Devin Devasquez

Devin Devasquez was discovered by Playboy while attending college at LSU, she went on to become Miss June 1985 and graced the cover of Playboy in November of 1986 for her $100,000 win on the hit TV show "Star Search" as their spokesmodel champion. Today Devin is making the transition into producing and has directed the documentary "Pinup Stars of the 21st Century" which also features an exclusive interview with Bettie Page herself as well as other top Playmates, photographers and pinup artists. Devin has been painted by pinup artist "Olivia" in many paintings recently and millions of viewers have seen her on "The Howard Stern Show" but you can chat with her personally every week on her website http://www.devindevasquez.com/ and see thousands of original photos, enter contests and own pieces of her lingerie in auctions as well as keep up with her appearances and what's happening in her life. Devin keeps in close contact with Bettie and has grown very close to the legend that has inspired her career so much. Like Bettie, Devin tends to have her own unique style of posing and has a lot of fun with camera, she even has brought back the "Camera Club" as a way for fans to take their own photos of her! To find out more visit http://www.devindevasquez.com/.

~ Devin Devasquez

Devin's Farewell speech to Bettie

Bettie's image meant different things to different people. She was a fantasy to most men and a fashion icon to many women. She was a dear friend to me. I related to her in so many ways, which is why I wanted to meet her and had that honor in the spring of 2002 at Mark Roesler's office.

Bettie and I hit it off immediately due to our southern roots. I wanted to do a documentary on the pinup girl from the pinup girl's point of view. She loved the idea and said I was the first woman to interview her that had also done what she had done in posing nude.

At 78, I thought she looked much younger and although her famous bangs were grey, there was no doubt she was the one and only Bettie Page. Bettie was quite a character. She was very honest and direct in her opinions on nudity, religion and her disappearance from the public eye. She was also surprised to learn just how much she had influenced photography, fashion, art, music and people's perception of sex.

Bettie loved to make us blush telling us stories of some of the famous men like Howard Hughes who made advances and stories of some of the fetish modeling jobs she did. She had a vivid memory of those days, probably because she enjoyed modeling so much and use to tell me, "Devin don't forget to stop and smell the roses."

We occasionally had dinner together and sometimes I'd cook chili or chicken soup and send over to her, which she loved. I'll never forget going to see the show, "The Glory of Christmas" with her and Mark. She just loved those flying Angels and now she is one.

My husband Ronn Moss and I were privileged enough to visit her every week in the hospital for the past month before she died.

Although she was paralyzed from a stroke and could not speak well at all, she responded to our visits. We would bring her roses from our garden and read the bible to her, which she loved.

We weren't sure if she understood us and would ask her to blink her eyes if she could. Those bright baby blues would blink and we would chat with her on what was going on with us. Ronn would wash her face with a cool washcloth because she felt feverish and tell her how loved she is. Bettie seemed to enjoy that personal attention from him.

Then the most amazing thing happened a couple of weeks ago, Ronn and I were on our way to a black tie wedding and we stopped to visit Bettie. She made quite an effort to talk to us. She told me I looked beautiful and I said, "Doesn't Ronn look handsome in a tux Bettie?" she replied, "He looks good in anything!"

We showed her photos of my little dog, Romeo and she said, "He looks so cute!" We told her about us having horses and she replied, "I love horses." There was no doubt she understood us and was communicating with us in spite of her failing body. Her mind was still there. We spent about an hour talking to her that day.

We told her we were going to a wedding and we would have a dance for her. She of course said, "I love to dance." That visit was an amazing and touching farewell to my friend.

I know she will always be in our hearts. I think it's only fitting that Bettie would pass on around Christmas time. Her centerfold of putting the bulb on the Christmas tree is forever etched in our minds and I will always think of her at Christmas time because of those flying Angels. Bettie if you're flying around with those Angels now, don't forget to stop and smell the roses okay. We love you Bettie.

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