Dita Von Teese

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Odd Couple

 

 

No! No! No! Page Six claims Dita Von Teese and Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean were caught "canoodling" at a Grammy party. New couple? NO! Quit playing games with my heart!

 

Dita seems to be attracted to dudes that wear more make-up than she does. Marilyn Manson, A.J. McLean....Brooke Hogan is totally next.

 

"Tell me why! Ain't nothin' but a heartache! Tell me why! Ain't nothin' but a mistake! Tell me why! I never wanna hear you say! I want it that way..." Fuck, that song is now stuck in my head until Friday at least.

 

http://www.dlisted.com/

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Edited February 24, 2008 by Lea

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Dita Von Teese to Reward Others for Dirty Dancing

FOX NEWS

 

Dita Von Teese may be the world-renowned “Queen of Burlesque," but she’s planning to party with some pole princesses this Thursday at the Tabu Ultra Lounge in Sin City.

 

Tarts has been told the former wife of Marilyn Manson will be the surprise (well, not so surprise anymore) guest judge of the MGM Grand’s Crazy Horse Paris American Audition.

 

For the first time, the legendary French cabaret will be giving American lasses the opportunity to try out for the troupe on home turf. Teese’s three fabulous (and flexible) winners will immediately jet to Paris to start their dazzling "dance" careers.

 

But they won’t be the only ones flying after the announcement.

 

"Dita is planning quite the performance for the sexy soiree," an inside source said. "And quite the costume as well…"

 

Stay tuned.

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Dita Von Teese Auditions Crazy Horse Girls

Burlesque icon Dita Von Teese has been asked to help find three stunning Americans for the fabled Crazy Horse Paris cabaret troupe. The former wife of rocker Marilyn Manson will judge upcoming auditions at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

 

Three winners will be chosen to fly to Paris, France and join the legendary international dance troupe at the Crazy Horse, where Pamela Anderson recently hosted a St. Valentine's Day party.

 

The auditions took place on Thursday afternoon.

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Dita Gets What Dita Wants!

TMZ

 

That didn't take long! Just one day after the stripperiffic Dita Von Teese filed suit against an adult-oriented trade show claiming they stiffed her on performance fees, the company paid up. Don't mess with a girl with 8 lbs. of makeup on!

 

Von Teese, whose real name is Heather Sweet, filed the suit against Erotica Limited on March 13, claiming they owed her half of the $50,000 fee she was promised for performing her burlesque act. On March 14, Erotica Limited paid in full.

 

Von Teese then filed documents in the L.A. County Superior Court earlier this week asking that the suit be dismissed.

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Dita Gets Paid

Page Six

 

DITA Von Teese is victorious. The exotic dancer just collected on the $25,000 she was owed by a London trade show that hired her to do her infamous strip tease in six shows last year. When Von Teese sued Erotica Limited for stiffing her last week, the firm stepped up and wired her the money the very next day. "They paid up, you can call that a win," said her lawyer, Keith Fink, who had filed the papers in an LA court. "They never gave a rea son why they weren't paying. They were certainly happy with her, they wanted to book her again this year."

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Von Teese Clashes With Peta Over Her Foie Gras Fetish

 

Burlesque star DITA VON TEESE has clashed with animal charity People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA), after confessing her love for controversial French delicacy foie gras.

 

The exotic dancer has already been accused of hypocrisy for continuing to eat meat and wear fur, despite her ties to the animal rights organisation.

 

And now she has confessed one of her favourite foods is the engorged liver of ducks and geese, telling The New York Times, "My guilty pleasure is eating foie gras in Paris. I feel guilty and horrible about it."

 

Her comments have angered PETA.

 

The charity’s media director Michael McGraw tells WENN, "We were aware that Dita is not a vegetarian before working with her, and she has brought much needed attention to an important PETA campaign promoting spaying and neutering of companion animals.

 

"But foie gras entails some of the cruelest factory farming abuses, which is why most people choose not to eat it.

 

"Foie gras is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of ducks and geese who are cruelly force-fed by pipes that are shoved down their throats every day, pumping up to four pounds of grain and fat into their stomachs. We hope that Dita does the right thing and eliminates foie gras from her diet."

 

Source: pr-inside

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Dita Von Teese's Porn Past

 

 

Dita Von Teese starred in a pornographic lesbian film, it has been claimed.

 

The burlesque performer is spanked and pleasured with a bizarre sex toy by her female co-star in the kinky adult movie - shot before she rose to fame - which has now been released on the internet.

 

In another clip, the 35-year-old beauty is shown romping with two attractive women wearing corsets, according to reports on website www.thesun.co.uk.

 

Dita has previously admitted to being a fan of pornography, saying: "Amateur pornography is a great thing. You can find anything for everyone on the internet. People love watching other people having sex. I'm no different."

 

Meanwhile, Dita has revealed the best thing about her divorce from goth rocker Marilyn Manson is living in a drug-free environment.

 

Dita, who legally separated from Manson last year, said: "There's a long list of things. But most of all I am happy to have the drugs out of my life."

 

Dita also revealed she had her engagement ring "transformed" following the split.

 

She added to The New York Times magazine: "I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It's nice - it's big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better."

 

Source: femalefirst

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Dita Von Teese Says Marilyn Manson's Drug Intake Drove Them Apart

 

 

Dita Von Teese had a "long list" of reasons to split from Marilyn Manson, including the shock rocker's drug-taking. The pair's year-long union ended in December 2006, when the burlesque star moved out of the marital home.

 

Their relationship had deteriorated so much, when asked by The New York Times of the best thing about their divorce, she replies, "There's a long list of things."

 

Von Teese adds, "I am happy to have the drugs out of my life."

 

And she celebrated becoming a single girl in an extravagant fashion: "I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It's nice; it's big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better. One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband's house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in '50s style."/WENN

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I really think Dita needs to quit commenting on the Manson marriage. I read this interview in the Times magazine piece on Sunday, and most of it was about her style, her house, her stuff. It was formatted as a Q&A--these quotes about Manson were in a different context and were not all smooshed together the way this brief article has treated them. But when I initially read these three responses in the paper, I knew that they would be picked up and spun as more Dita/Marilyn drama. So if I knew that, why didn't she?

 

So ... is it possible that, consciously or un-, she wants to maintain her media association with Manson, because she's afraid that her public profile will sink lower without the connection to him? Or is she just emotionally and psychologically stuck, a la Aniston?

 

Dita Von Teese Says Marilyn Manson's Drug Intake Drove Them Apart

 

 

Dita Von Teese had a "long list" of reasons to split from Marilyn Manson, including the shock rocker's drug-taking. The pair's year-long union ended in December 2006, when the burlesque star moved out of the marital home.

 

Their relationship had deteriorated so much, when asked by The New York Times of the best thing about their divorce, she replies, "There's a long list of things."

 

Von Teese adds, "I am happy to have the drugs out of my life."

 

And she celebrated becoming a single girl in an extravagant fashion: "I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It's nice; it's big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better. One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband's house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in '50s style."/WENN

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^^ Here is the original article

Show Stopper

 

Interview by EDWARD LEWINE

Published: March 30, 2008

Biggest misconception about burlesque: That it’s about dancing around in hot pants with feather boas. Burlesque was about the striptease. The stars of burlesque took their clothes off, end of story, period.

 

Hardest thing about stripping: To make it look effortless and natural.

 

Her first corset: It was out of my life for a little while. It was stolen, by a friend of mine’s daughter. One day she returned it and said she was sorry. I was happy. I have hundreds of corsets, but that is the most important one.

 

Worst moment onstage: My hair caught on fire. I do an act where I sit on a vanity table that has candelabras on it. Well, there was a lot of hair spray going on. I realized what was happening and put my hair out. The show went on.

 

Next big purchase: I’m getting ready to make a new show, and that is always a big expense. It will involve $80,000 worth of costumes and props. This one is going to be especially rhinestone heavy.

 

Personal hero: Mae West. There hasn’t been another actress in the world who wrote every line she ever said in a film.

Morning routine: My waking time always changes, because sometimes I am really jet lagged. When I’m home, I am up around 9 o’clock. First, I check my BlackBerry, which is next to me in bed. Then I let my dogs outside and get everybody breakfast.

 

Best thing about divorce from Marilyn Manson: There’s a long list. I am happy to have the drugs out of my life.

 

Fear about new love: That I’ll fall for a man who wants a modern, minimalist interior.

 

Prized possession: I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It’s nice; it’s big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better.

 

Performance piece: Yes, I do perform in a giant martini glass, but I don’t keep it at home. All my props are kept in storage, a really big storage space, because I have a lot of things even bigger than that glass. I have never been where they are stored, to be honest. It’s somewhere in Los Angeles.

 

Animal friends: I have various taxidermied animals. I have a peacock, swans and birds in large glass domes. They’re beautiful.

 

Rainy-day activities: Sitting in front of the fire with my pets, two dachshunds and three Devon Rex cats, which is a breed that has unusually large ears and wide-set eyes.

 

Indispensable gadget: A 1940s phone station. It’s a stand that holds the phone, and you sit in it. You can’t move around. I used to have a cordless phone and I hated it.

 

Waistline: I’m not technically a tight lacer. It’s a fetish, in which you wear extremely tight corsets all the time. I don’t sleep in my corsets, and I’m not obsessed with obtaining the world’s smallest waist. My waist is around 18 inches.

 

Velvet painting: A painting of me by an artist named Olivia, who specializes in pinups.

 

Burlesque memento: I have an artifact of the famed burlesque star Sally Rand, from 1939. It’s a box that says “Winter Underwear for Men” on it. Inside is a crocheted warmer for a man’s equipment. It’s hysterical.

 

Guilty pleasure: Eating foie gras in Paris. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble with PETA. But it is a guilty pleasure; I feel guilty and horrible about it.

 

Extra bedrooms: I turned one of them into a dark, jewel box of a bedroom. Another is a wardrobe with my dresses, shoes and vintage clothes. The third is devoted to my hat collection and vanity. It’s a real powder room.

 

Collections: I collect in a crazy way. I have at least 15 collections. I collect vintage hair combs; vintage clothes; vintage lingerie; hats; jewelry; cigarette holders.

 

Favorite collection: My hats. When I look at them I can’t believe these are things that women wore on the street every day. They are dramatic and distinctive.

 

Treasured eras: For taxidermy, Victorian; for furniture, Art Deco; for lingerie, 1940s stockings and Victorian corsets; hats I like mid-1940s, when they wore the little tilted hats, like men’s hats.

What she drives: I have two classic cars, a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker and a 1965 Jaguar S-Type. I drove a Chrysler 300. But I just got a new car, a BMW Z4.

 

Fanciest corset: It’s by Mr. Pearl, without a doubt the world’s most-sought-after corset maker. He lives in Paris, and all the couturiers go to him. He has an unmatched talent for creating the perfect wasp waist. Each corset requires between 6 and 20 fittings.

 

Evening routine: I have no routine. I am happy if I am in bed by 1 a.m. It’s a great victory for me if I can sleep eight hours or more.

 

By her bed: A beautiful Art Deco box with a condom in it. I’m a single girl.

 

Favorite chore: Grocery shopping. I wasn’t always able to afford food, so I love putting things in my cart and realizing I can afford them.

 

Always in fridge: Eggs and truffle sauce. I order the sauce online. It is called Truffle Gatherers sauce. It is so good with eggs. It is very precious to me.

What she misses about America when abroad: More value to the dollar.

Fitness routine: About 20 minutes jumping on the trampoline and an hour of Pilates. I often take Sundays off.

 

What she wanted to be when she grew up: A ballerina.

Obsession: Ballet shoes. I have a collection dyed in every color of the rainbow.

 

Belief system: There are superstitions in burlesque. You aren’t supposed to put your shoes on the table. I try to pay attention to that, but I really like looking at my shoes, so I put them on the table all the time.

 

Perfect kitchen: One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband’s house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in ’50s style. Unlike real vintage items, they work. Obsolete item she can’t bear to part with: Everything I have is obsolete. That’s the point.

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I really think Dita needs to quit commenting on the Manson marriage. I read this interview in the Times magazine piece on Sunday, and most of it was about her style, her house, her stuff. It was formatted as a Q&A--these quotes about Manson were in a different context and were not all smooshed together the way this brief article has treated them. But when I initially read these three responses in the paper, I knew that they would be picked up and spun as more Dita/Marilyn drama. So if I knew that, why didn't she?

 

So ... is it possible that, consciously or un-, she wants to maintain her media association with Manson, because she's afraid that her public profile will sink lower without the connection to him? Or is she just emotionally and psychologically stuck, a la Aniston?

 

 

Dita Von Teese Says Marilyn Manson's Drug Intake Drove Them Apart

 

 

Dita Von Teese had a "long list" of reasons to split from Marilyn Manson, including the shock rocker's drug-taking. The pair's year-long union ended in December 2006, when the burlesque star moved out of the marital home.

 

Their relationship had deteriorated so much, when asked by The New York Times of the best thing about their divorce, she replies, "There's a long list of things."

 

Von Teese adds, "I am happy to have the drugs out of my life."

 

And she celebrated becoming a single girl in an extravagant fashion: "I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It's nice; it's big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better. One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband's house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in '50s style."/WENN

Yeah, as good as she is at what she does, she likes the attention that came from being Mrs. Manson. She's gonna milk it as long as she can.

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SOLE MATE

 

YOU could say Dita Von Teese is really into feet. A few weeks ago, a raunchy porn video of Marilyn Manson's ex-wife, in which she makes love to a stiletto, showed up on the Web. Now, Dita's one of the stars of Taschen's new foot-fetish photo book, "Glamour From the Ground Up," by snapper Ed Fox, showing off her tender tootsies as well as her naked body. Fox writes: "The attractions of the foot, like the rest of a woman's body, are intriguing and a mystery. I really don't know why."

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Dita Von Teese hates sun

 

 

Dita Von Teese dressed more modestly than her watercolor likeness (sorry - we covered up the naughty parts!) at the New York Academy of Art's "Take Home a Nude" auction. The face of MAC Viva Glam told us her secret to looking picture-perfect: "I never go suntanning. My worst fear is looking down and seeing brown, wrinkly cleavage. It'll get white and wrinkly, but no need to rush it."

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Dita Von Teese's Sun Fear

 

Dita Von Teese is terrified of the sun.

 

The pale-skinned burlesque star - who is the face of MAC Viva Glam make-up - says her greatest beauty secret is to stay away from sunshine.

 

She said: "I never go sunbathing. My worst fear is looking down and seeing brown, wrinkly cleavage. It will get white and wrinkly, but there is no need to rush it."

 

Last year, Dita revealed she brings her own sun-blocking curtains wherever she goes to ensure she maintains her perfect pale complexion.

 

She explained: "I have brought my own curtains to the hotel to stop the sun getting in, and I have only used the hotel pool at night.

 

"I also pack vitamins to stop the sun doing anything to me. Some foods accelerate tanning, so I'm very careful about what I eat."

 

Dita was previously married to the equally pale goth rocker Marilyn Manson.

 

Source: femalefirst

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Dita Von Teese's Sun Fear

 

Dita Von Teese is terrified of the sun.

 

The pale-skinned burlesque star - who is the face of MAC Viva Glam make-up - says her greatest beauty secret is to stay away from sunshine.

 

She said: "I never go sunbathing. My worst fear is looking down and seeing brown, wrinkly cleavage. It will get white and wrinkly, but there is no need to rush it."

 

Last year, Dita revealed she brings her own sun-blocking curtains wherever she goes to ensure she maintains her perfect pale complexion.

 

She explained: "I have brought my own curtains to the hotel to stop the sun getting in, and I have only used the hotel pool at night.

 

"I also pack vitamins to stop the sun doing anything to me. Some foods accelerate tanning, so I'm very careful about what I eat."

 

 

 

Dita was previously married to the equally pale goth rocker Marilyn Manson.

 

Source: femalefirst

She had better hope that some of those vitamins have Vitamin D!

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Dita Von Teese: Meet My Mom!

 

 

Dita Von Teese shares a bonding moment while out and about with her mother, a former manicurist, in New York City on Wednesday.

 

Do you see the resemblance between the 35-year-old burlesque queen and her mother?????

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle2163094.ece

 

 

Dita's French fancy

 

 

By MARCUS BARNES

 

Published: Today

 

MAYBE Paris isn't so gay after all.

Not judging by their latest stunning celeb guest anyway.

 

Busty Burlesque beauty DITA VON TEESE is set to titillate French audiences after booking a return to perform striptease at Paris' most famous nude revue.

 

The pint-sized star, who has boosted the popularity of Burlesque with her inventive striptease act - using larger-than-life size martini glasses, carousel horses and rhinestone-encrusted bubble baths as props, has been booked in for a two-week run at the Crazy Horse in the French capital.

 

And she plans to show off her musical skills during the shows, which begin on February 1 and run through to Valentine's Day, by performing songs she has recorded.

 

Although, you'd have some kind of couple to go to a strip show on Valentine's Day.

 

Von Teese, who was married goth rocker MARILYN MANSON, said: "I feel that Paris is a place that still appreciates its showgirls. I feel I have to raise the bar.

 

"I've always had a real fascination with the Crazy Horse ever since I was a teenager and I found a picture of this line of nearly nude toy soldiers standing at attention.

 

"(I want to) combine the Crazy Horse style with what I do, which is classic American burlesque."

 

Better get that Eurostar ticket booked then, eh lads...

 

 

That photo must have been taken from a funny angle - she looks like a brunette Jessica Rabbit!

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http://www.fabulousmag.co.uk/celebs/celeb_dita_053.php

 

'Divorce turned me off SEX for a year' AFTER HER FAILED MARRIAGE TO GOTH ROCKER MARILYN MANSON, DITA VON TEESE DID THE UNTHINKABLE - FOR HER - AND BECAME CELIBATE. SHE TELLS FABULOUS ABOUT GETTING BACK IN THE SADDLE

 

By Louise Gannon

 

 

 

 

Dita Von Teese bursts out laughing as she points to a Hermès riding crop peeping out from under her bed in the sumptuous boudoir of her Hollywood home.

 

To Dita it's much more than a sexy prop. It's a symbol that - after a year of celibacy brought on by her divorce - she's back to herself and has never felt so alive.

 

"Let's say I'm enjoying myself at the moment," explains the world-famous burlesque star often dubbed The Sexiest Woman On The Planet.

 

''I have suddenly become quite lecherous and it's fun. I absolutely adore good sex. Like anyone, I think about sex a lot and let's face it, in times like these it's one thing you can really enjoy because it doesn't cost a thing."

 

In the pale and very perfect flesh, 36-year-old Dita is stunning. Her body is kept in super-seductress shape by a lifelong regime of Pilates, ballet and healthy eating, not to mention those corsets, which hone her 23in waist down to a tiny 16in - that's the size of a thigh to the rest of us.

 

"It's my job to look good naked," she says, caressing the hem of her figure-hugging retro dress. "I think it's true that the more sex you have, the more sexy you become. Plus, the more sex you get, the more you want it. I'm single and for the first time I'm enjoying that."

 

Although Dita ­does admit she'd like to be in a proper relationship. "I want someone with that extra-special sexual chemistry, where you just want to devour them all the time. That's very hard to find, but I'm looking."

 

Eight years ago, Dita believed she'd found her "extra-special" man when she began dating the intriguingly bizarre Marilyn Manson, 40. It was an interesting match: the stripper who'd reinvented herself with black hair dye and a beauty spot tattoo, and the make-up-mad singer with his own alter-ego.

 

They married in 2005, but within a year she'd filed for divorce, unable to put up with his partying or budding relationship with 21-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood, with whom he has since split. Dita was so devastated by her marriage breakdown, she abandoned sex for a year - a tough call for someone whose sexuality exudes from every pore of her 5ft 6in frame.

 

It's an image that she has worked hard to achieve. She wasn't always the raven-haired seductress we know today. Dita was originally born Heather Sweet, a natural blonde (gasp!) who grew up in Michigan. After training as a costume designer at college, she began stripping at 19, setting herself apart from the other girls with her vintage-inspired outfits and retro hairstyles. Her risqué moniker was a tribute to silent film actress Dita Parlo, coupled with a name she found in the phone book.

 

A career as an actress and fetish model followed, with Dita becoming famous as a 'tightlacer', lacing herself into 16½in corsets. After appearing in Playboy in 1999, 2001 and 2002 she finally made it on the cover in 2004 - and so arrived Von Teese . . .

 

But it's not all stage play. This is the woman who's admitted to experimenting with threesomes, lesbian relationships and bondage, who regularly strips in a giant Martini glass and has made her millions playing the ultimate public temptress. Kylie Minogue even described her as "the most sensual woman you could ever meet".

 

But following the split, Dita lost her mojo.

 

"After the divorce I was going through complete heartbreak," she says. "It changes you. I spent the first year not having sex at all, which was strange as I still continued to convey sex in my work.

 

"But I didn't feel ready to have another partner. I didn't feel the inner chemistry you need to want to have sex. It wasn't there. I needed to get the past out of my system and to listen to my emotions.

 

"After a split a lot of men put on a band-aid by getting another woman. I wanted to deal with the break-up and learn from it and I've done that now. I wanted to come through it and be able to love again as if my heart had never been broken."

 

But Dita has not quite had her fill of bad boys. "You know what?" she says. "I absolutely accept that I'll have my heart broken again, and probably again and again.

 

"But I don't think I'm the sort of girl who'll be celebrating a 75th anniversary with a man. I actually enjoy rollercoasters of life, and with great passion sometimes comes great heartbreak. I think I'll end up belonging to the club of glamorous women like Lana Turner and Betty Grable, who had big, adventurous love affairs. The road less travelled can be more frightening, but it's a lot of fun."

 

Then she pauses and adds: "The only thing is, at the moment I'm definitely not looking at musicians. I'm attracted to normal, sweet-looking guys in sweaters. I'm finished with the leather trousers and eyeliner types.

 

"You can have a rollercoaster ride with a nice guy in a sweater."

 

 

 

5 FEISTY QUESTIONS

 

WHO WOULD YOU LOVE TO DO A STRIPTEASE FOR?

"Prince. He's amazing. I recently met him and he said he wanted to see my show. I'd love him to come!"

 

WHO'S THE LAST GUY YOU CALLED ON YOUR MOBILE?

"A musician called Patrick. No romance. He's working on my Crazy Horse show."

 

WHO LOOKS BETTER NAKED, A MAN OR A WOMAN?

"I'd prefer to see a woman strip on stage, but in my bedroom it would have to be a man!"

 

LIFE OR DEATH… WOULD YOU WEAR GRANNY BASHER KNICKERS OR HOLEY TIGHTS?

"Big knickers, definitely. If I have the tiniest hole in my tights then I have to go home and change them. It's an obsession with me."

 

WHAT PIECE OF MAKE-UP WOULD YOU TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND?

"Red lipstick. It's so adaptable - you could use it on your lips, cheeks and to pink up your nipples if you met a hot native. It could also come in handy for a rescue note."

 

 

 

LUST LESSONS

 

FIND YOUR INNER SEXINESS "A lot of people confuse the idea of being sexy with an image of how they think they should look. There's no one way to be sexy. I feel most sexy in stockings, garters and gorgeous lingerie, but that's not because I think men will like it - it's what I like. Everyone is different, so work out what makes you feel most sexy and go with it. Variety is the spice of life."

 

GOOD LIGHTING "It's totally essential. To look your best you have to have good lighting. Fix a dimmer switch in the bedroom and play with the settings. I have dimmers in all my rooms." BE AN EXPERT "I like to be adventurous in the bedroom, but want to know what I'm doing. I read Nina Hartley's Guide To Total Sex all the time. Nina was a famous porn star who experienced every kind of sex, then wrote all about it, detail by detail. It's the best book about sex ever."

 

SMILE! "When a man pictures his woman in his head he'll always remember when she's laughing and smiling, not necessarily when she's trying her hardest to look sexy. If you feel happy and comfortable, then you're more likely to feel sexy - even if it's in your skinny jeans and boots, or short skirt. Just let yourself go."

 

DON'T DISMISS 'VANILLA' SEX "Normal or conventional sex can be just as good as adventurous sex. You should never feel like you are under pressure to perform. When someone's trying to impress you, it doesn't work. It's better to let one thing lead to another naturally, so you're more relaxed."

 

PICK YOUR FANTASIES "When I was younger I used to think I'd be the best girlfriend I could and invite a female friend for a threesome, but it always backfired. I'd suggest thinking about other ways to make sex exciting. And remember, it's OK to keep some fantasies as just that."

 

EXPECT A BIT OF TORTURE "Is he going to call? Isn't he? Does he like me? Doesn't he? Every girl goes through it - whether you're Kate Moss or the girl next door. Accept it as part of the excitement of being with a guy and enjoy it."

 

BE A GIRL'S GIRL "There are two types of women - those who prey on taken men, and those who don't. The first group are not sexy because they don't have any confidence or self-esteem. I love men but I'm a girl's girl, which may be one reason Jennifer Lopez asked me to perform for her husband, Marc Anthony, and why the singer Fergie booked me for her husband's stag party. They know they can trust me. There's nothing sexy about hitting on another woman's man, it's just mean-spirited."

 

Dita is performing at the Crazy Horse cabaret club, Paris, until February 15.

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Von Teese Rebuffs Manson's Apologies

 

MARILYN MANSON has tried desperately to reconcile his relationship with DITA VON TEESE - but the burlesque dancer refuses to take him back.

 

Manson and Von Teese married in November 2005 but the sexy star filed for divorce a year later, citing irreconcilable differences.

 

And since the split, the goth rocker has phoned his former spouse repeatedly to apologise for their failed marriage - but the 36 year old has been too lucky in love to consider reuniting with her ex.

 

Von Teese explains, "He’s been in touch a little. The apologies come, and he was like, 'I made a big mistake'. And I'm like, 'Yeah, yeah, I know. Go ahead and say what you need to say to feel better and to sleep at night.'

 

"Right now I’ve got three (men). They're all in different parts of the world... That's my biggest sin - juggling men."

 

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Dita von Teese Hunts Love 'Victims'

 

 

Dita von Teese thinks the key to seducing men is to "know your victim".

 

The 37-year-old burlesque star is never "aggressive" when it comes to pursuing men, because it's easier to sit back and let them come to her.

 

The brunette beauty explained: "I don't have a technique for seducing men because they're all so different. You have to know your victim. It has always worked for me to let them come to me.

 

"I'm not very aggressive. I don't seduce and destroy. I like to be chased, but I'm not into playing hard to get."

 

Dita - who was married to goth rocker Marilyn Manson - also revealed she started dressing like a 1940s pin-up because she didn't feel attractive enough in jeans and a T-shirt.

 

She said in an interview with Britain's Hello! magazine: "Part of the reason I style myself this way is because I never felt I could live up to what is typically shown to us as being sexy in mainstream culture. I never felt like a natural beauty or that I could be pretty without make-up.

 

"No matter what I do, I'm never going to look like someone like Gisele Bundchen. No matter what! So I like creating a fantasy and using glamour as my way of being sexy."

 

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Tuneless Dita Von Teese

 

Dita Von Teese will never be a pop star because she can't sing and dance at the same time.

 

The burlesque dancer - who was previously married to goth rocker Marilyn Manson - has refused offers to launch a music career because she can't multi task on stage.

 

She said: "I'm not a good singer. I have recorded some songs in that Marilyn Monroe style but I lip synched them when I performed them at The Crazy Horse Paris. It would be much too difficult to sing and dance burlesque at the same time!

 

"I know myself and what makes me different. No one could sell me an idea of a formula for success for a pop star. No one could talk me into that."

 

Dita has also slammed the new crop of rival burlesque performers, claiming she is more committed to the profession because she was in the industry before it became popular.

 

The 37-year-old brunette beauty explained to graziadaily.co.uk: "I started performing in 1991 before it was cool. I've loved it and worked hard. It could be that or it could be luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I like to think it's because I've worked hard and not just cashed in on what's cool at the time."

 

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I love her answers to the questions...she is so cool and so sexy! And I am not usually into looking at women.

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French Lessons For Dita Von Teese

 

Dita Von Teese is learning French.

 

The burlesque dancer is taking lessons in the language so she can converse with her boyfriend, French aristocrat Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, in his native tongue.

 

She wrote on her Twitter page: "Why oh why didn't I pay more attention in high school French?? Yes, now it really DOES seem like 20 years ago."

 

Dita's love of all things from France has extended to the decor in her house.

 

The 37-year-old beauty has bought a set of 18th century French sconces - a type of wall mounted light fixture which directs light upwards and are often used for torch lighting - for her home.

 

She revealed: "Bought a pair of Napoleonic era sconces, reminds me of Jean Cocteau's 'Beauty and the Beast'... beautiful arms holding ornate candelabras."

 

Dita - who was previously wed to goth rocker Marilyn Manson - recently revealed she wants to be an "old-fashioned" mother and will only start a family when she marries again.

 

She said: "I'd like to think that if I did have children I'd do it the old-fashioned way and fall in love and get married and then have children.

 

"But I don't know what the future holds. Maybe it's on the cards for me or maybe it isn't. But it doesn't diminish me as a human being if it's not."

 

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Dita Von Teese's Tattoo Refusal

 

Dita Von Teese will never have a tattoo.

 

Although the burlesque dancer - who was once married to goth rocker Marilyn Manson - is a fan of skin etchings she has no desire to have a permanent design herself.

 

She tweeted: "I like tattoos, but I know when and how to appreciate something without needing it for myself, and that goes for more than just tattoos!"

 

37-year-old star is famous for her vintage-inspired wardrobe and glamorous look and insists she isn't a fan of comfort clothes.

 

She told The Las Vegas Weekly: "I do relax; I just don't relax by wearing jeans and sweatpants. I have lots of robes and pyjamas, and usually if you dropped in on me, I don't wear a full face of makeup... But it's not like I come home and go, 'Wow, I really wish I had some sweatpants to put on right now.' I don't relate that to comfort. I'd rather put on a cashmere robe."

 

Dita recently revealed she uses clothes to help her feel more confident.

 

She said: "I used clothes as a way to counteract my extreme shyness when I was younger. I wore a lot of extravagant vintage hats, which can make people somewhat intimidated. I think people will only approach if they have something very, very interesting to say to the girl in the outrageous hat.

 

"I always felt like a very ordinary looking girl, and I found that dressing in a unique way made me feel less ordinary and more glamorous."

 

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