I was reading a blog tonight and I saw where someone was saying that Marilyn Monroe was a size 16... so I did some looking up and it's true! That was a mind opener for me!

http://gianruggeromanzoni.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/marilyn-monroe-swimsuit1.jpg

If I look HALF this good at size 16 I will be a VERY happy camper!

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But ..... how tall was she? 5'8" or 5'9" maybe .... celebheights.com says The legendary Actress was taller than some maybe expected at just over 5ft 5. Her official site gives her this height and 140lbs and I agree. I think her curvy figure maybe gave an illusion of her being shorter than she was.

snopes says false .... bummer

it says she was size 8 Link:

http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/redirect.jhtml?qid=639a55823c59c6e6b2d0676026dbd008&searchfor=how+tall+was+marylin+monroe&action=pick&pn=1&si=&ptnrS=ZRman000&ss=&st=kwd&cb=ZR&pg=AJmain&ord=5&tpr=&redirect=mPWsrdz9heamc8iHEhldEfGAFAmLxVkOrcp3pRJVZ5AcOywcHPeKoclSXBow6Gm6wbTcoL72IfsT6kzUiuX8Zp4Z0CEx5pyjDLrPDlbZoI8JGlDVj%2BQO8%2Fdp63hmRzeg18FFgneWdgHhdQihk4fj2Z4XnKVLEuAbE%2Fe1t4AHlrGvoTQOxtnyXceUiqlDsn5ql0R9wPKd9EJRnDY5WapKb4czRwLrlTdAsGXF9vM42iZYyEGmQnU1DAVx10TrIPhNI7V23H268FSfzOwXFlhwWtk3LtadllV70RCq3BjuM3VH%2FSkPOBPtwT3GMTTrIAl8%2BXviY19JqPQjI6vPtQJ3zfH7zj6oOBJs3jqx%2FsJtitz6ncqyb5cVGygdz9r1%2F2zGKn7sbexvrP91tnNWPyxja2tNOgr9eo%2BD78cSKFd3B7i5dBr6RnKEyahsNn%2BFF4fBOaGlxdcNYl%2F%2BWxZtR7527A%3D%3D&ct=

Edited June 25, 201016 yr by Humming Bird

plus, sorry not to burst ur bubble but a size 16 then is seriously like a 10 now....

Sizing has really changed in the past 20 years!

Uh huh! Its not that she was tall, just that a size 16 back then would be like a 10 today.

Australian sizes are different, I know. We run about 2 sizes behind you guys so your 14 is our 10. But in Australian sizes, last time I was this weight I was about 14 years old. I was a size 16 and now I'm a size 12. I've had 3 babies and the hips have spread a bit so sizes have sure gotten larger!

I just googled her measurements 37-23-36 - weight 115-120, height 5ft 5 and a half. That's pretty small. Definitely not today's 16.

Edited June 25, 201016 yr by Jachut

Its crazy how much the sizes have changed. The sizes get bigger EVERY year. I've gone up and down so many times and every time I compare an old item of clothing (something that may only be two years old) to the current sizes, the older item is always smaller. Its really really crazy. I think this is why they have size 0 now, because a size 0 is really what a size 4 or 6 used to be.

For some reason the change in sizes only make me feel fatter in my mind. That's not good.

I agree that a size 16 then and now are totally different.

Australian sizes are 2 sizes different to US sizes but I think its the other way around.A US 14 is an Aussie 18.An Aussie 10 is actually a US 6.

Here is a link to a conversion tool that I find quite handy.

Online Conversion - Women's Clothing Conversion

Its crazy how much the sizes have changed. The sizes get bigger EVERY year. I've gone up and down so many times and every time I compare an old item of clothing (something that may only be two years old) to the current sizes, the older item is always smaller. Its really really crazy. I think this is why they have size 0 now, because a size 0 is really what a size 4 or 6 used to be.

I know. I wore a 26 after my son was born, and that was at 250. At my highest 12 months ago I was wearing a 28.

I'm quite grateful for vanity sizing. Right now I'm getting close to a J. Crew size 16 (it's a weird mini-goal of mine), and that's only because they've gotten generous with the sizing. In Marilyn's day I'd be relegated to the fat store forever!

At my highest weight I wore a size 24, which is also what I wear now, which is also what I wear now, 35 lbs smaller. I see other people post who wear a 24 and weigh about 50 lbs less than me, so it makes no sense. It's so confusing.

Remember when Anna Nicole first came out in the Guess ads, she weighed about 155 or 160, and I thought she was one of the most gorgeous people I'd ever seen. I guess it's how you carry it.