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Credit info: Copyright Bettina.ca Photographed by go-go Amy

 

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Bettina May has been a pin-up model and burlesque performer since 2003, starting her career as a model for SuicideGirls.com, being a subject of the 2003 HBO RealSex TV show on Modern Pin-up, appearing in the "Shake Your Blood" Probot music video featuring Dave Grohl and Lemmy Kilmister and will be in the upcoming "F$%CKING GORGEOUS" music video for Semi Precious Weapons, and inclusion in the first SuicideGirls coffee table book and their art magazine. She has also been featured in The New York Times, New York Post, Shimmy Magazine, Dynamite Magazine in Germany, and Portuguese Vogue!

She has received a number of awards for her innovative yet classic dance style, earning the title "Most Energetic Dancer (Female)" in the 2003 local Monday Magazine arts awards show and in 2006 she was again recognized by Monday Magazine readers, being awarded "Favourite Dancer." Most recently Victoria's Times-Colonist daily paper named her "Most Fashionable Woman" of 2008.

Lemmy and Bettina

Bettina May performs and models all over the world, most recently being given what may be the first ever visa to work as a burlesque performer in the United States, where she currently lives and performs. She completed her first European tour in Autumn 2007, performing in Portugal, the UK, Germany and in Paris with Gentry de Paris, and returned for encore performances in Paris in July 2008, where she performed at an exclusive party with celebrities Jude Law and Kanye West in attendance, and most recently toured Germany in 2009, performing at the Reeperbahn festival.

She has performed at festivals like the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, and has lent her talents to a wide variety of benefit shows, including the 2006 Miss Exotic World Show in Las Vegas, as well as benefits for New Orleans musicians after Hurricane Katrina and has modeled for PETA's anti-fur campaign.

When she's not on stage or in front of the camera, she is running her male pin-up magazine An Occasional Man, which she started in April 2008! She also runs her successful vintage-style glamour accessory company, Coquette Faux Furriers, outfitting the likes of Bernie Dexter, Dita Von Teese and Kitten DeVille.

Live video of my 1930s-inspired Sailor Tap act!

Hey! Hey! Bettina May! by Hank Angel and his Island Devils - Live performance in Lawrence, KS at the Granada.

Trailer for my Pin-Up Class dvd by World Dance New York! Available here!

Video of my classic burlesque act to Bei Mir Bis Du Schon by Janis Siegel

Don't Touch My Tomatoes - Classic Showgirl faux feather dance

 

Red Headed Woman - 1950s Rockabilly number

 

Probot's "Shake Your Blood" featuring Dave Grohl, Lemmy from Motorhead and over 70 SuicideGirls! Look for the redhead in the bright blue top!
Order your copy of the premiere issue of SuicideGirls Magazine released March 2007, I have a one-page spread on p14! Pick up your copy at SuicideGirls.com before it sells out! Click on the image to the left to see a larger version of the cover.
I'm in issue 4 of Shimmy Magazine, with a 9-page interview about me and my faux fur company Coquette Faux Furriers. It features pin-up shots of Tana the Tattooed Lady and I modeling my designs. Buy your copy today in the Shop!
I made the cover of the November 23-29 issue of Monday Magazine! Click on the image to the left to see a larger version of the cover which has me covered in gold body paint to recreate a Goldfinger Bond Girl 1960s Life Magazine cover and to read the little interview they did for that issue!
Click on this image to see the interview with me in the September 21st, 2006 edition of the Times Colonist to promote the upcoming SuicideGirls live show, and talk about my work with burlesque and pin-up.
Click on this image to see the interview with me in the September 14th, 2006 edition of the Martlet, also to promote the upcoming SuicideGirls live show.
Click on this image to read an interview with me in the April 29th, 2006 edition of the Vancouver Sun. A photo of me made it on the cover!
Click on this image to read an article in the March 27th, 2006 edition of the New York Post on the influence Bettie Page has had on modern pin-ups that I was quoted in.
Click on this image to read the article in the March 1st, 2006 issue of local weekly Monday Magazine detailing my recent award for Favourite Dancer in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Click on this image to see a television interview with me about my performance at the Belfry Theatre's 2005 benefit show.
Click on this image to read about my volunteer and benefit work from the Victoria's Secret column on the November 24th, 2005 issue of Monday Magazine.