Betty Brosmer is a former model that gained national notoriety before she was even 18 years old! Betty’s natural good looks and hourglass figure made her a perfect subject for photographs at a relatively early age. She started modeling when she was just a young girl and continued modeling for many years before retiring to become a fitness columnist for her late husband’s magazines. Today, Betty is still around, and photos of the former model in her prime are just as stunning as ever! Join Facts Verse as we explore how Betty Brosmer had an award-winning bust in her prime.
How Betty Brosmer Got Into Modeling
Betty Brosmer was born in Pasadena, California, on August 2, 1935. When she was very young, Betty’s parents moved her out to Carmel-by-the-Sea, which is where the girl spent the majority of her earliest childhood years. However, they ended up moving out to Los Angeles when Betty was only 10 years old and settling there for the time being. From a young age, Betty was interested in athletics. Ever before her teenage years, Betty got into weightlifting. Though Betty was a natural beauty, her intense fitness regimen helped the future model develop her iconic hourglass figure.
Betty’s avid athleticism made her parents think that maybe the young girl had a future in the field of athletics. However, fate ended up having different ideas for the blossoming young woman. At the age of only 13 years old, a photo of Betty was published in a Sears & Roebuck catalogue. Betty’s family initially assumed that this was just going to be a one-off modeling opportunities, but more offers followed for the teenage girl. Soon, Betty was a professional model.
At the age of 14, Betty Brosmer travelled out to New York City with her aunt. Betty and her family imagined that the young woman might find some more lucrative modeling opportunities in the city. Betty found some mild success upon her first visit to New York City. She had many professional photos taken, and one of those photos ended up being sold to a company by the name of Emerson Television. Emerson Television then went about using the picture in a variety of different ad campaigns over the course of the next few years. These ad campaigns were featured mostly in magazines, and the first thought on the mind of everyone that saw them was “who is that model?”
Betty Travelled Back and Forth Across the Country
Despite having one of her pictures sold and used in several notable ad campaigns, Betty and her aunt didn’t end up feeling as if their first visit to New York City was very successful. They made the decision to move back to Los Angeles. However, not long after arriving back on the West Coast, Betty and her family were approached by two men who were prominent figures in the pin-up industry. These men pleaded with Betty’s family that the young woman belonged in New York City. They told Betty’s family that the young woman would eventually find modeling success in the city if she persevered, and the family ended up being won over by the pair’s pleas. Subsequently, Betty and her aunt moved back to New York City and made their base there.
As Betty Brosmer persevered at becoming a famous model in New York City, she also continued her education. She attended George Washington High School while moonlighting as a model. According to Betty, the people that wound up gazing at the model’s photographs never realized that she was only in high school. Photographers apparently took careful care in making the model look much older than she was. Betty claims that, when she was only 15 years old, photographers would make her appear to be 25.
In the years leading up to Betty’s 18th birthday, the model was gradually rising up the ranks in the world of New York City modeling. Some of her early modeling work saw her gracing the covers of lurid pulp magazines. Once again, the readers of these magazines likely had no idea that the girl on the cover was just attending high school. Betty also began working the pageant circuit around this time in an effort to bring more attention to herself. Betty’s natural beauty and stunning figure made her a perfect fit for the world of pageants, and she ended up winning many of them.
Besides her numerous appearances in pageants and in print, Betty Brosmer also made several television appearances before turning 18. Some of the many television programs that the model appeared on around the time include The Milton Berle Show, The Steve Allen Show, and The Jackie Gleason Show. At the age of 18, Betty made the decision to move back out to California. By this time, the model had gained so much notoriety that her cross-country move was written about in a national gossip column. If you’re enjoying this video so far, be sure to hit the like button to show your support! Also, subscribe to the channel if you’d like to be among the first to know when more Facts Verse videos are on their way!
Betty Received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
Upon returning to California from New York City for a second time, the now-of-age Betty Brosmer continued both working as a model and pursuing her education. She began attending UCLA, where she majored in the subject of psychology. She ended up graduating from the university with a bachelor’s degree. However, her modeling career was continuing to take off. By the time that Betty graduated from UCLA, she was well on her way to becoming famous.
After years of floundering semi-successfully in the modeling scene, Betty Brosmer finally received her big break around the same time of her college graduation. This big break came in the form of being spotted by a photographer by the name of Keith Bernard. Keith helped Betty get increasingly lucrative modeling work. Around this time, Playboy expressed some interest in getting Betty to pose for a photo shoot for the then-burgeoning publication. Betty agreed, and a third-party photo shoot was filmed and submitted to the magazine. The photos didn’t feature Betty in the nude, as Betty refused to do nudity in all forms. Because of this, Playboy magazine sued Betty for breaching the contract that she had signed upon entering into a deal with the publication. Thankfully, Playboy ended up letting the matter fall by the wayside, and the photos were later published.
Playboy might not have been the right fit for Betty Brosmer. The model had found some middling success in the world of pin-up modeling, but the fact that she was unwilling to take off her clothes meant that she couldn’t get all that much work in the field. Still, she knew that her exceptional natural beauty and stunning hourglass figure were going to end up being put to good use somewhere in the modeling world. All that Betty needed to figure out was where this was going to be! Soon, the model would find her answer.
How Betty Brosmer Met Joe Weider
Not long after the Playboy debacle, Keith Bernard was contacted by a man by the name of Joe Weider. Joe was the owner of a variety of fitness publications, and he contacted Keith looking for new models. Keith sent Joe some pictures of Betty Brosmer, and Keith instantly became enamored with the stunningly fit model. Thus, a professional relationship was born that would soon grow into a romantic one. Betty became Joe’s go-to model, and Joe would continue soliciting photo shoots from the model for many years with Keith as an intermediary. Eventually, Betty and Joe met.
By the time that Betty Brosmer and Joe Weider met in person, the two had already been working together for a handful of years. Face to face with each other, the pair fell quickly in love. Betty continued her professional work with Joe after the pair got married in 1961. Around this time, Betty began contributing to Joe’s magazines with more than just her photogenic physical presence. Betty began writing columns for Joe’s magazines, and the college-educated model’s opinions clicked with the magazines’ readers.
Betty and Joe found plenty of success together after getting married and maintained a modest fitness empire for decades before Joe Weider finally passed away in 2013. At the time of Joe’s death, the man was 93 years old. Betty Brosmer is still around today, with the former model being 87 years old. The magazine of her late husband’s that Betty wrote for the most went by the name of Muscle & Fitness. Joe Weider founded the magazine all the way back in 1935, and it continued to be published for a few years after his death.
Where Is Betty Brosmer Now?
As a result of their numerous contributions to the world of fitness, Betty Brosmer and her late husband are still considered to be heroes by many. In the early 2000s, the pair donated $1 million to the University of Texas in Austin. This money was so that the school could build a more impressive collection of literature and other resources related to physical culture. Physical health remained very important to Joe Weider in the years leading up to his death, and it still remains close to the heart of Betty Brosmer. Though Betty Brosmer isn’t seen nearly as much nowadays as she used to be, it’s nice to know that the 87-year old model is still around!
Today, pictures of Betty in her prime can still turn heads thanks to the former model’s unbelievable hourglass figure. Betty is one of few models ever who maintained an ideal hourglass figure where her bust was not only the exact same size as her waist, but also double the size of her midriff. Betty’s bust and waist measured 36” during her prime, and she only measured 18” around the middle.
Betty Brosmer’s incredible bust led to her becoming an award-winning model even before her proper coming of age. Now it’s time to hear from you: did you know that Betty Brosmer got a bachelor’s degree in psychology while working her way up the ranks in the world of modeling, and that she later became a fitness columnist? As always, like this video to show your support, and subscribe and hit the notification bell if you’d like to be among the first to know when more Facts Verse videos are on their way!
