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Norma Jeane Baker, otherwise known as Marilyn Monroe.
For me, this icon is more of a mental one. What I mean by that is that I don't really look to her outfits much for inspiration. I more admire her personality and attitude toward life. I know many think that because she was sex symbol, she should never be someone to look up to, but she did her own thing with her life and I really admire her for that.
Before she was Marilyn, she was Norma Jeane, a simple girl from Los Angeles. She was bounced around from foster family to foster family and says that the only time she truly felt stable was with her Aunt Ana. Norma Jeane had big dreams to make it big in Hollywood, but judging by her family situation, she was never expected to reach them. Though she was doubted, eventually, with the help of a man named Ben Lyon, Norma Jeane became Marilyn.
Her success didn't come easy. Numerous people told her off, saying she was too this, too that, not good enough, but she persevered. Ms. Monroe enrolled herself in acting and singing classes and updated her look. What puzzles me is her love life. I think, and I honestly feel like I have no right to an opinion on this, that because of her instability as a young girl, she longed for someone to truly love her. To love her and protect her. She married three times; once as a teenager to avoid being a warden of the state any longer and twice as an adult. I wonder whether the lack of stability in her love life led to her death. I personally believe that she committed suicide.
Despite Marilyn's difficult journey as a performer and the critics constantly getting on her back for being "too sexy," she was the best actress that she could be. She made sure that the people that loved her were pleased with her work. I mean, she never let me down! I truly admire her ability to keep going when times get tough. Though, as I said, I believe that she ended her own life, when she was alive, she was phenomenal. Yes, some may say that committing suicide is giving up, but I believe that she just went on to a better place. A place where people didn't punish her for being herself.
I really hope you all liked the little series that I did!! I will be having more fun posts coming up soon--I have a lot of ideas up my sleeve :)
Signed,
Penelope P.
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