#clarabow

@taylorswift @taylornation @tree-paine

l've loved Taylor since 2006 & my

daughter has loved Taylor Swift since

before she was born. She doesn't know

life without Taylor. Taylor and her music

have been a huge part of our lives.

When Shelby was 3, Taylor followed me

on tumblr and over the past ten years

has interacted with us over 50 times.

She even reblogged a video and gave

ner the hashtag #Shelbyismygurl . Her

first concert was rep tour St. Louis and

we met Andrea. Shelby watches EVERY

ive stream and wanted to experience

TSTheErasTour . Even with being verified

& having a code, we couldn't get tickets.

I was waitlisted for IndyTSTheErasTour

We can't afford resell tickets.

She just turned 13 (Taylor's number!) and

is dressing up as TTPD Eras Tour Taylor.

She would love to wear this to Indy. Her

13th birthday wish is that Taylornation

could see how big of a fan she is & help

Most of Clara Bow's persona as the jazz-baby vamp were embedded into Betty Boop's persona. Paramount Pictures admitted that Bow was the model for Betty Boop. The Fleischers however wouldn't admit to stealing anyone's image.

Bow's dress was one of the inspirations for Betty's outfit.

Betty Boop was originally a redhead and she had blue eyes. This has been confirmed by her creator Grim Natwick, Little Ann Little the voice of Betty Boop and cartoon historian Leslie Cabarga.

The Fleischer Studios stole from many women, such as Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Mae West and others to develop Betty Boop.

Helen Kane sued the Fleischers as she felt that her boop oop a doop had been taken away. It later came out that she was not the first booper or baby doll in the business.

The boop oop a doop was used earlier in Harlem nightclubs by a multitude of African American jazz singers. It was quite common to boop or doop in songs.

Bow had retired in 1933, so at the height of Bow's fame, there was no competition between Bow and Boop.

Later in life Bow battled schizophrenia, but while doing so, she was a fan of Marilyn Monroe. Monroe was also like Betty Boop. Clara Bow was the original Marilyn Monroe.

Redheaded girls and women dominated the 1920s and 1930s.

When you think of Jessica Rabbit or Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood, please think of Betty Boop's origination as a redhead in 1930.

...'Modeling we lis a bit like being a silent movie star. You don’t have words but still you have to express emotions. I am not photographing your beautiful nose or mouth, I am photographing your emotions. There is no beauty without emotions'

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