- Her papers are bequeathed to the Royal Library in Copenhagen, the city where her life as a woman began.
- Her signature cabaret song was "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from Flower Drum Song (1961).
- On December 1, 1952, readers of the New York Daily News were introduced to Christine with the banner headline: "Ex-GI becomes blonde beauty: Operations transform Bronx youth." A few weeks later, Christine arrived home from Denmark to a media sensation and broke the record for the largest crowd at Idlewild (now JFK) airport.
- Said in 1969 that if they made a movie about her life story, Sondra Locke or Mia Farrow should play her.
- Christine named herself after the Danish endocrinologist Dr. Christian Hamburger, who worked with her throughout her transition.
- The Philippines considered Christine "the best Goodwill Ambassador America has sent us in years".
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 468-470. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Edward D. Wood Jr.'s film Glen or Glenda (1953) was initially advertised as being based on Christine's life. Christine was offered and turned the role down.
- Named Woman of the Year by the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York in 1953.
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