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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