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Rita Hayworth has the unofficial distinction of having, probably, the most famous female smoking pic of all time, the pose she did for the movie Gilda exhaling a stream of smoke upwards while smiling. If you have surfed the 'net looking for smoking pics at all, you have no doubt seen the picture.

Rita Hayworth was one of the classic pin up queen actresses of the 40's and early 50's. Her smoking scenes that are remembered by fans come from Gilda and the Lady from Shanghai, in which her character actually learned to smoke, in order to help win the affections of a man who had offered her a cigarette in thei first meeting, only to refuse as she was a non-smoker.

Later in the movie, Rita says the increible line "I'm learning to smoke", as she accepts a light and inhales as only an experienced IRL can do.

The picture from Gilda, as well as other classic, sultry smoking pics like the one I've placed in this post, are the primary reason that Rita Hayworth has to be recognized as one of the classic smoking queens. She also, more prominently, is remembered for being one of the most popular "pin up" models of the World War II era, and her time at the top of the Hollywood pyramid coincided with a time when smoking was more openly thought of as attractive in females. I am not aware of other great smoking scenes from any of her movies, not saying that there aren't any, but if you find in your internet smoking fetish research that there is a less well known Rita Hayworth movie out there on DVD that features a smoking scene, do yourself a favor and pick it up.