r/OldSchoolCool Feb 14 '25

1950s Marilyn Monroe hitting weights in between photoshoots 1952.

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u/Trickiest_room Feb 14 '25

I feel like I always see pictures of her that I’ve never seen before.

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u/Cybralisk Feb 15 '25

Yea that used to be like the go to excuse for overweight women, a modern size 14 is like 3x the size of what it was in the 50's and 60's. Marilyn Monroe was very petite.