BILLINGS, MONTANA
Fetish model and bondage icon Betty Paige has spent her career following in the footsteps of 1950s pin up icon Bettie Page, spending the past decade posing for camera clubs, having her pin up images published in men’s magazines, and posing for playful bondage images.
For Paige, whose real name is Christine Farfenbleuer, the modeling has been the easy part.
Paige told The Daily Flogger, “I’ve been doing this for about ten years, which means it is time for the second part of my career where I drop out of sight and go to Bible college.”
While Paige says she is “enjoying modeling” and that it “makes her feel good about herself,” being true to Bettie Page’s life story is equally important.
“I’ve divorced my husband, just like Bettie did. Now I just need to turn my life to Jesus, become a recluse and hopefully get called before Congress to talk about bondage porn.”
The model says she isn’t sure which part of her career is responsible for Page’s incredible resurgence in popularity in the 1990s, but she was willing to do whatever it takes to achieve a similar level of success.
“Last year Bettie Page made more than $10 million. She hasn’t modeled in more than 50 years. That is the level of success I am hoping for too.”
Farfenbleuer was unaware that Page passed away in 2008.
“Bummer,” said the model, “I am trying not to read too far ahead in the biography of her I am using to guide my life. I want to live it just the way Bettie did.”
Photo Credit By CMG Worldwide (CMG Worldwide) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
