lostinhistorypics Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern for Vogue, 1962
lostinhistorypics Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern for Vogue, 1962. Diana Vreeland, the editor-in-chief of Vogue at that time, kept Marilyn's scar in the original picture. She used to say: "I think there's nothing duller than a smooth, perfect-skinned woman. A woman is beautiful by her Scars." hilalove The scar was from gall bladder surgery. Marilyn also had an appendectomy in which she famously taped a note to her belly begging the doctor not to take her ovaries… this seems strange until you factor in that she suffered from severe endometriosis and removing organs such as the appendix, gall bladder and ovaries is not uncommon during excision surgery (I just had my appendix out during mine.) Her endometriosis is often erased from her story even though it greatly impacted her life. There’s a great article about it in September’s issue of UK Cosmo if anyone is interested in learning more