She's gone through six progressively younger and more feminist incarnations since then. When first conceived she was designed to suggest a woman of the 1920s, dealing with Roaring Twenties' new technology. Her 1955 make-over appealed to the mother figure of the new brides. The sixties Betty was confident, playing on the feelings of the time. The changes were so profound that a Minnesota museum once put on a Mother's Day exhibit made up of just the various changing Crocker portraits.
Brown eyes replace the euro-centric blue.
Her face is a morphing of 75 females of all racial backgrounds that melts to a gentle hue of cinnamon. She is intended to represent the women of America, and a lot has changed about women in America since the last portrait was done. When asked, the folks at General Mills play the Clinton card. As a symbol for quality products, creative recipes and reliable advice, no one is more authentic than Betty. Well, we like to think there's a little bit of Betty in all of us.