A Controversial Opinion

Marilyn Monroe was never a great beauty

I’m not saying that Marilyn Monroe wasn’t an attractive woman. She was indubitably pretty. She was certainly cute. She had a nice sparkle to her eyes and the sort of healthy curves to which men are naturally drawn.

But a great beauty, let alone a historic icon of female beauty? Not a chance. Even at her bleached, surgically-enhanced, and manufactured best, she was never more than an 8/10. And in her purely natural state, she was more like a 6.5.

At the age of 24.

Now granted, your mileage will inevitably vary. But I simply don’t see any case for her supposed status as some sort of modern Helen of Troy.