So... was Marilyn Monroe overweight?

[0roo0roo]

proof it was a myth

http://www.jessicaseigel.com/marilyn.shtml

 

[thegimp03]

No, she wasn't. She was very voluptuous with real curves. I don't understand why women starve themselves today and are too thin. :/

 

[0roo0roo]

because most aren't. most are plain fat like most americans and the clothing companies keep fiddling with the dress size numbers to make the fatties feel better..

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
I had a discussion very similar to this at my store once. I work in a game store (board/card games, not video games) and there is a triva game about myths. One myth was "Did Monroe wear a size 14 dress?".

A couple guys came in and read the question, one of them exclaimed "DUDE a 14 IS FAAAAT". That prompted me and my co-worker(female) to look at eachother and then back at the dude. My co-worker starts a dialog with the customer:

Co-W : "Dude, was monroe hot?"
Dude: "Yeah, she was"
Co-W : "Then what does it matter what size dress she wore?"
Dude : "Uhhh, anything over an 8 is fat, duh"
Me : "Not if a woman actually has hips man"
Co-W : "Dude, you're done"
Me : "Yeah man, you're seriously done"
Other dudes : "You know, they've got a point"

Dude dropped it after we threatened to kick him out for being a dumbass.

Oh good God.

 

[DAGTA]

Monroe was a slut. That's why so many guys liked her. There were much better looking women around than Monroe.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Monroe was a slut. That's why so many guys liked her. There were much better looking women around than Monroe.

What's wrong with slutty?


Monroe was perfect.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea, perfect combo of hot + cute. her image persists to this day..garranteed to be found in poster/calendar stores etc..its awesome

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Monroe was a slut. That's why so many guys liked her. There were much better looking women around than Monroe.

Have issues with women much?

 

[imported_malcontent]

:music:Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe

No, not at all. She was a beautiful woman!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Monroe was a slut. That's why so many guys liked her. There were much better looking women around than Monroe.

name them

 

[Ausm]

In that time period women who had a little "meat" on their bones was desireable unlike today where they all look anorexic.

Ausm

 

[StageLeft]

She would have looked better thinner, yes.

EDiT: The problem with women at the time is none of them did exercise worth mentioning (neither did the men. Check out the "hot" actors from decades ago with their shirts off, they had awful, boyish figures). Today's women look perfect when thin but also with some muscle on them, and the 'skinny' women back then didn't have any muscle, so when the fat went away you were left with a skeleton, much like today's vastly hideous runway models.

 

[Mucho]

No way she was voluptuous.

 

[sandorski]

She was hot!

 

[waggy]

they had some newly discovored pictures of her in Playboy magazine.

Man she was a hot women. None of the Stick figure bone sticking out BS you see today. She had curves where there should be some. hmm

 

[ravana]

Originally posted by: Queasy
She was voluptuous....in a good way.

:thumbsup:

:beer: for you!

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: jewno
Nah.

 

[brigden]

Marilyn Monroe was perfect.

 

[StageLeft]

All of ya'll saying she's perfect, but the most popular super-hot respected women these days look nothing like her. J-lo and that chick from fast and furious 2 are two women who come to mind who aren't super tight, but the real peak of hotliness respected by our society--women like pamela anderson, brooke burke, etc. make marilyn monroe look like a beached whale, so either you're all being disingenuous, or you don't represent the population adequately. I lean to the latter

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
She would have looked better thinner, yes.

EDiT: The problem with women at the time is none of them did exercise worth mentioning (neither did the men. Check out the "hot" actors from decades ago with their shirts off, they had awful, boyish figures). Today's women look perfect when thin but also with some muscle on them, and the 'skinny' women back then didn't have any muscle, so when the fat went away you were left with a skeleton, much like today's vastly hideous runway models.

Did you skip over this link?

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Queasy
She was voluptuous....in a good way.

When you look in a dictionary for Beautiful Woman,they should have a picture of Marilyn.
not some skinny 95 lb. thing with no curves.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

She still had a body odor problem. Dept. Stores wouldn't even let her try on clothes because she stunk so bad.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: ZOOYUKA
She still had a body odor problem. Dept. Stores wouldn't even let her try on clothes because she stunk so bad.

Source?

 

[DainBramaged]

She was a fatass.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
She was a fatass.

Yeah, right

(Apparently some people believe 1950s cheesecake photos are NSFW. So be warned)