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Article: The queen of burlesque: Dita Von Teese parlays naughty-but-nice image into supermodel status.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2007
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Byline: Donna Kato
Sep. 30--Dita Von Teese is a name you either know. Or not.
She doesn't have television credits nor has she had a movie career. But the burlesque performer and designer muse is a rising star as the face, body or spokeswoman for a number of high-profile companies, including MAC Cosmetics, Cointreau liqueur and Frederick's of Hollywood.
This just might be her biggest moment yet, even though she's been doing what she's doing for more than a decade, channeling a bygone era when it was corsets and silk stockings that gave women power.
Part Vargas girl, part savvy businesswoman, Von Teese has a carefully cultivated image ...