Rare Photos Of Marilyn Monroe When She Was Just 20 Years Old
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Before she was famous, Marilyn Monroe was known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, and in 1946 she and her lover, photographer André de Dienes, traveled to Malibu beach where the 20-year-old future blonde bombshell posed for this series of photographs. In his own words, the photographer said:
“She was twenty and had never experienced the intoxication of success, yet already there was a shadow over her radiance, in her laughter. I asked her to react instinctively, without giving herself time to think, to the words happiness, surprise, reflection, doubt, peace of mind, sadness, self-torment… and death. When I said ‘death’ she took hold of the folded dark-cloth and covered her head with it. Death to her was blackness, nothingness. I tried to coax another reaction from her. Death might be a beginning, the hope of an everlasting light. She shook her head: ‘That’s what death is for me.’ She turned towards me, her face set and despairing, eyes dulled, her mouth suddenly bereft of colour. To her, death was the end of everything.”
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No makeup, no Photoshop, no bullshit and pure beauty!
Over 60 years and she still looks better then every other starlet in Hollywood TODAY!!!
No WiFi, No bulimia, No Trump, No Boredpanda :-)
THIS is what a 20 year old should look like. Youthful, little to no make-up, carefree, and full of promise. Not pumped full of plastic surgery, botox, lip fillers, and caked in make up like Kylie Kardashian. I wish we could bring natural beauty back like these pictures.
She had plastic surgery. She had a chin implant and a nose job.
I read it was at that time already, prior to becoming famous. No big deal, doesn't take from natural beauty, noses get marred by so many things, like accidents, maltreating, etc. so surgery only restores natural form.
much later in life
CBZander Marilyn did NOT have a nose job. Rumor has it she had some cartilage removed from the tip of her nose whereas a nose job is when the surgeon literally breaks the bone and reshapes it. Clearly MM didn't have that done. No actual evidence exists of a chin implant, apart from medical files with another woman's name on them touted as Monroe's. No proof though. Comparing Norma Jeane's and MM's chin at any time and they look the same. Sad when hearsay becomes "fact" because of salacious biographers desperate to sell their new book on MM are forced to come up with "new evidence" to stand out from the THREE HUNDRED books already written about her.
her name is Kylie Jenner and i agree with you
Kylie Jenner.
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U know Marilyn Monroe had plastic surgery later in life.
JillPetersen MM's apparent surgeries are completely put down to a man saying he got her medical files from a surgeon friend of his. And... these medical files have another woman's name on them. Now, it is obvious that a celebrity would want to be incognito during surgery, but other than that, we literally have no proof she had any work done. If she did, we'd be able to compare MM vs Norma pics and see major differences - after all, she was a highly photographed person. But she looks the same other than lighting and make-up as MM. So, quit the surgery rumors. They are old and only based on gossip and spurious files, not fact.
So poignantly beautiful. She looks younger than her 20 years in some, and yet marked already, by the great sadness she'd had to endure in her life. One can almost read her intelligence in her poses too...
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Her intelligence? JC
She was a very intelligent woman who had to hide it for the sake of her sexual appeal. Men normally don't like smart women especially in the 50- 60s. You have to read her interviews to see how smart and wise she was. Don't be fooled by the media image
She was very intelligent, she just played the dumb blond.
No makeup, no Photoshop, no bullshit and pure beauty!
Over 60 years and she still looks better then every other starlet in Hollywood TODAY!!!
No WiFi, No bulimia, No Trump, No Boredpanda :-)
THIS is what a 20 year old should look like. Youthful, little to no make-up, carefree, and full of promise. Not pumped full of plastic surgery, botox, lip fillers, and caked in make up like Kylie Kardashian. I wish we could bring natural beauty back like these pictures.
She had plastic surgery. She had a chin implant and a nose job.
I read it was at that time already, prior to becoming famous. No big deal, doesn't take from natural beauty, noses get marred by so many things, like accidents, maltreating, etc. so surgery only restores natural form.
much later in life
CBZander Marilyn did NOT have a nose job. Rumor has it she had some cartilage removed from the tip of her nose whereas a nose job is when the surgeon literally breaks the bone and reshapes it. Clearly MM didn't have that done. No actual evidence exists of a chin implant, apart from medical files with another woman's name on them touted as Monroe's. No proof though. Comparing Norma Jeane's and MM's chin at any time and they look the same. Sad when hearsay becomes "fact" because of salacious biographers desperate to sell their new book on MM are forced to come up with "new evidence" to stand out from the THREE HUNDRED books already written about her.
her name is Kylie Jenner and i agree with you
Kylie Jenner.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
U know Marilyn Monroe had plastic surgery later in life.
JillPetersen MM's apparent surgeries are completely put down to a man saying he got her medical files from a surgeon friend of his. And... these medical files have another woman's name on them. Now, it is obvious that a celebrity would want to be incognito during surgery, but other than that, we literally have no proof she had any work done. If she did, we'd be able to compare MM vs Norma pics and see major differences - after all, she was a highly photographed person. But she looks the same other than lighting and make-up as MM. So, quit the surgery rumors. They are old and only based on gossip and spurious files, not fact.
So poignantly beautiful. She looks younger than her 20 years in some, and yet marked already, by the great sadness she'd had to endure in her life. One can almost read her intelligence in her poses too...
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Her intelligence? JC
She was a very intelligent woman who had to hide it for the sake of her sexual appeal. Men normally don't like smart women especially in the 50- 60s. You have to read her interviews to see how smart and wise she was. Don't be fooled by the media image
She was very intelligent, she just played the dumb blond.