KwakunguBetty owawenza isitayela se-pin-up siyabonakala futhi sithandwa emhlabeni wonke. Esikhathini samasiko aseMelika, lona wesifazane washiya uphawu olubonakalayo. Kulezi zithombe wayebukeka e-sexy, evinjelwe futhi engazange ahambe, kokubili wayebukeka kahle, futhi wenza ngendlela yesitayela. Izithombe zakhe ezinobuciko emashumini ama-50 ekhulu lama-20 eMelika zaziyiMelika yonke endlini.
Njengoba wazi, ukuthandwa, okwanele ukuba uzalwe emndenini ompofu, khona-ke hamba unqobe, unqobe, uphumelele impumelelo, unamanoveli amaningi, kodwa ungajabuli empilweni yakho bese ufa ngokuhle ngendlela ebuhlungu ebusheni (leyo iresiphi yokuthandwa). UPaige, ukuze athandwe, ugcwalise wonke amaphuzu avezwe ngenhla, nakuba engafeli kabi futhi esevele esekhulile.
I-Betty Page yazalwa emndenini ovamile waseMelika, kodwa hhayi ocebile. Kwaze kwafika eminyakeni eyi-10 wahlala noyise. Kodwa waphuza futhi washaya unina, ekugcineni bahlukanisa. Umama wakhe kwakudingeka ahlinzeke izingane eziyisithupha eyedwa, ngakho ngokushesha ngemva kokuhlukanisa, wamnika izingane esikoleni sokubhukuda unyaka. Unyaka wonke wathola imali kanye nonyaka wabe esethatha izingane kuye. UBetty wasiza unina ukuba alandele abafowabo nodadewabo, wayazi ngokuthunga. Le ntombazane yafunda kahle futhi yaphothula izihlonipho. Ngabe ngaya ukuyofunda uthisha, kodwa ngashintsha ingqondo yami futhi nganquma ukuba ngumdlali we-actress.
Ngokusemthethweni, lo wesifazane washada izikhathi ezingu-4, yonke imishado yakhe yahlala isikhathi esifushane, kuyilapho ephindwe kabili nomlingani naye.
Ngokushesha wathatha umlingani wakhe ofunde naye, owamenzela uMbutho weNavy phakathi nempi wabe esethatha izikhathi eziningana naye ezindaweni ngezindawo, waze wagudla futhi wamhlukana, enquma ukuqaphela iphupho lakhe elisebenzayo. UBetty wathuthela eNew York, lapho esebenza njengobhala.
Ngelinye ilanga ogwini, wahlangana nephoyisa elimmeme ukuba avele enqunu futhi wavuma. Leli phoyisa lalibizwa ngokuthi uJerry Tibbs, udubule kwelinye lamakilabhu adumile aseNew York. Ngokushesha, uBetty waba yisibonelo esidumile kule club futhi izithombe zakhe zaqala ukuvela kumamagazini aziwayo: i-Wink, i-Titter, i-Eyefull ne-Beauty Parade. UJerry wenza iphothifoliyo yakhe yokuqala ngesitayela se-pin-up. Enye yezithombe ezitholakala kakhulu eBetty yiseshini sakhe sesithombe ngesitayela se-BDSM.
Ngo-1955, ihora lakhe elihle kunazo zonke lafika, ngoba waba yintombazane enyangeni ku-Playboy, isithombe sakhe noSanta Claus sathuthela kuma-postcard futhi saba ikhadi leposi elidumile kakhulu. Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, yayithandwa kakhulukazikazikazi laseMelika.
Ngo-1957, lapho umsebenzi wakhe uphakeme ngokumelene naye, kwamangalelwe ukuthi ukhuthaza izithombe zobulili ezingcolile. Lapho eneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, wanquma ukungabe esabambelela omagazini, njengoba ethathwe inkolo. UPaige waba isishoshovu esivumelekile somphakathi waseBaptisti, wathuthela eFlorida futhi waqhaqhaqhafaza bonke oxhumana nabo abedlule. Ngo-1958, uBetty washada, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu ehlukanisile.
Ngeminyaka engama-60, wanquma ukuya e-Afrika ngesenzo sezithunywa zevangeli esivela emphakathini wakhe waseBaptisti, kodwa akazange avunyelwe ngoba wahlukaniswa futhi uBetty washada futhi ngokushesha. Eshadile, uhamba waya e-Afrika, kodwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuphela komsebenzi wakhe wezithunywa zevangeli lapho ebuyela ekhaya, uchitha umshado wakhe nomyeni wakhe wesithathu (umyeni wokuqala).
Kakade ngasekuqaleni kwawo-70, wathuthela eLos Angeles. Ngo-1979, unesifo sokuphazamiseka kwemizwa futhi esibhedlela esibhedlela sesifo sengqondo lapho ehlushwa isifo schizophrenia. Kwakuyi-sikhathi e-US ukuthi baphinde bayikhumbule, beyishicilela izithombe zakhe ezindala kumamagazini futhi baxoxa ngazo ngesikhathi esifanayo. Kuze kube ngu-1992, uPaige wayephethwe yizifo zengqondo. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube sekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe (uDisemba 6, 2008) wahola indlela yokuphila ethule.