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Femme Fatale: Linda Vargas



Linda Vargas   Linda Vargas didn't have the most successful career as a glamour girl, nor is she remembered except by the most ardent Femme Fatale fan, but she was one of those rare models who had that spark that made her pictures come alive. Like her namesake, Linda Vargas typified those youthful and energetic models that the famous pin-up artist Alberto Vargas used as his inspiration. (As far as I can tell, there was no relation between the two.) Linda Vargas, as happened with most models in the glamour era, was compared to already famous actresses/models. In this case the comparison was to Ava Gardner, even though that seems like a bit of a stretch. Vargas, with her dark exotic features, stood out from the bevy of blonde bombshells that dominated the pin-up world of the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Vargas started modeling when she was 15, was the cover model and centerfold in the December 1957 issue of Playboy, and was pretty much done with modeling by the mid 1960's. She was one of the many models that photographer Peter Gowland used in his how-to books (which were just cheesecake books dressed up like art instructionals).

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