Betty Brosmer
| Betty Brosmer | ||
 Brosmer on the cover of Figure magazine #13 | ||
| Background information | ||
| Born as: | Betty Chloe Brosemer | |
| Other names: | Betty Weider Patti Conley (Klaw fetish model) | |
| Born | Aug 06, 1929 Pasadena, California, U.S. | |
| Spouse(s): | Joe Weider (1961 - 2013) his death | |
| Occupation: | Model, fitness trainer, author, speaker | |
| Website: | www.bettyweider.com | |
| Height: | 5' 5" (1.65m) | |
Betty Brosmer (born Betty Chloe Brosemer; August 6, 1929), later known by her married name Betty Weider, is an American former bodybuilder and physical fitness expert. During the 1950s, she was a popular commercial model and pin-up girl.
After marrying magazine publisher Joe Weider on April 24, 1961, she began a lengthy career as a spokesperson and trainer in the health and bodybuilding movements. She has been a longtime magazine columnist and co-authored several books on fitness and physical exercise.
In 2014, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame along with Joe and Ben Weider.
Early life
Brosmer was born in Pasadena, California, on August 6, 1929, to Andrew Brosemer and Vendla Alvaria Pippenger.
She lived her early childhood in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California but later, from about the age of ten, grew up in Los Angeles. Naturally small and slight of frame, Brosmer embarked on a personal bodybuilding and weight training regimen before she was a teenager. Raised as a sports fan by her father, she excelled in youth athletics and was "something of a tomboy."
A photo of Brosmer appeared in the Sears & Roebuck catalog when she was 13 years old. The following year she visited New York City with her aunt and posed for pictures with a professional photographic studio; one of her photos was sold to Emerson Televisions for use in commercial advertising, and it became a widely used promotional piece, printed in national magazines for several years thereafter.
Modeling career
Brosmer returned to Los Angeles and was soon asked to pose for two of the most celebrated pin-up artists of the era, Alberto Vargas and Earl Moran. Encouraged, her aunt took her back to New York City again in 1950, and this time they took up residency. Brosmer built her photographic portfolio while attending George Washington High School in Manhattan. Despite her age, over the next four years Brosmer found frequent work as a commercial model, and graced the covers of many of the ubiquitous postwar "pulps": popular romance and crime magazines and books. As she explained, "When I was 15, I was made up to look like I was about 25".
The three (magnificent, IMHO) photographs on top, each 8 x 10, show the master at work with Patti Conley, who is ALSO quite a story. Apparently, Ms. Conley earlier posed in bondage photographs (under far less glamorous circumstances) for somewhat demented fetish kinkster John Willie. Don't look them up. They look like true crime photographs and will creep you out.
However, if you want to spend a pleasant few minutes typing Betty Brosmer into your friendly search engine, it might motivate you to get to the gym. And yes, as far as I know, Keith, whatever his name is, took these all.
- Patti Conley photos
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Betty_Brosmer ]
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