# Marilyn Monroe or Bettie Page: who puts more va-va in your voom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182 "2005-08-16T01:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/1 "2005-08-16T01:29:16Z")
Two sexy sirens from the '50s enter, one sexy siren from the '50s leaves. On the one hand: wildly popular iconic sexpot [**Marilyn Monroe**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe) – blonde, breathy, voluptuous, president-seducing, possibly suicidal, _Playboy_ centerfold, better actress than she’s given credit for. On the other hand: subversively popular iconic sexpot [**Bettie Page**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettie_Page) – brunette, pin-up, curvaceous, bondage model, _Playboy_ centerfold, apparently not a good actress at all. (Links are to Wikipedia articles, and should be work-safe.) The question: **who do you find sexier?** Me, I’m pro-Bettie. Frankly, I’ve never found Marilyn all that sexy – Grace Kelly’s my favorite blonde '50s icon. And I don’t find vulnerability as sexy as confidence, and Marilyn tended to project the former while Bettie projected the latter. Also, I tend to find brunettes sexier than blondes, all else being equal. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/2 "2005-08-16T01:31:45Z")
I prefer Bettie but I prefer Brunnettes. Ginger vs. Maryann is \*\*Maryann \*\* all the way for me. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/3 "2005-08-16T01:34:38Z")
I usually prefer brunettes but I have to go with Marilyn Monroe for this one. I think she is prettier, sexier, and I like crazy chicks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/4 "2005-08-16T01:45:23Z")
I vote for Bettie. Marilyn never really did it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/5 "2005-08-16T01:56:19Z")
If my, uh, voom could va-va, it’d be for Bettie. Although I’d throw Marilyn a mercy, cuz I’m generous like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/6 "2005-08-16T02:29:41Z")
Bettie. Marilyn was never all that good; too much a parody of a sexy person to be really sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/7 "2005-08-16T02:33:19Z")
I’m a Bettie gal. Just that… _dangerous_ hint. I’d do my bangs that way, if I could get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/8 "2005-08-16T02:34:58Z")
Marilyn and I think she comes off as a parody now, but back then- she was the original (of course, this is just a hypothesis as I was really, really, really not born yet-- either was my mom, actually). ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/9 "2005-08-16T02:45:43Z")
Bettie all the way. I rather dislike that “vulnerable” Marilyn vibe, for some reason, though she was quite sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/10 "2005-08-16T02:52:52Z")
Marilyn I know of no motion pictures of Bettie, and there is something about the way Marilyn moved. “Like Jello on springs.” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/11 "2005-08-16T03:03:16Z")
Put me down for Marilyn Monroe. I definitely think that she’s sexier than Betty Page. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/12 "2005-08-16T03:08:26Z")
I wasn’t planning on contributing to this particular thread, but since I see the votes are fairly even so far, I have to cast an enthusiastic vote for Bettie. Marilyn does nothing for me, and Bettie…yeah. Speaking of Bettie Page, are you folks familiar with Dita Von Teese? And how do you think she compares to the original? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/13 "2005-08-16T03:15:18Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I wasn’t planning on contributing to this particular thread, but since I see the votes are fairly even so far, I have to cast an enthusiastic vote for Bettie. Marilyn does nothing for me, and Bettie…yeah. > > Speaking of Bettie Page, are you folks familiar with Dita Von Teese? And how do you think she compares to the original? Bettie \> Marilyn, but Marilyn also does it for me! Dita loses points for being the next Mrs. Brian Warner- even as Rose McG, hot as she is, will always be so tainted to me… like Rose is going to lose sleep over that! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/14 "2005-08-16T03:20:57Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Dita loses points for being the next Mrs. Brian Warner I hear ya. He’s surprisingly intelligent to me, but he’s still got issues. And consequently, so must she. Still very nice to look at, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/15 "2005-08-16T03:54:39Z")
Dita’s hot. Hmm, if I’m counting right, 3 of four female respondents favor Bettie. The vulnerability thing Marilyn had going on, think maybe it’s just us chiquitas preferring the confidence thing instead? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/16 "2005-08-16T03:58:42Z")
Marilyn. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/17 "2005-08-16T04:03:08Z")
I’m a Bettie Page fanboy. She is the ultimate fantasy fetish female, and I adore her (and every other girl with raven hair in “Bettie bangs.”) Dita is gorgeous and largely responsible for helping repopularize Bettie Page and burlesque, but she’s still too skinny for me. I prefer her fellow dangerous-looking brunette fetish models Masuimi Max, Persephone, and Morrigan Hel (all “gothier” than Dita, but owing much to Bettie). No, as awesome as Marilyn is, Bettie is my girl, and I worship her and her delicious disciple divas. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/18 "2005-08-16T04:03:21Z")
Neither one, really. I prefer women who aren’t so well… endowed. Yeah, I likes 'em small. But if these two were the only choices, I’d choose Betty. Dark hair. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/19 "2005-08-16T04:12:22Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Dita’s hot. > > Hmm, if I’m counting right, 3 of four female respondents favor Bettie. The vulnerability thing Marilyn had going on, think maybe it’s just us chiquitas preferring the confidence thing instead? I know with me that’s what it is. Confident women=hot, in my book. In addition, I find brunettes very sexy while blonde women have never done much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182/20 "2005-08-16T04:32:14Z")
I’m a Bettie fan, besides that a friend of mine looks like her. Marilyn is just so damn boring in comparison. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-or-bettie-page-who-puts-more-va-va-in-your-voom/317182.md?page=2)