Why am I presenting an actress who would have turned 100 years old next year?

Because she was a style icon, a strong woman and had an amazing intellect on top of that. Her style is really timeless (and very sexy!) – which is why lots of young women try to emulate her, now, in 2025.

Do you see the beauty mark that supermodel Cindy Crawford made famous again?! Here are a few facts about amazing Marilyn Monroe: born Norma Jeane Baker, in 1926; died under suspicious circumstances in 1962. Rumor has it that her “suicide” was actually staged … in the context of her affair with then-US President J. F. Kennedy.

Aside from reigning the movie screen, she inspired a whole generation with her effortlessly elegant, unashamedly sexy and luxurious style:

She was a muse to the leading artists of her time – her portrait, done by Andy Warhol, is iconic.

To the present day, she is the model for chic women worldwide, including – styled photo shoots.

And she keeps inspiring – case in point: the cover of March 2025 Vogue magazine! Who else but Marilyn was the inspiration?!

Marilyn was a ravishing beauty, for sure! But what hardly anyone knows is that Marilyn was an avid reader of literature, poetry, theater, philosophy, kept a library of more than 1,000 books and had insatiable curiosity and hunger for knowledge. She also had a crush on Albert Einstein, the greatest genius of her time. Marilyn is said to have told Einstein, with charming frankness, “You and I could have a child: I would come out with my beauty and your intelligence.”
To which the father of relativity and the atomic bomb replied: “Maybe it will come out with my beauty and your intelligence.”
It was not yet known (the tests were done later), that Marilyn Monroe’s IQ was 165, (five points above the “greatest genius of all time”)!! So there goes the myth of the “dumb blonde…”
And how did she feel about her role in life? In her own words:
“One of the best things that has happened to me is that I am a woman. That’s the way all women should feel.”
“I want to age without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be true to the face I’ve made.”
” If I had followed all the rules, I would never have gotten anywhere.”