Marilyn Monroe's Personal Life Details Revealed

Naturally, the world ached to know every little detail about Marilyn Monroe's personal life - a craving that only grew after her untimely death. Still, Marilyn managed to keep some intimate details away from the public sphere. Marilyn was no stranger to plastic surgery - she had a nose job as well as a chin implant to change her facial structure. Marilyn was actually brave in undergoing the knife, seeing as plastic surgery in the 50's was no way near as advanced as it is today.

Although Marilyn always portrayed a brainless, blonde bombshell in her films (a persona she hated), in reality she was in fact the opposite. It is reported that she had an IQ of 160+ - although there isn't any proof that she had actually took the standardized IQ test. Still, that score is classified as a genius! There were also rumors of Monroe getting intimate with Einstein, although it is hard to tell if these rumors had any basis to them.

During the war, Marilyn worked in an explosives factory, and interestingly enough, these photos of her are what initially set her career in motion. David Conover, an army photographer, was sent to her base to take pictures of Women in War Work. He moved down the assembly line taking shots of the most attractive employees when he came upon a girl putting on propellers. Loving Marilyn's 'plain Jane' look so much, Conover sent her straight to Hollywood.

Marilyn's mother, Gladys, attempted at a normal life - trying to piece her life back together, her mother gathered what little money she had and bought a house just for the two of them. Sadly, little Marilyn was just too much to handle and Gladys, having enough on her plate, felt overwhelmed as she tried to support and take care of both herself and her daughter. Unfortunately, a few months afterwards she had a mental breakdown and had to be institutionalized.

One of her first modeling gigs was for Douglas Airlines, back when she was still Norma Jeane. Her curly hair, innocent smile and curious spark in her eyes made her seem like a complete natural whenever she was facing a camera. She also appeared in magazine shoots, but when photographer Raphael Wolff hired her for a shampoo advertisement and Marilyn bleached and straightened her hair, was when she truly started booking more and more modeling gigs.