Flavorwire drew the line in the sand about celebrities who glom onto Bettie's name and iconic image just to generate attention. As far as Flavorwire is concerned, this continuing trend reflects celebs jumping the shark.

Flavorwire's remarks are copy/pasted below for your consideration. Do chime in with your thoughts!

Included in their examples is the Jenna Jameson/PETA ad for pleather. Coincidentally, on June 9, 2010, AdLand.TV posted this remark about that ad:

http://adland.tv/content/petas-top-five-most-offensive-and-most-sexist-ads

> PETA's top five most offensive (and most sexist) ads
> Posted by Dabitch on Jun 9 2010
>
> # 5
>
> Pushing pleather with porn stars
> The Jenna Jameson ad offends me more due to the terrible art direction and the utter
> failure in making her resemble iconic Bettie Page. Still, it's interesting to note that PETA
> chooses porn stars as spokespeople, and at least here they are equal opportunity
> employers as they've used Ron Jeremy to illustrate a spay/neuter ad. Har har.

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http://flavorwire.com/97981/enough-already-celebs-as-bettie-page

> Fashion Bettie Page * Jenna Jameson * Juliette Lewis * Katy Perry * Mary-Louise Parker
> Enough Already: Celebrities as Bettie Page
> 1:31 pm Thursday Jun 10, 2010 by Judy Berman
>
> There was a time, back in the late ’90s, when we were in high school, Bust magazine
> was taking off, girls were putting white-blonde streaks into their dark hair, and
> reclaiming the image of Bettie Page was fresh and exciting. Over ten years later, we just
> can’t take it anymore. Now that Katy Perry is running around with blue bangs, doing press
> for her lamentable single "California Gurls" in garish bikinis cut to ’50s pinup proportions,
> we are declaring the shark jumped. If we see one more celebrity dressed up as Page
> (who, in case you haven’t seen Mary Harron’s The Notorious Bettie Page) wasn’t a
> particularly happy or empowered individual), we’re launching a protest against the stylist.
> Click through to see everyone from Kathy Griffin to Juliette Lewis in Bettie drag and blow
> this overdone trend a kiss goodbye.

Due to the number of attachments, they will continue into the next post.

Regarding the Juliette Lewis photo, she didn't limit her lookalike attempt to Bettie. Go to BlackBook mag to see who else's look she emulated:

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/juliette-lewis-is-a-natural-born-rebel/8980

Three more emulators:

* Renée Zellweger (from February, 2005 - W magazine)

* GQ loves to write about Bettie in any way they can. October, 2006's GQ had Megan Gale trying out the Bettie Page look and poses. This one came with a crop and a look that said Mistress Megan was vexed!

* The above mentioned Juliette Lewis photos showed her emulating various people. This was Juliette's attempt to be Bettie Page.

More coming in the next post!

The last three emulators:

* Well, not Bettie. It's Mary Louise Parker in a classic 1950s cheesecake shot. Of course, during the 1950s, there wouldn't be a marijuana leaf on prominent display. Then again, her hit comedy, "Weeds," about a marijuana dealing suburban mother, would never have made it to 1950s primetime TV line-ups!

* Katy Perry's cover art for her single, California Gurls -- the source of the blue Bettie Page wig.

* Kathy Griffin's Bettie-themed shots by Mike Ruiz.

Who knew Renée Zellweger did Bettie? Maybe I should ask her to narrate the film in her "Roxy" voice from "Chicago" the movie of the musical. Thoughts anyone?

I knew! I just couldn't remember who did the layout off the top of my head.

I didn't think Renée looked anything like Bettie. Another shot's attached, since you didn't seem to see the magazine.

The magazine came out in February, 2005. Renée was on the cover and in a photo pictorial in W Magazine, allegedly dressed as Bettie. Photographer: Michael Thompson.

Best to figure out who at W was the person who wanted Bettie emulations. It may have been little more than a desperation publicity stunt because Renée was on the cusp of promoting "Cinderella Man" for Ron "Opie" Howard, who's currently shooting in Chicago.




Are you yanking our collective chains? What does Roxy have to do with Bettie?

Also... FYI.... Renee is tagged as being in yet another Bridget Jones movie. Currently untitled/in development.