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Published pinup model, vintage hair and wig stylist, makeup artist, creator of The Vintage Pinup Parlor. Vintage hair educator specializing in retro inspired and traditional hairstyling methods.
Bonnie!
My name is Miss Ginina Marie I'm just a girl with a vintage soul that loves to express it through a retro lifestyle.
I’m a sweet little daydream with rock n roll in my soul. I have a need for speed and love for muscle cars.
Hello there to all you Dapper Dans and Pinup Dolls. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Miss Rayzen Hell! I’m known for raising hell in my 64 Chevy impala wagon. I started playing around with the pinup lifestyle 5 years ago. I participated in a pin up shoot and fell in love with the fashion, art, and history of it all. I loved it so much I started my own business called, Pinups & Pumps. We are a non profit organization put together to help inspire and motivate other women thru the art of pin up all while giving back to our local community. We host photoshoots, special events, and are known as the best and largest girl gang in the state of NC. I have had a blast hosting and being a part of the some the biggest events in the pinup community such as emceeing for Rockabillaque Florida, hosting pinup contest for Choppers Ball, Still Runs Car Show, Prohibition, Rockabillaque Charleston and more! I am honored to run the only female ran car show in the state on NC, Still Runs Car Show. Traveling, hosting events, and being a pinup is definitely my cup of tea!. So when you’re ready to “raise some hell” let me know!
I’m a born Carolina girl and love being part of my girl gang, Pinups and Pumps. The women have been such an inspiration and give back so much to the local community. I’ve always been a lover of history. Music, movies, high heels and red lipstick are this girl's best friend. I have one other love, and she’s been with me since I was 16. My very first car, I still own and drive. Her name is RUBYFIRE. She’s a 1990 Fox body 5.0, and together we have all the Fire you need to stay warm, baby!
A pinup is timeless and elegant yet sexy and dangerous. She turns heads everywhere she goes and never meets a stranger! A pinup puts a smile on everyone’s face because let’s face it, we all need a little eye candy! Pinups provided a much-needed escape for our war hero’s. They touched so many lives with a simple photo or post card. Giving our veterans something to look forward to when they came home!
Miss Ruby Red is a fierce, fiery beauty who has a passion for getting her passport stamped and all things adventurous. In her world travels, she has swum with sharks in the Caribbean, hopped with kangaroos in Australia, herded sheep in Ireland, cuddled rabbits on their own island in Japan, and battled psychotic pigeons in Italy. She is a no-nonsense intellect by day and a glamour starlet by night. She has the body type of Marilyn Monroe, the style of Rita Hayworth and the drive of Lucille Ball. Don’t let her opulent style fool you; she is a quick-witted conversationalist of exceptional intelligence. She is known for her tall, voluptuous, ever fun-to-handle, curvy figure and her never-ending quest for knowledge.
Her friends would tell you she’s a brainiac who excites easily and loves to energetically discuss almost anything…clothes, red lipstick, football, and home renovation are a few of her favorite topics. She loves cars with sexy rear ends with her favorite being a candy apple red 1957 Chevy Bel Air. Her style and grace come from her Mama who was an original 1950s pin-up starlet. Most importantly, coffee is her life force and hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts make her downright giddy.
Miss Ruby Red is the President of the North Florida Chapter of the International Pinup Group, The Luscious Ladies. The North Florida Luscious Ladies is one of the largest LL chapters who are an entrepreneurial crew of ladies who integrate a vintage lifestyle within our home and careers. She enjoys volunteering in her community with her pin-up sisters to spread awareness and joy of those who appreciate vintage lifestyles.
Originally an apple picking country girl from upstate New York, now a ray of sunshine, from the sunshine state! Ria Von Strudel is as sweet as she is lovely and just as bubbly as the champagne in her glass. A lil' rock-n-roll pinup doll with a smile that won’t quit and giggles that will warm your heart. You will always find her living life to the fullest, enjoying friends, spending time with family, listening to records ,loving animals, sightseeing and traveling as often as she can. Also, Ria is a hairdresser & makeup artist and loves to help others to look and feel their absolute best.
Hayworth in 1946
Born
Margarita Carmen Cansino
October 17, 1918
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died
May 14, 1987 (aged 68)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Cause of death
Alzheimer's disease complications
Resting place
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Occupation
Actress, dancer
Years active
1931–1972
Spouse(s)
Edward C. Judson
(m. 1937; div. 1942)
Orson Welles
(m. 1943; div. 1947)
Prince Aly Khan
(m. 1949; div. 1953)
Dick Haymes
(m. 1953; div. 1955)
James Hill
(m. 1958; div. 1961)
Children
2, including Yasmin Aga Khan
Parent(s)
Eduardo Cansino
Volga Hayworth
Relatives
Richard Cansino (nephew)
Vinton Hayworth (uncle)
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Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term "The Love Goddess" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II.[1]
Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1946 film noir Gilda, opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the femme fatale in her first major dramatic role. Fred Astaire, with whom she made two films, once called her his favorite dance partner. Her greatest success was in the Technicolor musical Cover Girl (1944), with Gene Kelly. She is listed as one of the top 25 female motion picture stars of all time in the American Film Institute's survey, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars.
In 1980, Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which contributed to her death at age 68. The public disclosure and discussion of her illness drew attention to Alzheimer's, which was largely unknown by most people at the time, and helped to increase public and private funding for Alzheimer's research.
Peak years at Columbia[edit]
Hayworth had top billing in one of her best-known films, the Technicolor musical Cover Girl, released in 1944.[25] The film established her as Columbia's top star of the 1940s, and it gave her the distinction of being the first of only six women to dance on screen with both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.[26] "I guess the only jewels of my life", Hayworth said in 1970, "were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire ... And Cover Girl, too."[27]
Hayworth and choreographer Jack Cole in Tonight and Every Night (1945)
For three consecutive years, starting in 1944, Hayworth was named one of the top movie box-office attractions in the world. She was adept in ballet, tap, ballroom, and Spanish routines. Cohn continued to showcase Hayworth's dance talents. Columbia featured her in the Technicolor films Tonight and Every Night (1945) with Lee Bowman and Down to Earth (1947) with Larry Parks.[citation needed]
Hayworth as Gilda (1946)
Her sexy, glamorous appeal was most noted in Charles Vidor's film noir Gilda (1946) with Glenn Ford, which caused censors some consternation. The role, in which Hayworth wore black satin and performed a legendary one-glove striptease, "Put The Blame On Mame", made her into a cultural icon as a femme fatale.[3]
While Gilda was in release, it was widely reported that an atomic bomb which was scheduled to be tested at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean's Marshall Islands would bear an image of Hayworth, a reference to her bombshell status. Although the gesture was undoubtedly meant as a compliment,[28] Hayworth was deeply offended. Orson Welles, then married to Hayworth, recalled her anger in an interview with biographer Barbara Leaming: "Rita used to fly into terrible rages all the time, but the angriest was when she found out that they'd put her on the atom bomb. Rita almost went insane, she was so angry. ... She wanted to go to Washington to hold a press conference, but Harry Cohn wouldn't let her because it would be unpatriotic." Welles tried to persuade Hayworth that the whole business was not a publicity stunt on Cohn's part, that it was simply homage to her from the flight crew.[14]:129–130
On the June 30, 1946, broadcast of Orson Welles Commentaries, Welles said of the imminent test, "I want my daughter to be able to tell her daughter that grandmother's picture was on the last atom bomb ever to explode."[29]
The fourth atomic bomb ever to be detonated was decorated with a photograph of Hayworth cut from the June 1946 issue of Esquire magazine. Above it was stenciled the device's nickname, "Gilda", in two-inch black letters.[30]
Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Hayworth's performance in Welles's 1947 film The Lady from Shanghai was critically acclaimed.[3] The film's failure at the box office was attributed in part to Hayworth's famous red hair being cut short and bleached platinum blonde for the role. Cohn had not been consulted and was furious that Hayworth's image was changed.[citation needed]
Also in 1947, Hayworth was featured in a Life cover story by Winthrop Sargeant that resulted in her being nicknamed "The Love Goddess".[31] The term was adopted and used later as the title of a biopic and of a biography about her. In a 1980s interview, Hayworth said, "Everybody else does nude scenes, but I don't. I never made nude movies. I didn't have to do that. I danced. I was provocative, I guess, in some things. But I was not completely exposed."[10]:234
Her next film, The Loves of Carmen (1948) with Glenn Ford, was the first film co-produced by Columbia and Hayworth's production company, The Beckworth Corporation (named for Rebecca, her daughter with Welles). It was Columbia's biggest moneymaker that year. She received a percentage of the profits from this and all her subsequent films until 1954, when she dissolved Beckworth to pay off debts.
