Marilyn Monroe: Do you think she is beautiful?

[TheFacelessOne]

She was beautiful in her era. I'm sure nowadays she isn't considered so beautiful.

Looks and the definition of "beauty" changes ever era.

 

[Woem]

Oh yes, very attractive. And actually had some body to look at, rather than todays supernaturally thin idea of beauty.

QFT; and she wasn't filled with 'plastic' or silicone either.

Edit:

Sarah Chalke is so hot...

She's the perfect dorky yet extemely hot nerd.

That's why I LOVE Natalie Portman. I mean, she went to Harvard.

Well, Jodie Foster has a Bachelor degree in Literature at Yale's, magna cum laude, but that doesn't really make her more hot for me. I like looks and brains.

 

[Doug]

Do I think she IS beautiful, no, because she's a rotted corpse.

Do I think she WAS beautiful, yeah, actually, she looked very pretty in an era before airbrushing and photoshop.

This over and over again this, I mean, I've found various old magasines lying around and the women in them look as beautiful as they do today in magasines, but without the aid of photo shop, says a lot about companies confidence in their own beauty products!

By a long way I'd call Marilyn Monroe one of the most beautiful women to have walked the Earth.

Fixed. And I'd have to agree, she probably was in the top of beautiful women (outside of the realm of clevery hidden plastic surgery and/or photoshop and/or just advanced make up).

 

[joest01]

Yes, MM was definitely hot. She had more sex appeal in her little finger than most stars do today in their whole body. That is, until Christina Hendricks came along!

 

[Mondo_Generator]

Hell yeah she was!
You just don't get that kind of beauty anymore.


Also I find Marlene Dietrich was very attractive, kind of like the Uma Thurman of the '40s and '50s, Minus the height of course.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

She looks remarkably average to me. I never got why she was considered to be "the epitome of beauty" as you put it.

 

[Random Argument Man]

She was, kinda, but I still prefer Audrey Hepburn. Maybe I´m just old-fashioned or the standards of beauty haven´t really changed that much, but even today she´s just something else.

MMMMmmmmmm even today eh?

Today: http://www.hipsterama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/audrey-hepburn-older-updo_cropped1.jpg

Little while ago: http://www.hipsterama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/audrey-hepburn-two-for-the-road_cropped1.jpg

A long long long time ago in a galaxy far far away: http://mouthswiredshut.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/audrey_hepburn.jpg


I don't why she's a bit more attractive with a cigarette picture than a non-cigarette picture...

On Monroe: I have a small weakness for blondes. So yeah, I do think she's beautiful.

 

[hotacidbath]

Marilyn was very beautiful, but I feel like Myrna Loy gets so left out. She was a great actress and had fantastic comedic timing along with being quite pretty.

Spoiler: Myrna Loy

 

[Mana Fiend]

I tried to argue that Marilyn Monroe was much more attractive than Megan Fox to my mates once. It didn't work... She's classically stunning in my eyes, plus she had talent. She's not the most beautiful woman ever (I support the Audrey Hepburn camp here; though I was arguing for Marilyn because there was a poster of her in a shop once, but not one of Hepburn, so yeah...).

 

[JenXXXJen]

Hell yes! She's gorgeous.

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

She was, kinda, but I still prefer Audrey Hepburn. Maybe I´m just old-fashioned or the standards of beauty haven´t really changed that much, but even today she´s just something else.

MMMMmmmmmm even today eh?

Today: http://www.hipsterama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/audrey-hepburn-older-updo_cropped1.jpg

Little while ago: http://www.hipsterama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/audrey-hepburn-two-for-the-road_cropped1.jpg

A long long long time ago in a galaxy far far away: http://mouthswiredshut.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/audrey_hepburn.jpg


I don't why she's a bit more attractive with a cigarette picture than a non-cigarette picture...

On Monroe: I have a small weakness for blondes. So yeah, I do think she's beautiful.

Hell, why not? Age looks good on some.

...I am not going to admit that I phrased my post poorly.
But you´re right about the cigarette thing. Strange, and I don´t even like cigarettes.

 

[KazNecro]

I like women with healthier body shapes (stick figures are a major turn-off), so yes, I found her very beautiful. But not as beautiful as Rita Hayworth.

http://findnostalgia.com/RitaHatworth1941.jpg

 

[Woem]

Marilyn was very beautiful, but I feel like Myrna Loy gets so left out. She was a great actress and had fantastic comedic timing along with being quite pretty.

Spoiler: Myrna Loy

Thanks for bringing her up. I didn't know her but I have to agree she's quite something, wow.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Let's snip to the part of:

But you´re right about the cigarette thing. Strange, and I don´t even like cigarettes.

Maybe it's because she looks more sophisticated with a cigarette. Then again, it suits our "gentilhomme" personalities. Don't you think?

 

[Wadders]

Hells yes. Maybe not the epitome of beauty, that's just impossible, but still very beautiful.

That is all I really have to say on the matter

 

[SmartIdiot]

Er... no. She's dead dude. All those years of decomposition have gotta ruin a gal's complexion.

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

Maybe it's because she looks more sophisticated with a cigarette. Then again, it suits our "gentilhomme" personalities. Don't you think?

Indeed it does, my good fellow. Indeed it does.
But I think it´s more the cigarette holder than the actual smoking product that creates the exquisite and sophisticated feel. You don´t see cigarette holders much these days, at least not where I am.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I think you're right about it not being the opinion of the majority, but rather an opinion that's been constantly reinforced and pushed onto us until we consciously accept it as society's ideal.

I actually have a (boring as batshit) theory that the perception of stick-thin female beauty in the fashion industry is a direct result of the fact that there is a high proportion of gay men in the industry, and very thin women don't produce as much oestrogen once they get below a particular weight level and instead produce androgen which effectively mimics testosterone, making them more sexually appealing to those male-attracted individuals in the fashion industry.

AS unpopular as she might be, stand up comic Jo Brand (she's a fairly big woman!) had a similar theory, if slightly simpler, that the fashion industry aims at size zero because the majority being gay men, they're designing to fit teenage boys instead of women, purely because they're designing what would be sexy for them to see worn.

At the same time, we must have all seen clips from fashion shows, and the big designers never seem to be making clothes to wear, more just freaky stuff to look at, so maybe they're not the problem anyway, I always saw the fashion industry as just a bunch of wierdos who amuse themselves with funny clothes, rather than anything related to what ends up in normal stores.

 

[Ashbax]

Marilyn Monroe = Hawtness Redefined.