecting the born-again Christian to denounce the men who "hijacked her... Read full story »

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