Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe a Misunderstood Icon
Norma Jean Baker, more popularly known as Marilyn Monroe, was a quintessential actress, singer, model, and showgirl. Although famous for her Hollywood movies, songs and everlasting images which highlighted her signature beauty, there was so much more to Marilyn. She lived in an era where media only captured her physical appearance and this is how the public identified with her. The notion to see her was to know her is a false perception.
In the words of Marilyn Monroe, “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” The Blonde Bombshell, born on June 1, 1926 experienced a tough child hood only to become one of the most enduring sex symbols of all time. She faced her youth with poverty, a father who she had never met, and a mother who left her after being placed in a mental institution. Almost being at the doors of death, she overcame the sexual abuse and assaults that she had suffered from her mother and foster parents. Marilyn underwent numerous foster homes and orphanages. Struggling to ease out of the life she was undergoing, she wed her boyfriend Jimmy Dougherty on June 19, 1942 to ease out of the life she was undergoing. She dreamt of a life of fame and a career in acting, when she was later discovered by a photographer who led her to the path of the rich and famous.
While Dougherty was away with the marines, Marilyn gained a successful career as a model after signing with The Blue Book Modeling Agency. Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive, arranged a screen test for her when she signed a contract for her first movie. In 1946, she divorced her husband, giving herself a new image, where she then began calling herself “Marilyn Monroe” and dyed her hair
Norma Jean Baker, more popularly known as Marilyn Monroe, was a quintessential actress, singer, model, and showgirl. Although famous for her Hollywood movies, songs and everlasting images which highlighted her signature beauty, there was so much more to Marilyn. She lived in an era where media only captured her physical appearance and this is how the public identified with her. The notion to see her was to know her is a false perception.
In the words of Marilyn Monroe, “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” The Blonde Bombshell, born on June 1, 1926 experienced a tough child hood only to become one of the most enduring sex symbols of all time. She faced her youth with poverty, a father who she had never met, and a mother who left her after being placed in a mental institution. Almost being at the doors of death, she overcame the sexual abuse and assaults that she had suffered from her mother and foster parents. Marilyn underwent numerous foster homes and orphanages. Struggling to ease out of the life she was undergoing, she wed her boyfriend Jimmy Dougherty on June 19, 1942 to ease out of the life she was undergoing. She dreamt of a life of fame and a career in acting, when she was later discovered by a photographer who led her to the path of the rich and famous.
While Dougherty was away with the marines, Marilyn gained a successful career as a model after signing with The Blue Book Modeling Agency. Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive, arranged a screen test for her when she signed a contract for her first movie. In 1946, she divorced her husband, giving herself a new image, where she then began calling herself “Marilyn Monroe” and dyed her hair