Rosina Revelle is a model of many faces and also a curious past. She is an amazing physical specimen. Her breasts are gravity-defying. Her face is at once innocent and sophisticated. There is also something teasing about her slight smile as if she were saying, "Come play with me." Come play, indeed.
Some sources say that while a young adult and still living in her parents' home, she became a model. When they found out about her profession, she was forced out of it. Thousands of pictures and hundreds of shoots took place in a brief amount of time and then she was gone...or was she?
Other sources say she continued under a variety of names for ten years from the late 50s (she was born in 1940) until the late 60s. What happened to her since is uncertain. What is certain is that she was an incredibly beautiful woman who graced the pages of whatever photo shoot she appeared in.
Nice. Looks like she was shaving before it became the norm.
ReplyDeleteRosina moved to New York with her family-godfather, in about '63. He was Capo/godfather of Maltese Mafia, ex-WWII grunt who fought in Italy and Europe. She probably studied art/design there, then started own studio, then married him and raised family. Impossible to trace unless a Maltese who knows her helps us. Her father ran restaurants/nightclubs, fronts for gambling and prostitution, kept the books for the London Maltese Mafia, was found to be cooking them. She had been given away for an arranged marriage when a kid but Godfather, who she had always loved, now she was (just) old enough for him to do something about it, used this to take his daughter, who he was also very fond of. There must be official documentation of her arrival in USA, school, citizenship, marriage.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, thank you for posting all these fabolous photos of Rosina...!
ReplyDeleteWow. Absolutely gorgeous and quite possibly the nicest breasts I've ever seen. Pity that she shaved though. Very odd for a European of that period ...
ReplyDeleteSeeker, where did you come by that information? It's very interesting.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if Rosina Revelle was an alias? A lot of models did that back then. It would have been to her advantage, considering that she was probably underage when she started.
If she was born in 1940 and shes in publications dated 1957 the problem may have been she was underage. In that era is was illegal to show pubes in girlie magazines and by shaving it make it easier to airbrush.
ReplyDeleteRosina Revelle was her real name. (A British web site has published a copy of her marriage certificate.)
ReplyDeleteShe wasn't "underage" at the time. The Protection of Children Act 1958 established that children under 16 couldn't pose for "indecent" pictures. Note that mere nudity didn't constitute indecency. The nudist mag Health and Efficiency continued for many years to stress the innocence of naturism by including pictures containing those most innocent of creatures, kids, sunbathing with mum and dad. It was the Sexual Offences Act 2003 that extended the definition of a "cild" to age 18. Hence, the situation on the septic isle is that sexual activity is legal at 16, but don't take any naughty pics if your squeeze is under 18.