Pinup model Bettie Page dies at 85

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Bettie Page attracted national attention for her 1950s pinup photos. She experienced a resurgence of fame in the 1990s and 2000s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution clipped from www.arrivistepress.com clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses. S&M photos denounced as perversion Her career began one day in October 1950 when she took a respite from her job as a secretary in a New York office for a walk along the beach at Coney Island. An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old's firm, curvy body and asked her to pose. In 1951, Page fell under the influence of a photographer and his sister who specialized in S&M. They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else. She was photographed with a whip in her hand