Very few would be knowing that Marilyn Monroe was Norma Jeane Mortenson before becoming famous. Mortenson, a curly-haired brunette, had no idea that she would become this big one day. She was born in 1926 in California. Mortenson was third child of Gladys Baker and her mother struggled with paranoid schizophrenia. Baker suffered nervous breakdown in 1934 and her children became orphan. Mortenson was then put in a foster home. She was also transferred from one foster home to the other very often. She had to face sexual abuses there. Then, Mortenson moved to the home of her mother’s friend. Her trauma did not stop at that time. Again, it was found that she was molested by her legal guardian.
Mortenson then marries her neighbor when she was just 16-year-old. The marriage was the only way to escape the foster home. Her husband James Dougherty was very happy in the marriage. They were living happily until he went to Pacific Ocean as marine merchant. She then started working in a factory. She met a photographer named David Conover at the factory and her modeling career began. Her glamourous photos irked her husband and they divorced. She changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. She then had what we call a stupendous journey in the glamourous world. Here are some photos of her before becoming Marilyn Monroe:
1A young Norma Jeane Mortenson is seen in the picture. She is wearing normal clothes and looking like a girl next door.
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2A picture of Norma Jeane Mortenson from her modeling days. She is looking very hot in the picture. She is sporting a bikini and sitting at a beach. She is posing for a postcard.
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3A 15-year-old Norma Jeane Mortenson posing like a beauty queen. This picture was taken in 1941. This was probably the last year when she was single. This is just before her marriage.
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4A 16-year-old Norma Jeane Mortenson married her neighbor 21-year-old James Dougherty. Here is the picture from her marriage. The young couple is looking very happy in the picture.
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5This is a picture of a 3-year-old Norma Jeane Mortenson who is sitting with her mother Gladys Baker. The picture was taken in 1929 in California. She is looking very adorable in the picture.
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6An adolescent Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen sitting on a chair in this picture. The picture was taken when she was staying with her Aunt Ana. This was one of the places where she lived as an orphan.
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7This picture was taken when Norma Jeane Mortenson was 14 years old. When her Aunt Ana got sick, she had to move to Goddard family. She left their home when she was molested by legal guardian at the age of 11.
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8Norma Jeane Mortenson was in her teenage when this picture was taken. She is seen rowing the boat with her friends.
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9A teenaged Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen in the picture. She is sitting with her friends. She is on an outdoor fete.
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10This picture was taken when Norma Jeane Mortenson was working at the Radioplane Munitions Factory. She was stunningly beautiful then.
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11This picture of Norma Jeane Mortenson is from her early modeling days. She quit her job and started modeling.
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12This adorable baby in the picture is 5 years old Norma Jeane Mortenson. It was taken in 1931 in California.
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13A 15 years old Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen in the picture. She is looking very cheerful and beautiful. She had just hit the town.
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14A picture of Norma Jeane Mortenson with her husband James Dougherty. The picture was taken in 1943 in California.
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15This picture was taken just after the marriage of Norma Jeane Mortenson. Here, newlywed Norma Jeane Dougherty was seen enjoying Chinese food at a restaurant with her family.
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16In this picture, a very beautiful Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen with a friend and her baby. It was taken in 1941.
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17A very cheerful Norma Jeane Mortenson is seen at a zoo. She is holding a hornbill on her arm. This picture was taken in 1941 in California.
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18A picture of Norma Jeane Mortenson with her husband James Dougherty. Dougherty was a Merchant Marine now. The picture was taken in 1943.
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19A young and beautiful Norma Jeane Mortenson is seen playing with penguins at a zoo. The picture was taken in 1941 in California.
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20A very pretty Norma Jeane Mortenson is seen at her husband’s boot camp in the distance. Both of them lived in isolation once Dougherty became a Merchant Marine.
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21Norma Jeane Mortenson had started modeling by the time this picture was taken. This picture is from her first major modeling agency, the Blue Book Modeling Agency.
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22A very suave Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen skiing down a sand dune at a photoshoot. This picture was taken in California in 1940s.
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23Norma Jeane Mortenson was seen very close to a model during the ad shoot for hair products. James Dougherty objected to this picture and after a year from this photo was taken, their marriage fell apart.
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24A bold Norma Jeane Mortenson is seen posing for a Blue Book modeling shoot. This picture was taken somewhere in 1940s.
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25By the time this picture was taken, Norma Jeane Mortenson had divorced her husband and had become Marilyn Monroe. She had signed to 20th Century Fox.