Hollywood Auction Ends Myth of Zaftig Marilyn: Virginia Postrel
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June 24 (Bloomberg) -- We should never again hear anyonedeclare that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12, a size 14 or anyother stand-in for full-figured, zaftig or plump. Fifteenthousand people have now seen dramatic evidence to the contrary.Monroe was, in fact, teeny-tiny.
The 15,000 were the visitors who turned out over eight daysto oooh and aaah at the preview exhibit for the June 18 auctionof Debbie Reynolds’s extraordinary collection of Hollywoodcostumes, props and other memorabilia.