Betty Cornell Teen-Age Popularity Guide Author: Betty Cornell

Product Details: ISBN: 9780141355955 Format: Hardback Pages: 160 Dims (mm): 210 x 261 Pub Date: 15-04-14 Pub Country: United Kingdom Condition: NEW

Description: Available again for a whole new generation of readers, the original 1950s popularity guide that was the inspiration for teen author Maya Van Wagenen's memoir Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek. Filled with fun tips and vintage wisdom, Betty Cornell's Teen-Age Popularity Guide offers advice and guidance for teens who want to be poised, self-confident, and shiny bright. Betty covers topics ranging from Figure Problems, Good Grooming, and What to Wear Where to hints on dating, hosting a great party, and becoming the most popular girl in your set! Betty Cornell Huston was a teenage fashion model in the late 1940s and the early 1950s, working for the John Robert Powers, Harry Conover, and Ford Modeling agencies. As a well-known junior model, Betty was invited to conduct good grooming classes that ultimately led to a career as an author of advice books. She continued to model through the 1980s. Betty married John J. Huston in 1952 and settled in the suburbs of Philadelphia where they raised three children. Betty has nine grandchildren, volunteers at her local school, and finds time to paint watercolors. Betty currently resides in Audubon, Pennsylvania.

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