This picture got me thinking

jon-nyc

Try to imagine the number of household names she met in in last 70 years. Between actors, musicians, politicians, scientists, top business people, etc, it probably runs into the 5 figures.

There’s probably nobody alive who has been introduced to more famous people than her. Or through all history for that matter, since in earlier times global travel was nothing like in her era.

Mik

Very true. What a remarkable life and reign she has had.

Catseye3

I have thought about this in the past, not so much the people she has met, but the events she has witnessed. She is a living historical archive.

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@Catseye3 said in This picture got me thinking:

I have thought about this in the past, not so much the people she has met, but the events she has witnessed. She is a living historical archive.

How many veterans of WWII are still alive?

She is one.

Horace

She walks around like she was born special.

89th

Can we talk for a second about the man in the middle of the picture using every fiber of his being to keep eye contact?

mark

@89th said in This picture got me thinking:

Can we talk for a second about the man in the middle of the picture using every fiber of his being to keep eye contact?

LOL

Catseye3

@89th said in This picture got me thinking:

Can we talk for a second about the man in the middle

Looks to me like he was in a tizzy because Marilyn.

EDIT: And her boobs.

Jolly

Look at Elizabeth's profile vs Marilyn's.

Who is the prettier woman?

89th

@Jolly said in This picture got me thinking:

Look at Elizabeth's profile vs Marilyn's.

Who is the prettier woman?

To me? Elizabeth. But I also never found Marilyn very attractive. I guess back then she stood out with how she dressed, behaved, dated...

89th

Without makeup

Catseye3

I saw a picture of J-Lo without makeup once. You would walk past her in the grocery aisle and have no recognition of her whatsoever. She looked less like her made-up self than Marilyn.

Jolly

@89th said in This picture got me thinking:

@Jolly said in This picture got me thinking:

Look at Elizabeth's profile vs Marilyn's.

Who is the prettier woman?

To me? Elizabeth. But I also never found Marilyn very attractive. I guess back then she stood out with how she dressed, behaved, dated...

I'd drop Marilyn like a hot rock for Elizabeth based on looks alone.

mark

@Jolly said in This picture got me thinking:

@89th said in This picture got me thinking:

@Jolly said in This picture got me thinking:

Look at Elizabeth's profile vs Marilyn's.

Who is the prettier woman?

To me? Elizabeth. But I also never found Marilyn very attractive. I guess back then she stood out with how she dressed, behaved, dated...

I'd drop Marilyn like a hot rock for Elizabeth based on looks alone.

Not to mention the vast difference of wealth and power.

But yeah, Elizabeth over Marylin any day.

taiwan_girl

@Catseye3 said in This picture got me thinking:

I saw a picture of J-Lo without makeup once. You would walk past her in the grocery aisle and have no recognition of her whatsoever. She looked less like her made-up self than Marilyn.

People like that get into this trap. It must take them hours to get ready because they cannot go out without all this preparation and makeup.

Good thing I do not have to worry about that! LOL

Doctor Phibes

You should see me with my game-face on. Un-freaking-recognizable.

And when I say "game", I mean as in "I am in danger of getting shot", rather than "in the game" or even "on the game..."

Friday

She is a living historical archive.

It's a shame she will never write a memoir. Just think of all the wisdom and anecdotes she could provide.

Jolly

@taiwan_girl said in This picture got me thinking:

@Catseye3 said in This picture got me thinking:

I saw a picture of J-Lo without makeup once. You would walk past her in the grocery aisle and have no recognition of her whatsoever. She looked less like her made-up self than Marilyn.

People like that get into this trap. It must take them hours to get ready because they cannot go out without all this preparation and makeup.

Good thing I do not have to worry about that! LOL

Faith Hill was doing magazine covers and fronting for a cosmetic company 20 years ago. If you saw Faith without her make-up back then or today, she'd look like any other somewhat attractive lady her age. You'd never give her a second glance.

I run across Faith Ford in the grocery store now and then. My wife has known her since she was a kid. She did some modeling in NYC and a decent amount of tv work as an actress. Even when she left for New York, you could have found a dozen girls in her high school just as cute.

Especially when talking about women in the entertainment industry, they have to have a certain personality and looks the camera likes. And once they are lucky enough to make it, it's a grind to stay there, even at a level where you are just making a middle class living.

I guess the make-up, diet and exercise regimes are just part of trying to stay employed.