Marilyn Monroe was fat

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dud

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marilyn-monroe13.jpg


Gross. Look at those thighs D:

All the fat chicks on Facebook are posting this as an example of what a "real" woman looks like. I think this is funny, because they are all at least 50lb heavier than that. And Monroe was still a gross fatty even at that weight.

In retrospect I'm not sure what I was thinking, having fat chicks as friends on FB. I deleted them all. Only 9+/10 women on schneiderguy's facebook from now on :thumbsup:



Schneider, this could be one of the reasons why you can't get yourself a GF.

Just an FYI ... whether she deserved it or not MM was one of the most glamorous women of the 20th century. You might consider doing some research to see who she was married to ...
 

AyashiKaibutsu

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I would guess her BMI was in the overweight category in that picture.

http://www.fatnutritionist.com/index.php/the-body-of-marilyn-monroe/

-Marilyn was not overweight. According to Lena Pepitone, Marilyn’s maid in NYC who was in charge of mending her clothes and other functions (like bathing and laundry) which would give her a good idea of Marilyn’s body size, Marilyn regularly wore clothing so tight that they would split at the seams, requiring Lena to do a lot of mending. Also, she reports that before the filming of Some Like it Hot, Marilyn went through a period of depression and ate compulsively, gaining enough weight to put her at 140 lbs. (The studio claims that Marilyn weighed between 115 and 120 lbs., at a height of 5’5 1/2″.) By current standards (the BMI), a weight of 140 at a height of 5’5 1/2″ would result in a BMI of 22.9, well below the cut-off BMI of 24.9 for ‘overweight.’ At 140 lbs. she was reportedly unhappy, but was still able to go out in public and be revered as a sex goddess.

What's the obsession with spreading this bullcrap? She wasn't overweight by any standard; she wasn't even close to it at her worst weights.
 

schneiderguy

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Schneider, this could be one of the reasons why you can't get yourself a GF.

Just an FYI ... whether she deserved it or not MM was one of the most glamorous women of the 20th century. You might consider doing some research to see who she was married to ...

No, I can't get a GF because I'm too attractive to women. No woman will ever trust me enough to be my GF because I'm constantly getting hit on :(
 

jhansman

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Compared the heroin chic, bulimic "celebrities" of today, MM probably does look heavy. In fact, she was gorgeous. I never tire of looking at her films or photos.
 

Phokus

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The only time i've ever seen MM look unattractive was when i came across a picture of her corpse on the internet...
 

Arkaign

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Marilyn Monroe was beautiful imho, she seemed to have a lot of different phases and looks over her years. I don't think the pic posted in the OP can speak for anything more than the moment it was taken.

eg :

marilyn-monroe3.jpg


A lot of women can fluctuate a bit in weight, hell when I'm on a lazy month I sometimes gain a few pounds as well. Whatever. AT never disappoints anyhow :)
 

ColdFusion718

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No she was not. I'm sick of women using her as a comparison for themselves. She was a US size 12.

Marilyn Monroe's measurements:

Height: 5 feet, 5½ inches
Weight: 118-140 pounds
Bust: 35-37 inches
Waist: 22-23 inches
Hips: 35-36 inches
Bra size: 36D

Now if a woman is 5' and weighs 140 pounds with a 40 inch waist, she is fat and comparing her to Marilyn Monroe is delusional.
 

QueBert

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No she was not. I'm sick of women using her as a comparison for themselves. She was a US size 12.

Marilyn Monroe's measurements:

Height: 5 feet, 5½ inches
Weight: 118-140 pounds
Bust: 35-37 inches
Waist: 22-23 inches
Hips: 35-36 inches
Bra size: 36D

Now if a woman is 5' and weighs 140 pounds with a 40 inch waist, she is fat and comparing her to Marilyn Monroe is delusional.

5' @ 140 isn't even close to fat, it's on the low end of overweight.
 

HamburgerBoy

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What's the obsession with spreading this bullcrap? She wasn't overweight by any standard; she wasn't even close to it at her worst weights.

Fatties do it to make themselves feel like they aren't ridiculously fat relative to how their grandparents were.
 

QueBert

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5' and 140lb is fat as hell D:

http://www.mybodygallery.com/img/2181/1.jpg

she's 5 foot 146 pounds. You're either A. A virgin or B. clueless about females and what size they actually are. if you think the female in the pic I posted is fat, then I guess we have a night and day different opinion on what fat is *shrug* My ex was 5 foot and 144 pounds, she wore a size 6, hardly what I'd call fat but whatever you say man lol. A typical 5 foot 140'ish lb chick will be no more than a size 8.
 
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MarkXIX

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I think the last time scheiderguy got his dick wet he was swimming in a kiddie pool.
 

DominionSeraph

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http://www.mybodygallery.com/img/2181/1.jpg

she's 5 foot 146 pounds. You're either A. A virgin or B. clueless about females and what size they actually are. if you think the female in the pic I posted is fat, then I guess we have a night and day different opinion on what fat is *shrug* My ex was 5 foot and 144 pounds, she wore a size 6, hardly what I'd call fat but whatever you say man lol. A typical 5 foot 140'ish lb chick will be no more than a size 8.

Photographic height/weight chart:

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133lbs

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140lbs.

140lbs is fat for a 5 footer.
 

destrekor

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http://www.mybodygallery.com/img/2181/1.jpg

she's 5 foot 146 pounds. You're either A. A virgin or B. clueless about females and what size they actually are. if you think the female in the pic I posted is fat, then I guess we have a night and day different opinion on what fat is *shrug* My ex was 5 foot and 144 pounds, she wore a size 6, hardly what I'd call fat but whatever you say man lol. A typical 5 foot 140'ish lb chick will be no more than a size 8.

If she HONESTLY was 5' (even) and 140lbs, and she looked like that, I'm going to argue she had a very low body fat percentage and was likely very active (muscle mass vs fat mass)

That's the other thing everyone forgets. Active and healthy people can be heavier and yet more attractive (with a good figure/shape) than people who have the same weight with little muscle mass.
Someone at 5' and at that weight, who has little muscle mass of which to speak, does NOT have an attractive body.
 

QueBert

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If she HONESTLY was 5' (even) and 140lbs, and she looked like that, I'm going to argue she had a very low body fat percentage and was likely very active (muscle mass vs fat mass)

That's the other thing everyone forgets. Active and healthy people can be heavier and yet more attractive (with a good figure/shape) than people who have the same weight with little muscle mass.
Someone at 5' and at that weight, who has little muscle mass of which to speak, does NOT have an attractive body.

My EX wasn't active at all, she was 5 foot and about 144 lb give or take a few lbs. And she wore a size 6, I guess to some people that would be an unattractive body, but there was no chunks of fat floating around on here. People are built differently.