Other than the dress, I didn't think this resembled Marilyn very much. In life, she was almost always a little fuller in the cheeks, legs and upper arms. She was a size twelve, where this figure is maybe a size six, or an eight.
Jamie commented that the museum got lazy and threw a Marilyn head on a random body, but I thought it was a comment on today's standards for celebrities. I really believe that if she were alive and trying to compete in today's market, she would have starved herself down to a zero and had her real breasts redone into hard, perky little D's.
Sometimes I'm so glad that I don't have to compete against all the tiny girls, old or young. I didn't mind a few years ago (before switching jobs and quitting smoking) but these last few years have kicked my ass and it's kind of difficult to stay that smaller size unless you starve or start running.
I am no runner, lol.
I do have a goal to lose some weight, but even if I don't, I will continue to dress well and take care of my hair and make-up. I'll buy sexy shoes and wear pencil skirts, and I'll flirt like mad with my husband when he's least expecting it. That always makes me feel perfect.
lucky him......
ReplyDeleteI think it looks more like Joan Rivers.
ReplyDeleteSize, like age, is just a number. As long as you are comfortable and healthy there is no reason to change.
ReplyDeleteNo, it doesn’t look that much like her, does it? I suspect that if she were around today she would have been encouraged to slim down a bit.
ReplyDeleteWe’re used to clothing fashions changing, but we sometimes forget that fashion in body-shape does too. Look at pictures of women from the 1920s, where they aspired to be narrow-hipped and flat-chested, almost like tubes: then things reversed until we got the more curvaceous 50s look (I love that bit in Pleasantville where Reece Witherspoon remarks about the bra she has to wear ‘I could, like, kill a guy with these things.’): now it’s slim bodies and large breasts.
Sounds like a wonderful plan.I was never one to compete with others.
ReplyDeleteyou are perfect just the way you are. I think sexy is in our heads...when we take care of ourselves and feel good about ourselves...now that's sexy!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree, it doesn't really look like her. I thought she was a size 14-16, I learn something new every day! ;-)
ReplyDeleteConfidence is the sexiest thing around, I think. :-)
Great attitude Kate - wish I could wear the sexy shoes but something about orthotics and sexy shoes just don't mix LOL.
ReplyDeleteOne of my first blog entries was very similar to this one. If you can get your hands on a first season I Love Lucy DVD check out the episode entitled "The Diet"
Strange how the media can affect our own self esteem -- as if our value came from aesthetics -- regardless of how intelligent, funny or resourceful we are as contributing members of society.
ReplyDeleteThat wax figure looks more like a barbie-doll remake than a copy of something human. Here's a Marilyn Monroe photo (if anyone wants to compare) http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/04/18/monroe_narrowweb__300x370,0.jpg
I'm a hot fattie...not ashamed of my curves. Just want to be healthy...not skinny.
ReplyDeletewell put kate!....and read maya angelous poem ,phenominal woman...its my favorite!
ReplyDeleteNorma Jean was and always will be beautiful in my mind....
ReplyDeleteMarilyn was way sexier than that. The makers of the Love Doll could make a better copy of her.
ReplyDeleteGood on you Kate. Be proud and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYah - that looks more doll than moll
ReplyDeleteFunny how this society judges beauty and how the rules seem to change with each new decade. MM was curvy & womanly in every sense of the word, and yet by today's standards, she'd be considered 'plus-size.' Shameful! Sexy is sexy! Period!
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Simon - Pleasantville is one of my favourite movies.
ReplyDeleteTamale me too!
No that doesn't look very much like Marilyn. Strange that they felt that they had to "improve" her image at this late date.
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful attitude. Sexy should be defined by 'us', not by the 'them' that want to make money off us trying to fit the mold!
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