Wonder why she didn't make them Phi Mus? If you are going to use the name of a real NPC group -- why not make it your own?

I remember catching that the last time I watched it, years ago. I think I posted about it at the time.

It's pretty easy to catch the differcence between them; when spelled out, 3 letters 5 letters versus 3 letter 2 letters.

All I want to say is that my badge was designed by Tiffany's, was voted Most Beautiful, has gone to the moon, and is in the Smithsonian. Also, Betty Crocker was a founding member of Xi Delta's alpha chapter.
Thank you. That is all.

Nah, it's a Phi Mu Composite. My mama has the Making of SM book, and I'm pretty sure you can see it in a picture.
There is also a picture of Julia Roberts with my old Surgery Dept Head, Dr. McDonald. He was Susan Harling's transplant surgeon, so they invited him down while they were shooting the movie to meet everyone. I knew a lot of people in S'port who knew her. Apparently her husband was a pediatrician, not a lawyer IRL, and married the mother of one of his patient's three months after her death. Yeah, Jackson wasn't as nice as in the movie.

Heather McDonald of Chelsea Lately fame is a Gamma Phi Beta from USC

Jackson doesn't come off as the husband of the year in the movie, either. Think of the scene when Shelby tells her mother that she's pregnant.


As for Betty Crocker, she is NOT a real person! Several women have either posed for her picture, several women have edited the cookbook. An ADPi was one, I think the first, but I'm not going to swear to it.


Another call for a Pi Beta Phi!!!!

And a Theta was the voice of Betty Crocker on the radio for many years. :)

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When I turned 50 a few years back, some of my wonderful Phi Mu friends took us on a trip to Natchitoches for a weekend. Shelby's house in the movie is now a wonderful bed and breakfast, and I stayed in her room with the pink tiled bathroom!

The owners of the B&B knew that we were all Phi Mus and knew Shelby's parents (not her real name). They dropped by on their way to church on Sunday morning before we left and took pictures with us. They were adorable, and spoke of how much their daughter loved being a Phi Mu.

It is a memory I will treasure forever.

BYW, Natchitoches is a very old town and worth a visit.

I don't know you but I almost think you were in my pledge class. However, I am in a different group and probably pledged in different era from you. We learned most of your favorite urban legends from our pledge trainer (wonderful PT but painfully the granddaughter of our first Lamp editor and one of our earliest historians). So, our PT told us that our badge was designed by Tiffany's, was voted Most Beautiful, and is in the Smithsonian. She didn't tell us about its going to the moon but the giant step for mankind had only happened a few months before I went away to college so maybe... Anyway we know there was a badge of another group that did go to the moon. Also our history clearly states that a classmate of our founders, Arthur Bainsfather, designed the badge and that our first jeweler was the Newman Company.

She didn't tell us that the trademark Betty Crocker was a DZ sister but I know we share that legend because a few months after my pledging Mercedes Bates, Chi chapter, was named Delta Zeta Woman of the Year. Mrs. Bates was General Mills executive vice president and was director of the Betty Crocker Kitchens beginning in 1964. The name Betty Crocker was first used in 1921 to make letters to customers seem more personal. The iconic face was added to packaging in the 1930s with several updates over the years. "I see her as a career woman," Bates said of the sixth version in 1980, "a professional, first and last."

I really came to this thread to share something that popped up from my homepage today. It is a TMZ bit about "Guess the Greek". Hope this link works: http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/gues...ab=most_recent

Oh, dear. They have labeled Pi Phi as Phi Beta Phi. Several times. Including letters each time.

Also, I have heard on multiple occasions that Whitney Port initiated into Theta, but she is not listed in our national directory under that name. TMZ has her as a Pi Phi. Can anyone confirm this?

I've only heard Theta for Whitney as well.
She is also mentioned as a "Famous Theta" on several Theta chapter sites. (Baylor for example)

Here's the Lauren Hutton story I heard: She was in Nashville shooting a movie in the 1980s. Lauren was staying at a downtown hotel that was the venue for a Vanderbilt Chi Omega date party. She was invited as a guest to the party and ended up leaving with a members' date. How this got morphed into Lauren being a member of Chi O, I have NO idea.

Heather Locklear: She pledged Chi Omega and is pictured in the Bruin yearbook in the Chi O group photo that year. Heather deactivated. A year later, she pledged Tri Delta. Never initiated and left school when her acting/modeling career started to take off.

Zeta rumor: I had always heard that the wife of the founder of Hallmark cards was a Zeta Tau Alpha, as the logo for the company is a 5-point crown (like ZTA's symbol). But haven't seen any evidence to this. Can any ZTA's verify?

Now, I do know that a beer was created for a Chi Omega. The former CMO of Iron City Beer (located in Pittsburgh) created Iron City Light for his wife, a Chi Omega alumna. (I'm friends with the daughter and verified the story at her wedding.) Now that's love!

Whoah, that would kind of make Lauren a cougar. LOL

I had no idea about IC Light! It's not the best beer in the world, but beer is beer.

I've also heard the Hallmark rumor but I think it was debunked.

Lauren Hutton was lovely but has aged horribly.

She went on lots of safaris and such in her private life. I'm guessing that with her complexion, no matter how much sunscreen she piled on, it would still take its toll.

The one that I learn and know they are not true Alpha Xi Deltas are
Goldie Hawn
Linda Carter

I just figured she was of the age where women worshipped the sun in their 20s and 30s and sunscreen wasn't such a thing. Also, isn't she a smoker?

She looks like a chain smoker.

She looks like she's had too much sun (people with lighter skin need to be careful) and too much other stuff. She looks like she's lived a hard life. She's 67 now but has looked rough for quite some time.

I was being a smart-ass with my post. Sorry if that didn't come across. I know everything I posted is an urban legend and that Betty Crocker isn't real. But sometimes I like to pretend she is....

It has been, along with the Campbell Soup rumor (fluer-de-lis on the label because of a Kappa wife ) and the Parker Pen rumor (arrow because of a Pi Phi wife).

I've always been fascinated by these rumors of symbols being used because they were important to a wife.

Further proof she is not a Chi Omega.

Just found this thread!
Claimed by Theta Phi Alpha
1.Jackie Kennedy
2.Grace Kelly
3.Betty Crocker ( was she even a real person??)
4.Reese Witherspoon
5.Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm sure I'll think of more later :-)

*sigh* EVERY GLO claims Betty Crocker! There was the Betty Crocker who was the model for Cookbooks #1,2,3,4 etc, the Betty Crocker who was the home economist, etc, etc, etc.

Jackie Kennedy went to a college without GLOs; Princess Grace didn't attend college (if she did, it was for a very brief time).

Reese Witherspoon is a Gamma Phi Beta.

Sarah Jessica Parker is most probably a Sigma Kappa.

Theta Phi Alpha can authentically claim The 700 Club's former Miss America, Terry Meeuwsen.

Goodness. Where did you hear any of these?

From the "Famous Theta Phis" Thread here:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=19621

Maybe this is who you were thinking of??

Mostly through word-of-mouth from some overly enthusiastic collegians lol.There have been others,but those were the most common. It's only a matter of time before Lilly Pulitzer and Kate Middleton are added. Basically anyone TSM-esque "must"be a Theta Phi Alpha. :cool:

Sarah Jessica Parker isn't greek at all. Someone here met her at a signing she did for a clothing line, and she was clueless.

(Duh, what TPA85 said! I shouldn't skim!)

It's kinda refreshing, though, that she hasn't gone the route of Janice Dickinson (who has to have lived every bit as hard).

http://www.dlisted.com/files/imageca...277011_011.jpg

Really? I seriously thought she was because I have heard that many times. After looking, I couldn't find where I thought I had read that she was. I wouldn't mind claiming Khloe (if I had to claim any of the Kardashians) because she seems the most level-headed of the bunch. Don't you think?

This is an urban legend...Reese is not a Gamma Phi Beta. But, I still like her!

Reese is her mother's maiden name, her given name is Laura. So is Laura Witherspoon a Gamma Phi from Stanford?

I did know that about her name. I had heard the rumor about Reese being a Gamma Phi, and I've even seen it on some our chapters' websites, but I am sure she is not. I questioned it when I first heard this, because our Stanford chapter was open from 1905-1992, so it was closed before her time. Also, I am sure that she would be listed in the notable alumnae section of our website, and I'm sure she would have received the Carnation Award by now, like Kristen Chenoweth and Cloris Leachman. She's not in our database under any of these names, and these other women are.

As much I would love to be her sister, Reese is NOT a Gamma Phi Beta!

Add Terry Meeuwsen to the list for Theta Phi Alpha, as she is also not a member. She was actually a member of Theta Phi, a local sorority.

Amen, sister!

I don't know how old that quoted post is above but SJP isn't in any Greek org. She was a little too busy doing things like being in Footloose to go to college. :)

Really? Somewhere, in the boxes of my life (scattered between two cities and storage units), is an ancient monthly magazine similar to a mini-Bairds. She had just been crowned Miss America, and she was on the cover. Every state represented by a sorority was also mentioned. It was in the ADPi suite when I rushed, and opened to the ADPis, of course.

Does anybody else remember that magazine? I can remember that there were pillars on the left hand side. IT WAS something BANTA!!

She's not in our member lookup. The organization she was initiated into, Theta Phi, was Theta Phi Alpha's Alpha Delta chapter up until 1971 when they broke off to form their own local. That means she would've juuuust missed it! We are currently recolonizing our Alpha Delta chapter, however.

When I was in college I heard that rumor too. I was kind of sad about not having Wonder Woman as a sister. :(