Rita Hayworth ~ 1941 and collection of her romantic photos
Rita Hayworth ~ 1941 and collection of her romantic photos Life Magazine ~ August 11, 1941 I have obviously shared Rita's world famous pin-up photo in the past. I just wanted to clear up a few things for Rita's faithful. From what I have read, it is one of the most reproduced pin-ups in history. And I don't find that difficult to believe. I have seen it in poster format at Wal-Mart. Most people subscribe to the idea that it was between Rita and Betty Grable in the battle of who was the #1 Pin-up Girl during WWII. I for one do not subscribe to that way of thinking. I know Rita was at the top, but who was #2 is a fuzzy gray area in my opinion for my reason to follow. Rita was considered the #1 pin-up girl until Betty's photo, taken by 20th Century photographer Frank Powolny, began being "distributed" in 1943. The key word here is "distributed". 20th Century Fox printed over 3 million copies of Betty's over the shoulder pose and shipped them overse