Sure, she’s hot. But can she sing? The world answered that question with a resounding “Who cares?” and Samantha Fox became an international sensation. Thrust into the public eye(ful) at the age of 16, Fox showed that a cute face, a curvaceous bod and the proper exposure could go a long way in attaining fame.

The London teenager got her start when topless pictures of her appeared on the infamous Page 3 spread of the Sun newspaper. Page 3 girls have been an institution in England; average young women send in sizzling photographs for the perusal of the nation. Fox did that very same thing, with the full approval of her parents, and her diminutive figure coupled with ample frontal real estate made her stand out from the others. Once she was out there so to speak, Fox posed for many more such pictures and by the age of 20, she was Page 3 royalty. The attention brought her something she’d been craving ever since she was a little girl: a recording contract. Her first single was “Touch Me”—a little obvious, but why mess with a good thing—and the song began a meteoric rise in the Top 10. It occupied top spots in the charts of the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. Fox’s kittenish lyrics and sultry beats proved to be a formula worth following and other singles soon followed. “Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)” did considerably better in England and Europe than in America, probably because America has its own factory producing buxom blondes: the state of California.

Music purists may not have been as charmed by Fox’s talents as the rest of us but sales numbers didn’t lie and Samantha toured the globe. She was helped along by the MTV airing of the video for “Touch Me” in which she danced and bounced along while purring out the song. All the bouncing really helped and her next singles, “Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)” and “I Wanna Have Some Fun”, both of which went gold.

The world of pop music is a fickle one and Fox didn’t stay on top for long. During the 90s her albums didn’t sell very well, though she still performed on the international club circuit with great success. She continues to tour today and is reportedly writing an autobiography. No word yet on whether the book will include naughty girl pictures.