50 years of US pin-ups

LAST UPDATED AT 00:00 ON Fri 12 Dec 2008

Right: Bettie page – who died on Friday, aged 85 – was one of the first American models recognised as a sex symbol and pin-up girl. She is pictured here in a typically racy pose from 1956. Fifty-eight years after Page first started posing for posters and men's magazines. Left: Jennifer Aniston continues the tradition, posing naked for the latest GQ front cover.

From Bettie Page, who died this week, to Jennifer Aniston, GQ's latest cover girl