News 2008

November 29, 2008:

New photos up today! I did a sexy shoot with local boy genius Big Tiny Smalls this week, which if you're lucky you will see in a gallery or photobook one day, but today you can see my favourite photo of me in the world ever to this date (and it willl be hard to top) in the Pin-Up Gallery. Click on the photo below to see more, and stay tuned because I'll be adding a rad photoshoot I did with him this Halloween soon too!

November 23, 2008:

I am getting ready for a big year or touring in 2009, and just finished building a website for my new vaudeville-inspired roadshow, the Pretty Things Peepshow! Go check out the new page by clicking on the tour poster below:

I also put up a new photoset in the Pin-Up Gallery, so go take a look! It's of me in one of my favourite burlesque costumes that I wear when I perform to Hank & Lily's song Princess Vampire. I have an upcoming show in Victoria on December 16th with Hank and Lily, our big Christmas spectacular, which also is likely my last show in Victoria for perhaps a year or more, so please come out and help give me a good send off and show me what I'll be missing! The show is at Lucky Bar, where I did my first ever show in Victoria, and I can't think of a better place for a bon voyage party! At both the December 16th show and The Logan's Rock and Roll Market on December 4th I'll be setting up my Bad Santa photo booth, so if you want to get what you deserve this year, come down and sit on Santa's lap! xoxo Bettina

August 7, 2008:

I put up another photoshoot I did while I was in Paris, this one from the Royal Monceau Hotel Demolition Party with Nicolas Ullmann and a bevy of sexy parisiene ladies, all of us wearing Lou Doillon by Lee Cooper. Go take a look in the Pin-Up Gallery!

I've got two more shows coming up in Victoria this weekend, so if you are in the area check out my Events Calendar for details!

July 19, 2008:

I've finally had a chance to upload all the candid photos from my trip to Paris! Go over to the Live Show Gallery, and see some of the hijinxs I got up to! I did a couple pin-up shoots while I was there too, so when I have a chance to upload those, I'll let you all know!

July 10, 2008:

I'm back from Paris, and finally settling back into a bit of a routine, if you can call it that! I had such a great time there, introduced tons of sexy ladies to the exciting world of male pin-up with Issue 2 of my magazine, An Occasional Man, held a fabulous pin-up class for Parisienne ladies, shot photos of sexy Parisienne men for the magazine, and posed for some great photographers too! As I get time I'll post pictures here of the great time I had.

June 17, 2008:

Less than a week until I hit Paris! I'm so excited to be going overseas again so soon. It will be so nice to see all the cool people I met there last time, and hopefully fit in a little sightseeing this time. I have a couple days free and I'd love to get some photos taken of me when I'm not busy shooting men for upcoming issues of An Occasional Man, or shooting ladies at my pin-up workshop, so if you are a pin-up photographer in Paris and you'd ike to set up a shoot, please let me know!

June 3, 2008:

You can support internationally touring burlesque! Donate any amount to my touring fund before June 22, and I'll send you a postcard from Paris at the end of the month! Even the price of a baguette will make a difference in how fabulous my trip will be.

May 30, 2008:

I've had quite a busy month, busier than usual, and I've got lots to show for it! Issue 2 of my magazine is almost wrapped up, and will be going to press soon, just in time for the European launch! That's right, I'll be jetting off to Paris next month (June 23-July2) to perform at a bunch of parties and teach my pin-up class! Details are in the Events Calendar!

 

April 19, 2008:

Thanks to everyone who came out to the launch party for An Occasional Man, the next issue is well underway! Make sure to snap up the first issue before it's sold out (it's almost gone already!). I've got a bunch of shows coming up, so head over to the Events Calendar to find out where you need to be going!

March 19, 2008:

What a difference one month makes! I've wrapped up work on the new male pin-up magazine called An Occasional Man that I created with Meghan Mayhem from Honolulu, I'm so excited to finally have that finished! It's an idea I've been throwing around in some way or another since I first started modeling, so it's nice to see it finally come to fruition. Here's the cover image, click on it to head over to our myspace, add us to keep up to date with the latest in sexy boy news! I've also got a lot of shows and workshops coming up, now that the first issue is done and I can leave my computer for a bit - laying out a magazine is hard work! The first show is the magazine launch party, on April 3rd at Lucky Bar, and then a big rockabilly show Saturday April 5th at Logan's. Then I'm over in Vancouver April 25th for the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival!!

February 10 2008:

I had SO much fun at the Sinners Ball last night with go-go Amy and our fabulous pick up artist, Lizzy Bathortease (thanks for everything!). I put up pictures that a fan sent today, along with some pics from the Eves of Destruction Roller Derby last month too! Go-go Amy and I did a photoshoot today too, so keep your eyes peeled for those, which I'll be putting up as soon as I get a chance.

February 8 2008:

Go-go Amy and I are performing together tomorrow night at the Sinner's Ball here in Victoria, I'm so excited to hang out with her this weekend, it's been too long! Check on the Belfry Theatre's website for details on how to get tickets (if there are any still left!).

February 2 2008:

Whoa, already the second day into my birthday month! My birthday is February 28th, and while I'm really wishing for a Hot Cop dancer on my big day, any of these things will do too!

Here's some more photos that were shot here in Victoria early last year by Ted Kuzemski, whom I met while filming an interview for Chek 6 News on the pin-up workshops I do!

January 30 2008:

Finished moving out of my old place, now I have to unpack the new place, oh boy! Never ending work for me, it seems, I have sewing orders piling up too, time to get cracking! I'm so excited to have my good friend go-go Amy coming back to town to perform with me at the Belfry Theatre's Sinners Ball in just over a week! In honour of her return, I've put up a photoset she shot for me in my pvc fetish ballet heels. I adore these photos! Click on the photo to see them all:

January 24 2008:

Half finished with moving, it really is a never-ending task it seems! Part of cleaning house means finding photos and so I've put up my favourites by Mr. Ska of Xpressions In Forms who shot me and my friends while we were at the Mondo Lounge Atomic Frolic in Las Vegas last winter. I can't believe that was a whole year ago, last year flew by! Check out the gallery or click on the photo of me with go-go Amy below!

January 18 2008:

Phew, what a week! Two great shows in a row, and now I have to move into my new apartment this weekend! I still found a little time to put up some photos that almost got lost in the vault! It's the first tour I did with my favourite red head, go-go Amy! It was Chaz Royal's Jungle Exotica tour, where we were joined by Vincent Drambuie, Lil Brooklyn, and Chica Boom, so take a look at these pics from July 2006, and enjoy!

January 11 2008:

I've got lots of local performances coming up, so check out the Events Calendar for details, and come say hello! I put up new photos in the gallery too, these ones shot in my apartment a few months ago by my dear friend Lily Fawn:

January 10 2008:

More new pics up, all from my trip to Europe this past fall with GLAM-O-RAMA, bringing classic burlesque back to London, Portugal, Germany and Paris! I've put up a bunch of live pics from our shows and travels, so click here to go tothe live gallery! I also put up some great studio shots I did with Volker Diekamp in Bremen, Germany. To see more pics from tour, add me as a friend on Myspace if you haven't already, and check out the European tour gallery!