Like most I am completely excited about the premiere of "Bettie Page Reveals All" this Thursday on December 5, Bettie along with Dita Von Teese, Twiggy and Marilyn Monroe have always been some of my biggest inspirations. These women are always fearless, not afraid to take risks and are so talented, creative and quirky. I admire them because they are not afraid to be different nor allow society to make them be people who they weren't comfortable with becoming. I hope to be like this, to be free and not allow society restrict them in any way. I am free and always will be. But overall, so excited to hear Bettie's story and learn so much more about her life and this amazing talent and I am so grateful for these women to pave way so that girls like us can live out our dreams. much love, Natalie
My Style Icon is: Dita von Teese, Bettie Page, Twiggy, everyday people
When I'm on a hiatus from my crazy work schedule, I like to: take random trips with my close friends, stay at home in my onesies and veg out.
My new routines will be a reflection of: how much I've grown/matured as a person and as an artist. 2014 is going to be all about risks
I feel sexiest in: garters, stockings, heels, corsets and can also feel sexiest in sweat pants it's all about how you carry yourself and how comfortable you feel
My favourite part of my body is: my brain, smile and eyes
If I could be in a music video I would love to be in: PYD
The one thing I learned about my "celebrity" crush: he's the most realest, talented, and brilliant person I've ever seen
If I could perform with any performer it would be: Pina Bausch if possible. She's an amazing choreographer and dancer but sadly taken from us too soon.
I'm not as *shy* as I appear to be. The more I trust you the more outgoing I am.
The relationship advice I ever got was: the sexiest thing is trust
I can't leave home without: music and lip gloss
The beauty product I can't leave without is: moisturizer it's the best thing possible for skin...trust me ;)
Today in America millions celebrated Thanksgiving and even though I already celebrated it by Canada schedule, still honouring the holiday here in the US. There are times when even myself will complain because we have to work, or do something we really quite don't want to do; but, today and especially after having an amazing talk with Godfather it is all about perspective and how we view things. A lot of times I can occasionally see the negative in things [I am human after all] but a lot of the times if we start changing how we see a situation it can completely change our perspective on it. Everything in life isn't perfect. We may not always get the position we want, or role, award, or booked the show we've wanted but there is typically a reason for it and we have to trust that things will work out for the right reasons. Also what we think we're "losing" out on may be the perfect opportunity to pursue something even greater. Never give up on something, always have faith and always believe. Each and every day is something new to be thankful for even if it is small because there are many who are without the smallest things we take for granted everyday. I am thankful for everyone I have been so blessed to know and meet throughout this, my family and just being here in this life, right now. I learned firsthand how quickly it can all change live each day to the fullest, live. laugh. and love. <3
Tonight I was able to perform along with others for ECC's CD release show and honestly a simple FB posting, tumblr entry or a tweet just doesn't hold enough for all that I am grateful for at this moment. First and foremost thank you to ECC for allowing us to perform with you all tonight and once again congratulations on your newly released CD...it sounds fantastic and as mentioned it is an honour to be able to share creative moments with amazing and talented individuals. I also would like to thank my team who has been so incredible throughout this journey and for helping me in this creative "process" of finding myself as a performer and as a dancer/entertainer. It has not been an easy one but for everyone who has been there from day one showing support it means so much than anyone could possibly realise. The team of stylists, choreographers and performers been able to work with you guys are all so amazing and I am truly a lucky girl. My family: cousins who have been helping with promoting and working so hard you both have no idea how much you mean to me. The Kiegels and Carol, Shannon and Meg for being my second family I love you all dearly and friendship throughout the years words cannot describe. My best friends Sabrena, Nish, Jess D, Jenn and Bettie Noir you girls are so incredible, talented and the bestest friends anyone could ever hope for and sincerely mean that. My parents and big brother...I know we didn't get as much time here on Earth as had hoped but you are all with me every single day and Mum you were so so right..."believe"....there is one person who I would also like to thank and this person inspires me more than anyone could possibly imagine and has taught me in so many ways to believe in not only myself but in general. Dreams can and do come true. Honestly, I am just so grateful because never thought within a million years I would be performing at the same venues and the same stages that I used to follow my big brother around on. And most importantly the Pagers thank you so much for the tweets, messages words of encouragement, laughs and sharing your stories this is why I do this always be you and never be afraid of that.
haha thanks to you all for sending these quotes or random quotes from my tumblr yea I tend to say/write some pretty random things "there is a part of me that likes creating a spark it's my way of being a rebel. Nothing wrong with wanting to go outside barefoot in the snow while eating ice cream" "Our society has become very cruel in how young girls relate to one another and how women relate to one another. All the time I hear women [and young girls] criticize someone else for not having flat abs or being "beautiful" and really it's subjective. What is attractive to you may not be attractive to someone else and we shouldn't be so judgmental. If I ever have a son I hope he brings home a young lady with a great personality and something going for her than just for looks because there is more to life than that" "No, I don't get offended when people call me a stripper because I know who and what I am as a person. Am I a stripper by all means no I'm not but it's so amusing how people will try to belittle others and they feel the best way to do that is attempting to damage self image" "People ask me all if the time if I think I am 'sexy' etc and you know...I consider myself like anchovies. I'm just an acquired taste and not everyone loves them and that's okay" "I have come to learn that the men who are attracted to me are the same ones who are attracted to Angelina Jolie and Dita von Teese and honestly not damn bad at all" "People will refer to me as Angelina Jolie as an insult and I keep thinking to myself: you think insulting me is by comparing me to a woman who is exceptionally talented, gorgeous inside and out, intelligent/charming and has a hot partner. Okay I take it" "I think there is nothing wrong with being a burlesque performer. I know when I initially started my idea was the film Burlesque and one thing I learned very fast is every performer has their own view of what "burlesque" is and that makes me drawn to it even much more so. I am way more into the glamour, pin up style and the Hollywood of it all. I think I was born in the wrong decade" "I am a walking vintage pin up cut out cardboard" "Books are so attractive, men who read are attractive. I love picking apart a man's brain and honestly I cannot date someone with whom I am unable to have witty banter with" "You know, honestly I received more hate from people other than his fan base and really I don't even know why. I do think people tend to be a little bit more worried about what goes on in my personal life and who I like, talk to etc. People say 'oh, his fanbase is horrible' but I have found them to be the most amazing, loyal and dedicated. He's so lucky to have them all and not everyone has that and yea I will defend them to the moon and back" "The focus should be on his music and the focus should be on me as a performer/entertainer, far more interesting" "Art is such an amazing outlet to explore. I think art should be everywhere and it is everywhere. I honestly think we as a society are losing grasp as to what is culture and I mean everything else is nice too but we need to preserve the classics. Hate to think what the world would be like without Jane Eyre" "Writing music has always been so therapeutic for me. I started writing when I was 14 because my English teacher encouraged it. I was made fun of so badly in school because of my accent, I refused to talk so I would always write everything. And of course having a musician Mum and big brother music was always there so I have no plans or intentions to become a musician but I do love writing as my outlet" "People ask a lot especially now why I don't talk about my parents and me growing up in the industry but what they fail to realise is that I lost both of my parents and my big brother...talking about them is not something I do all the time at least not openly. Sure I will always think of and love them but if people knew how close we all were yea it would be hard, people need to be more sensitive" - on musician's criticism for not talking about my family "Everyone wants to market you into something you're not and honestly I think this is how people burn out very quickly in this business. Even if you have talent if you don't have a personality that isn't going to get you too much of anywhere" "When I first started performing I was told by one of my big brother's bandmates: you will get haters, you will get fans, you will get admirers and you will get stalkers. Stalkers, I cannot wait to meet you" "Yes, my brother's friends were shocked when they learned I began performing on stage. They were all so used to me being backstage running around helping out my big brother. I didn't even tell them they showed up one night and I appeared on stage, they were shocked of course" "It isn't that I don't hate having my photo taken it's just from when I came home from the hospital with my parents there's photos of me in magazines and newspapers and it's like come on...so yea I just want to be normal go out with friends and have fun. Not worried about taking photos all the time it's gets tiring" "Yea, I am honoured with the Dita von Teese comparisons. She's a remarkable performer but there can only be one Dita. I want to be the first Natalie Page. But it's great people see that potential in me and I definitely want to work much harder as a performer" "Race does play a huge factor in all this. I'm half Native American so there is huge pressure and of course everyone wants to 'stereotype'. I definitely look more like my Mum and nothing wrong with that. But it is rather disturbing when people always want to 'assume' someone's ethnicity and pass judgments. One reason why I want to do this, how many Native American performers do we see regularly? I want to set an example and let girls know hey if I'm doing this you can too" "I don't like shopping but love fashion, the irony in life" "Yea, people do refer to me as Bella Swan but you know she was considered the weakest and later turned out to be the strongest. People always forget that"
I always tend to blog about random subjects but one thing I absolutely adore is art...in general. Growing up in an artistic family art has always been so influential to us and we were always surrounded by it; I think art in general is a way for a person to express him/herself in a unique way and some will understand which is the beauty of it...it's subject to interpretation. But here are a few of my favourite pieces of art and the artists who are incredibly talented: Konstantin Somov- The Lady in Blue There is so much that happened in Eastern Europe regarding their own version of a Renaissance period and since I am a sucker for Romanticism [which is a different art period however] I have always adored this piece
Another one of my favourites is Ilya Repin who was one of the "Wanderers" they were a group of Russian art students who rejected formal school teaching and created an art movement of Renaissance style art in Eastern Europe
And yes the Girl with the Pearl Earring [the film I also adore]
And definitely cannot forget Caravaggio
But I also adore street art which is another one of my passions:
it's almost middle of November and it's time to think about what goals I hope to accomplish as a performer/entertainer; I think 2014 will be remarkably different in that I now know how I want to develop as a performer and what direction to take this. This year was more of experimenting for me and deciding how to proceed as well discover who I am not only as a person but as a dancer. Now that slowly gaining that confidence it's time to take this to another level and to push myself to accomplish even more goals. I now officially have a "team" which consists of a stylist, choreographer/art creator,and to help out with promoting, etc . Having support makes this journey much easier than attempting to do it all by myself. There are things I know I need to work on as a performer...and no matter how long a person has been a dancer there is always something one can learn or improve upon from this beautiful art form. So here's to 2014 I am excited to share this journey with everyone and to take me as a performer to new heights. Thank you all who have been so supportive from the beginning and those who are still here. It means more than you all could possibly know. It is time to train even harder and take myself to new heights. much love, Natalie
This is probably one of my most favourite songs thus far from the journals and honestly I think it is amazing and takes so much courage to become vulnerable and put yourself out there especially when not knowing how people will fully respond to it. And yea, I already knew from the beginning that he's not all bad :)
It’s another, if it ain’t one thing
Instigators, like putting fire on propane
The wrong thing, they be worried about
you know females
And how they like to run their mouths
Wanna be, wanna be, just like, talk like, you
(like you) you (like you)
Misery, misery, loves company
Don’t let them change your mood
They try to get at me
Behind your back
Tryin’ to tell me that I’m just like the others
But I ain’t all bad
No, no, I ain’t all bad
All bad, all bad
I ain’t all bad
All bad, all bad
I might make you mad, so mad
My bad, no, I ain’t all bad
Between us, they wanna comment
Your worst enemy some time be your best friend
Perfect, ain’t saying that I am
Proven, it’s proven I don’t give a damn
Wanna be, wanna be everything I ought to be to you (to you)
Hey Loves, I'm not sure if I already posted on this topic or not but those who know me exceptionally well know all about my love for vintage Hollywood glamour. Oddly enough why I am drawn to being a pin up model and burlesque because it's so unique, classy and fabulous. Anyway, one of my all time favourite films is Rebel without a Cause and yes, of course James Dean...what girl doesn't like James Dean, right? It also may seem cheesy but this is one of my favourite music videos why, because of course it is based on the film. I think Natalie Wood and James Dean were probably one of the most perfect couples as far Hollywood glamour and film is concerned. So this is a little peak into my love of vintage films.
“honestly, I do not know how she does it on a regular basis. There is a lot that people say to her either on facebook, twitter or in person that she doesn't even talk about and people are and have been so rude to her. I think she has a lot of courage because she is making the conscious decision to ignore everything and still manage to try to treat everyone with respect. People don’t have to like her and I don’t think she expects everyone to like her but she still treats everyone with respect and with most being older than can at least do the same. It all comes down to respect” -this came from model and friend SH on my tumblr love you lady
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