bettie
... orphanage and picked up her girls, Bettie was already twelve years old. Roy had moved back in with Edna after falling on hard times. Roy sexually abused his daughter Bettie, he traded her dimes in exchange for her silence. The abuse she suffered from that beast Roy, would follow her the rest of her life, undoubtedly contributing to her mental illness as an adult. One day on the way home from school Bettie met Billy. She was not allowed to date but she did it anyway, When her mother Edna found out she told Bettie she was never to see him again! Edna threw Bettie out of the house and she was forced to go live with her father Roy and his second wife Lulu, who loved Bettie. Roy and Betties boyfriend Billy got in a argument so they left. Bettie soon began attending George Peabody, she had a promising career as an English teacher ahead of her. On December 7th 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Billy now at twenty-one, was drafted. He would beg Bettie to marry him over and over, telling her, “what if im killed over there?” but she kept turning him down. They soon married. In 1944 Bettie became a teacher at George Peabody’s high school. Not after to long she quit. She then graduated from Peabody with a bachelors degree and later left Billy in the fall of 1946. By 1947 Bettie was living in Manhattan, she had several secretary jobs through the years. She used her money for acting classes. She dreamed of being a famous Hollywood star. She moved back and forth from Miami to New York to Nashville, but felt most comfortable in Miami. In October 1950 Bettie went for a walk on Coney Island when she saw a handsome young man, his name was Jerry Tibbs, he told her his hobby was photography. After a long chat he asked if he could photograph her. They met up one afternoon for the shoot, Jerry was looking at Bettie and said “Why don’t you brush your bangs down?”. Bettie Page the black banged Queen of Pin-Up’s was born. After meeting Jerry Tibbs Bettie found lots of modeling work. Bettie was the best known model by 1951. She posed for some of the most famous photographers and appeared in the best known magazines, such as Playboy and Harrison. Bettie was always known for her girl next door cheese cake pin-ups until she met Irving Klaw. She entered a world of bondage, leather and whips, she became the Dark Angel. ...