The original Suicide Girl and inspiration for all that we do has passed. She inspired all those who celebrate real beauty, sensuality and sexuality. She changed the way that women felt about themselves and their bodies. We all owe a debt to Miss Page.

xoxo
-Missy
Founder, SuicideGirls

She was the patron saint of bad girls with a heart of gold and she will be sorely missed.

-Margaret Cho

I loved Betty Page because she represented sexuality without hiding it. She made it healthy and fun and acceptable to women. She brought a whole new depth and level to female representation of all kinds of sexuality.

-Terri Nunn, Berlin

Bettie page was my favorite sex icon and I'm saddened to hear the news of her death. She was a true rebel, a pioneer, and an overall badass babe. She was one of the inspirations for my rock chick book Cherry Bomb.

-Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna a.k.a. Miss Truth Hurts

With the passing of Bettie, we lose yet another one of our great classic glamour icons. I don't think that Bettie ever quite knew the full extent of the impact she had on the world with regard to style, beauty, fashion, and pop culture. Time and time again, her influential image has been referenced in so many aspects of entertainment, and I think that many women, like myself, took comfort in seeing a different form of sensuality, a different kind of sex symbol... one that broke out of the mould of typical standards of beauty, and showed us that to be different and unique is to be remembered. Like many people, I will never forget the very moment I first saw her image, and it changed me forever. I suddenly viewed fetishism and eroticism in an entirely different way. But for me, she was more than just a raven haired pinup... That "wink of the eye" that she mixed with exotic fetishism, with an added a dash of humor a sense of playfulness is what made her memorable. She taught me that individuality is the key. The icon of Bettie Page is more than just an image. Bettie had "IT"... more than beauty, more than style... her sense of adventure and her genuine love for what she was doing transcended all of that. To me, that is what Bettie is. A girl who had fun with what she did. She didn't think that posing for fetish pinups or nudes was dirty or wrong. She had a sense of freedom and sexual liberation. Without women like Bettie that paved the way all those years ago, there would be no place for me, and I will be forever grateful to have known of her, and to have spoken with her, and I only hope that she passed on knowing how influential she was by just being herself.

-Dita Von Teese