Marilyn Monroe defied all kinds of social norms during her lifetime, especially when it came to society's expectations for women. Her unique identity fascinated the world, but also generated enormous criticism. While she was in the spotlight, much of her life remained secret. The public was obsessed with filling in the gaps, and people are still trying to put the missing pieces of her story together.
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I had a male friend growing up who absolutely adored Marilyn Monroe. She was his "perfect woman. The naive teenage girl that I was, who had a crush on said male, didn't understand why he would like an old lady who was long dead. What about Britney Spears? Gwen Stefani?
It's no secret that Marilyn Monroe had surgical tweaks to perfect her beauty, though many of her fans don't want to believe it. Yesterday, there was news that may finally help to convince them: X-rays of the star's skull and medical records alluding to surgery on her chin and nose will be auctioned in Beverly Hills on Nov. This is the same end-zone where Phyllis Diller's wigs and booties were gaveled away last month. Monroe died 51 years ago, and the right to medical privacy, not coincidentally, ends 50 years after a person's death. For almost two decades, her X-rays have been kept under lock and key in the office of Norman Leaf, a Los Angeles plastic surgeon who inherited them on the retirement of Gurdin, his medical partner.
In the s, everything about America got bigger: The population increased, the economy swelled and for women, a full bust was very on trend. Playboy launched in Dec. Timmie Jean Lindsey, a mother of six, was the first American woman to receive a successful breast enlargement.