There have been plenty before and after Marilyn Monroe!

Watch her in movies, it’s not just appearance, it’s presence and personality radiating from her

Apart from the OP it seems!

Of course she did she was an actress.

Absolutely- she apparently spent hours studying herself in a mirror and practicing her facial expressions etc

Hmm. I thought it was me. 🤔

@newyorkhotel that’s fascinating. I guess that means that there was an element of performance to it.

I think everyone is already aware of this tbf

Even at the time she wasn't considered the 'most beautiful', she was a sex symbol. Nowadays it would be someone like Sydney Sweeney.

This fascinates me- how did she do it?:
“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-Jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So, as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says, ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’ — and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing, and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.”~ Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

Who said she was the most beautiful?! there are so many that i think are better!

Femininity is a word that has lost its base function and meaning these days, but Marilyn embodied femininity in a very visceral sense, and I think this is part of what evokes such a powerful response to her

Linda evangelista. She's stunning.

I really don't get the fuss

She wasn't that beautiful

She is beautiful, but "most" beautiful is purely a matter of taste and everyone will have a different opinion.

She was breathtaking in Some Like It Hot.Totalluly beautiful imo.

I agree that MM was not particularly beautiful (in comparison to other models/actresses) but she was extremely sexy. I've watched most of her films and even though she's not the greatest actress around, you literally cant take your eyes off her- she steals every scene. She has a delicate fragility about her, like you want to take care of her

It makes sense as beauty or attractiveness really isnt just about the way you physically look- its in the way you carry yourself, the essence you project, the way you move and express yourself etc She was also considered "beautiful" for that time period- if she had been a rising star during the time of grunge, I doubt she'd have got to where she did.

I think in the group of actresses she rose to fame with, she was far and away the one with the most sexual look and appeal - something I think was novel then. She oozes sexuality in a way that other, objectively better looking woman didn't. I think she had a certain type of beauty that is especially fashionable in the modern day hence why she is held up as the most beautiful.

I think she has a lovely smile and a kind of fresh-faced beauty when she was young. But if she hadn't been the presumed future queen of England I doubt she would have stood out from a crowd of other women. Like I said, limelight is at least half the equation!

Interestingly, she was the first woman I ever heard my mother describe as beautiful though.

I think when it comes to MM, it's the mix of old school glamour, the vulnerability she had and the young age that she died has created an air of tragedy and mystique around her. Forever young. Forever unattainable.

For me growing up, Elizabeth Taylor in her "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" era is what I dreamed of being when I grew up. Sadly for me, that never happened. 😅

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I think she just has that indefinable "it". There are better actresses and more spectacularly beautiful women, but there's something about her that is just mesmerising. Models can be pretty much perfect classic beauties, but at the same time can be totally uninteresting to watch.

And as said, subjectivity is huge. I'd say Monica Bellucci is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, but I'm sure many would not agree.

She is just what they call 'extra' isn't she? Hair the blondest, figure the curviest, lips the reddest, like a cartoon come to life. Other women are without doubt more facially beautiful and dependent on taste may be considered more sexually attractive, but put MM in a crowded room and she would be the woman most people would notice because everything about her stands out. In her day there were also far fewer women competing in that space than there are today, so she got the label, then died with it preserved forever.

Definitely in the eye of the beholder!

She was so beautiful and had mega star quality but I think the most beautiful woman that ever existed is Gisele, around 2005. I was (and still am) obsessed

Yes Fateha is pretty @Blackcats7. I think one of the Asian sisters in Gogglebox has a naturally beautiful face.

You do realise that ‘beautiful’ is subjective? Nobody has conducted a trial that has resulted in incontrovertible evidence that MM is the most beautiful woman who ever existed?

Also non-Western views of beauty may differ.

Don’t worry about this too much!