Bettina has long been fascinated with pin-up photography and vintage glamour, and started out in the world of modern cheesecake with pin-up modeling. Her modeling work with SuicideGirls.com includes being a subject of the 2003 HBO RealSex TV show on Modern Pin-up, appearing in a Probot music video featuring Dave Grohl and Lemmy Kilmister and inclusion in the SuicideGirls coffee table book.

This led her to burlesque, a place where she could share her love for a bygone era with others. Bettina has been performing burlesque since Halloween 2003, when she formed the BettiLu Bombshells with fellow burlesque dancer LuluMae in Victoria, BC, Canada as that city's only burlesque troupe in recent memory. They performed with Vancouver burlesque icons Kitten Coquette and the Ultra Vixens Peepshow and a variety of rockabilly and country swing bands. That same year, Bettina picked up an award for "Most Energetic Dancer (Female)" in the 2003 local Monday Magazine arts awards show.

Following a successful West Coast tour down to San Francisco at the beginning of 2005, where they shared the stage with the multi-talented Bombshell Betty and The Indra, Bettina struck out on her own as a solo performer. Since then she has gone on to several shows in Victoria and Vancouver, where she performed with Sweet Soul Burlesque, most recently taking part in the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, and has lent her talents to a wide variety of benefit shows, including the 2006 Miss Exotic World Show in Las Vegas.

On February 28, 2006 (her birthday!) she was again recognized by Monday Magazine readers, being awarded "Favourite Dancer." Bettina continues to tour with her international burlesque revue, the GLAM-O-RAMA Girly Show, as well as running her successful vintage-style glamour accessory company, Coquette Faux Furriers, outfitting the likes of Bernie Dexter and Dita Von Teese. She was most recently featured in Shimmy Magazine and the premiere edition of SuicideGirls Magazine.