Dita Von Teese
A glimpse through some Playboy magazines inspired her to explore fashion lingerie.
She was on the seventh season of America's Next Top Model, giving Tyra Banks' proteges lessons in burlesque.
She is 41 years old.
She wore a royal purple silk taffeta dress on her wedding.
She has campaigned on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and has appeared in their ads.
She posed nude for the December 2002 issue of Playboy magazine.
She was born in Michigan.
Ranked #82 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Dita is a major influence on the re-introduction of burlesque dance into the mainstream.
Dita Von Teese was born as Heather Renée Sweet.
Besides being an American burlesque dancer, she is also a model, costume designer, entrepreneur and occasional actress.
She is of English, Scottish, Armenian and German heritage.
She has a fascination with 1940s cinema and classic vintage style.
In college, Von Teese studied historic costuming and aspired to work as a stylist for films.
She worked in a lingerie store as a salesgirl when she was fifteen.
In her early years she appeared in fetish-related, soft-core pornographic movies.
She mostly is seen in dark red lips.
She was classically trained as a ballet dancer from an early age, and danced solo at age thirteen for a local ballet company.
She won the Best Female Performance in 2005 at Beverly Hills Films Festival.
Von Teese was featured in Playboy in 1999, 2001 and 2002, with a cover-featured pictorial in 2002.