1. Vanity Fair
Marilyn’s story from foster care to glam
“I’m very definately a
woman and i enjoy it”
-Marilyn Monroe
The return of the official
preppy
handbook pg 23
The 5th Annual
Style Issue
Did the most powerful
man at the time,
frame her death by
overdoseBy Nora Jacobsen Pg 55

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Marilyn
Monroe
The life of the worlds
most spectacular woman.
By Erica Williams
- - Marilyn Monroe
In 1926 a girl was born in the
charit ward at the Los Angeles Coun-
ty Hospital who would become one
of the most celebrated and enduring
icons of all time – Marilyn Monroe.
Norma Jeane Mortenson’s childhood
was volatile as she was passed from
family members to family friends and
frequently stayed in orphanages as a
result of her mother’s mental health.
To avoid another orphanage stay a
family friend orchestrated a marriage
proposal when she was sixteen years
old. When her husband was sent to
the Pacific with the merchant marine,
Norma Jeane began working on an
assembly line at an aeronautical plant.
"Fear Is stupid
so are regret's."

3. 1946 Divorced and first
time in a movie what a
year to start out as
Monroe’s marriage to Dougherty fiz-
zled out as she focused more on her ca-
reer. The couple divorced in 1946—the
same year that Monroe signed her first
movie contract. With the movie con-
tract came a new name and image; she
began calling herself “Marilyn Mon-
roe” and dyed her hair blonde. But her
acting career didn’t really take off until
the 1950s. Her small part in John Hus-
ton’s crime drama The Asphalt Jungle
(1950) garnered her a lot of attention.
That same year, she impressed audi-
ences and critics alike with her perfor-
mance as Claudia Caswell in All About
Eve, starring Bette Davis. She would
soon become one of Hollywood’s most
famous actresses; though she wasn’t
initially considered to be star acting
material, she later proved her skill by
winning various honors and attracting
large audiences to her films. starring as
a young married woman out to kill her
husband with help from her lover.