Bunny Yeager

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Bunny Yeager (13 March 1930, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA) is known for being a model, beauty queen, and professional photographer. Her name has become synonymous with glamorous pin-up photos. ^{[citation needed]}

Born as Linnea Eleanor Yeager, Yeager is one of the people, besides Irving Klaw, who helped make Bettie Page famous. She has published numerous books of her photographs, and has also appeared in Playboy magazine. ^{[citation needed]}

In 1959 she was chosen as Photographer of the Year, and shortly after she was selected as one of the top ten women photographers in the United States. She continues to live and work in Miami, Florida where she enjoys a free lifestyle that includes nude sunbathing.

Recently, Yeager was played by Sarah Paulson in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page and was featured on a CNN story about the 60th anniversary of the bikini^{[citation needed]}. She is also the aunt of filmmaker Billy Yeager. ^{[citation needed]}