How much did marilyn monroe weigh

With these images and video clips you can get an idea of her true size. Most important, even at her heaviest weight in , her waist still measured just This belt measures 27 inches on the outside of the belt when fastened. Marilyn is pictured wearing this belt at RKO Studios.

This wool skirt is one of two that Marilyn owned. She had one in gray and another in purple. Marilyn was known to buy the same item in multiple colors and this is an example of that. The photo below shows Marilyn wearing the purple skirt, which is exactly the same as this gray skirt. No size is present on a tag inside. When fastened, this skirt also measures 27 inches. This is a custom design, believed to have been made for Marilyn by George Nardiello. This cape fits perfectly on this size dress form.

The seams at the shoulder measure 15 inches apart. Marilyn wore this black silk cocktail dress to a event honoring husband Arthur Miller. At this point in her life, Marilyn was at her heaviest, with some speculating she weighed nearly lbs. Even still, when displayed on the dress form, her waist measured an astonishing The inside of the dress is shown below. Marilyn wore this overcoat as she exited Polyclinic Hospital on July 11, , following gallbladder surgery.

Photos from that day show she has slimmed down and appears to be near her average weight. This coat hangs loosely around her shoulders as she exits the hospital and makes her way to a waiting limousine. The label in this blouse reads size In footage and photos of Marilyn wearing this blouse, she appears to have lost even more weight, as she looks slimmer than she did in as she exited Polyclinic Hospital.

Yes, you read it right, size Throughout the years, clothing sizes for women have decreased while the actual size of women has increased. The chart below shows how different clothing lines use different measurements for sizes. By modern-day standards, she would likely be a size 4 to 6.

Marilyn herself knew the importance of physical exercise. She owned her own weight set and she worked-out years before most people understood the benefits of staying fit and healthy. Marilyn was also aware of the importance of her figure and staying in shape.

Even during the late s when she was at her heaviest, her custom made dress indicates her waist still measured a tiny She had an extreme hourglass figure. The interesting part is that the hourglass may have varied over the years, but she was never obese.

People are idiots. The politics of virtuous ignorance has defeated intelligence I think. Poor Marilyn is no exception.

This sizing issue drives me crazy. But, again is this the most important thing people worry about? Not the joy she gave , her psychological issues , the pills she was given like candy , keep the product going.. Look at Denta Burke in 80s! Natural curiosity is one thing but people seem obsessed by weight of stars. Usually or so. I wear anywhere from , even 12 depending on brand. I usually wear two piece outfits or make my clothes..

Jeans are almost impossible to find.. He phototherapy and interviewed her over next 6 weeks. Thank you. Love this, Scott. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people call Marilyn Monroe fat. And on top of that, every woman today knows that she might be a size 4 in one brand but a size 6 or 8 in other brands.

A size 2 there would be a size 10 anywhere else! Plus size can just mean you have large hip or bust measurements. It never did. The BMI scale is widely known to be a very poor indicator of actual size and health. My BMI is But my bust is 37, waist is 27, and my hips are about They look really fat. This sizing was standard through the early s when it was withdrawn —companies noticed that appealing to one's vanity helped with sales which still holds true today.

The private standards organization ASTM International, which publishes annual updates for clothing manufactures, regularly accommodates for this size inflation. As the size and shape of the average American woman began to change , so did the vanity sizing aimed at soothing egos.

While a size 8 was considered the smallest available in when the initial sizing standards were put into effect, an 8 corresponded to roughly a body. By , a size 8 had increased by five to six inches for each of those measurements. By , the ASTM even had a standard size Though Marilyn's weight and sizing obviously fluctuated over the course of her career, her standard measurements, according to her dressmaker , were roughly This accounts for why her pant and dress sizes were often listed as an 8 and 12, respectively —a dress would also need to accommodate her bust, while pants could be sized smaller based on her slimmer hips.

She is often cited as having been a size 16 —and she was! Kind of. Then, she would be wearing something like 30DD, or 28E. This was an interesting and revealing article about Marilyn. I had always wondered about her true size because they bring it up so much, and it is interesting to see how urban legends distorted this. I always thought Marilyn look skinny but curvy in many photos and movies, and the one above confirms this. Fitters were instructed to measure the underbust, and add 4 inches if the result was an even number, or 5 inches if the result was an odd number.

The final number was them matched to a chart indicating which cup size corresponded to which number: e. Bras have changed quite a bit since the midth century, with much stretchier bands and far rounder, softer cups, but the sizing techniques have, for the most part, not — at least not in the U. Any woman who wants to be fitted correctly has only a small handful of stores from which to choose, and may live hours from the nearest one. And even if she is fitted correctly, she will have little to choose from if her correct measurements fall outside the typical, 32AADDD stock.

Isa, b and c are not the same cup size, no matter what band size i use my breasts will not fit into a b cup and they bludge making it look like they are falling out the top of my bra giving that look of having four breasts. Its been proven that adding inches to a womans band measurement renders a bra useless and is ill fitting for the majoirty of women.

The reasons in the 50s bra sizing was different was because there was hardly any elasticity and didnt move like modern bras. Also most models lie about there meausrments most models are rectangles or straight up and down while they have hourglass measurments. Thank goodness someone has it right! Enjoyed reading this. Impossible for me to be sure on any of the alleged Monroe vital statistics in modern-day terms, particularly the bra sizes.

And as Faith said, I also simply cannot believe that modern day fashion models actually possess those rather hourglass measurements as cited. They do generally look indeed, very far from hourglass shapes. Most fashion models I see have far more slight and decidedly un-curvaceous figures, and nothing like the female aesthetic ideal of the 50s. I can guarantee you that models cards have made up measurements on them, the Agency IS selling them after all, then they have the measurements used for fittings, their true measurements.

I KNEW it was a man. All these super-skinny models with waist size possibly 1 inch difference from their waist…that should be common sense. You mean the most photo shopped magazine in the world? Even from day 1? They men actually believe those images are real. I need help, could come around, Hiskey and help me fit these C-cups into my Ds? Or I think they are Ds struggling into my Cs.

Using a tape measure wrap it around your back across the center of your nipples the apex. The apex of your bust gives you the size…such as Measure directly under your breasts…. A lingerie representative showed me how….

Wonderful story. I came of age in the fifties. Marilyn Monroe certainly was not fat. She had a tiny figure with lots of curves. And I believe she succeeded when no one was there for her, because she became her own mother—her own advocate. She loved and protected herself and took herself wherever she wanted to go.

And she got there. This would be a decent article, except for the fact that at least 5 of the quotes you listed are not actually Marilyn Quotes. Lauren: Which quotes are not accurate? I take the accuracy of things on my site very seriously, so if you know of inaccuracies please be specific and, if you happen to know credible references backing up your claim, it would save me some digging to verify what you say.

You say you have read My Story and Fragments the only written works from Marilyn herself. The quotes I have listed at the bottom are nowhere to be found in either of those or any other credible biographical work on Marilyn.

I was a journalist before a career change and know the pains of researching credible sources nowadays! Also for the record, Marilyn suffered from endometriosis, gall bladder issues, and other stomach conditions.

She would take enemas to relieve her constipation and other stomach conditions, as they were accepted as a fad prescription from doctors in the day. Not to mention, Marilyn suffered her whole life from fluctuating weight gain and loss, especially in her married days when she became pregnant and settled into domestic life.

For example, we see progressive, albeit light, weight gain from and then a sudden weight loss from until her death in But just remember, some come, some go. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.

I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. I squealed when I saw your username, Zelda. I was utterly fascinated by Marilyn as a teenager in the 80s, and loved that Zelda Zonk was one of her pseudonyms.

Your reply to the real quotes was also fabulous. Furthermore, the following is a very detailed and accurate collection of Marilyn information specifically quotes with this link from dedicated fans and researchers:. Zelda Zonk: Thanks for the detailed analysis. I edited the Marilyn Monroe quotes appropriately given your recommendations. And if her IQ were measured to be quite high, more tests would have no doubt been administered, and word would have no doubt gotten out, but the studios would have made sure it was NEVER made public I know about the IQ testing through my own experience with psycho-therapy.

I think in a way it is dangerous to peddle Monroe as a size 0, as she has been a pin up for a more natural female form than a lot of what we see today. This is a direct example of her size, the white dress she wore in The Seven Year Itch was recently auctioned off and was put on a mannequin that was a size 2, but they were still unable to zip up the dress as the mannequin was too big.

I think you do need a post about bra sizes…sigh. If she lived now I would estimate she would fit a 28FF or or maybe 28G, ideally she could even be a 26GGG or something — but there is only one brand that makes 26 bras so yeah bit of a problem for small framed ladies. Though lots of people still do it — that is the reason everyone like Evy I bet wears the wrong size!

There is no way someone with a 22 waist would fit a 36, here underbust could not be more than 28! Even if you added the 4 inches you would get a 32 size for someone like her — no where NEAR a 36! Go get bra-ducated people. I was scouted as a professional model for this reason when I was younger. Its metabolism as much as it is genetics and bodyshape.

Individuals need to pay attention to their own body needs and health needs. Not everyone is built literally to have a size 22 inch waist line. We are all different shapes, statures— and we all have different needs! When one is using needle and thread on a garment, it is sewn. When one is spreading seed in a field, it is sown. Size in inches is not the only thing that matters. In beach photos towared the end of her life she has visible cellulite, thighs that touch, and ripples on the sides of her waist.

She also had a handful of extra fat on her lower stomach. In general I appreciate this article, and Monroe was certainly far from plus-sized or even average-sized compared to modern women. Please note, this is not even nearly a reliable indicator of body fat percentage.

Yes, thighs fill out at a higher weight, but they also change size with muscularity; and the size at which they touch is determined by hip pelvis width.

At least one of those measurements given is way off. So, she was really either a 40 inch bust, or she was only a 32C. She was well proportioned, but did not have the wasp waist that 22 inches would have given her. The only time her waist looked small was when she was corseted. She was very small whatever her size was. Below are sites with pics of her tiny waist. Do you also have a big bust? How tall are you? I think her waist would look much smaller if it were 22 inches…but she differed throughout her career, with no corset, I think not.

Okey, perhaps I can help a bit. I agree with Jasmin, I do not believe Marilyn Monroe waist was only 22 inches in cms I am a very naturally slim person and my shape is also hourglass but not like Marilyn, smaller. Here, in Australia , I am size a smalll 8 which in America would be sizes I am 4 in Diane Von Furstenberg, to give an example but I was 2 in other brands. I can change sizes according to the brand but I am never more than a 4 American or 8 Australian.

My waist is or 60 or 62cms if I am ovulating and my heaps are 90cms and my bust oscillates between cms At first sight my bust may look smaller, that is why I do not trust all the girls who work in shops and apparently can help you with your fitting, they may be trained but they lack criteria, for they always think I am a B or C and a 32! One of the reasons why I am D is because my breast are not as close as other, and they always stay up gravity and pregnancy never affected them, thank God.

I think they mostly do with their waist, because of the mytch! Also, I am very petite 1. Perhaps I can help now about how having the right bust measurement. There is a lot of confusion because until a few years ago the bust were wrongly measured and many still do it now, and believe the old stuff, but now it has change, and yeah, the band is your underbust measurement, and then you have to find the size.

You know what is the beauty of those brands I am using? But I am glad people are clearing this about her weight. Women use to be very tiny before fast food and abundance of soft drinks hit the market. Here is a direct example of her size, the white dress she wore in The Seven Year Itch was recently auctioned off and was put on a mannequin that was a size 2, but they were still unable to zip up the dress as the mannequin was too big.

Interesting article. I thought it was common knowledge that sizes changed over the years due to the ever-expanding girth of people. One issue is the claims about modern models. I do not believe that Marilyn ever came close to a size She had a beautiful figure and my guess has always been that she was about the size of my younger sister who was a size I am built exactly like Marilyn but taller and I was a size in my younger years.

Honestly all the bra talk, who really cares? She probably looked best without one and I suspect that she doffed the bra on many occasions.

Why does everyone think a size 16 is big and for fat people? I was a size 16 and only weighed 8st 3lb. I had a large bust and broad shoulders. So a UK 16 would be a US 14 or 12, which is on the upper end of average for us, but we are a fat country.

I was a 12 for a few years at one point in my life and I was definitely flabby, but my frame is kind of small. Oh, and I also have the same issue about the waist being one size smaller than the bust and hips. Tailors are your friend. She was a vintage size , which is more like a nowadays. Vintage sizes are way different and usually run very small with a small waist. So yes, Marilyn Monroe would be a size Unlike these shapeless hollywood women of today.

Hollywood wants their women to look like 11 years old boys with perky tits these days. Miss Monroe also wore Girddles and clothes were actually sewn onto her so a measurement in one dress may be completely different from a dress she would wear out of work. Wow, a size 11? A size 11 would fall right off of me. Wow, that is very interesting.

She was so plump. She really looks like she would fit a size 16 today. Boo: You clearly just wanted to post your hourglass stats. Seriously, how did you do that? Inquiring minds want to know. Pictures of her look as if she has these measurements, MM has no Everyone I meet thinks I have breast implants. It IS rarely found naturally. My post baby measurements were , not fun. My measurements were the opposite of yours!

You obviously didnt read the whole article…This is a direct example of her size, the white dress she wore in The Seven Year Itch was recently auctioned off and was put on a mannequin that was a size 2, but they were still unable to zip up the dress as the mannequin was too big.

Her upper body is significantly smaller than her lower body. Her measurements are more likely …. I could have a 8th Grade education, is that really so much better? Bridgette Bardot, amazing face and body, Jayne Mansfield …. Monroe will always be a icon due to her presence, femininity, etc. What did I learn today? I think not. A 22 inch waist is what an 8 year old has. This measurement is mad for a healthy woman past puberty. This will be a measurement wearing a corset.

Thus was without any type of diet, exercise, or girdle or modification. My mom has 8 sisters, as well, and 6 of those were all very close to this. The measurement under the bust is always the same or larger than the center apex of the bust measurement. I agree that the 22 waist measurement was with foundation garments. You have to take the clothing of the period into account — it was structured and designed to be worn with foundations.

Not bust no hips, not much of a butt. Nature balances shape, unlike modern surgically enhanced bodies. Eyes can tell you that. You could cut the delusion with a knife. Note that this was also considered rather too large and frowned upon by Hollywood even back in the day. I actually gasped at how tiny her waist was in How to Marry a Millionaire where she plays a fashion model.

First off, any woman less than a C cup was almost always portrayed as unattractive and undesirable whether she was thin or not. The flatter chested woman was always shown as doing menial work or as the dull wife that the husband was lured away from by the busty MM or Jayne Mansfield.

I can tell you if she has a bust size of 35 she cannot have a bra size of 36D. The cup size which is the letter is based on how many inchs out the breasts are from the chest, so the difference between chest size and the bust size. Since the chest is wider than the waist we would have to assume her underbust messurement will be a bit higher than 22inch which you gave for her waist. I am an hour glass and I have about a 3inch difference between waist and chest so lets assume she was 25inch underbust.

Those bra size charts on google are nonsense. Marilyn might have fitted a 36D from Even so, that puts her in a ye olde band size 30… but bras only used to go up to a cup size of D. You said Luckily, many of her dresses, carefully preserved, are still around to measure off of.

Sizes change. What was a 12 in my teenage years is a now. Sadly we have gotten much bigger. I find it so interesting that her waist was supposedly, 22 inches… did she tight-lace, or wear a lot of corsets when she was younger or in her off time?

I know the camera adds a few pounds. But Reese looks smaller than MM. Thanks for the article. Give the guy a break. Some people are not great writers. He got his points across …. If an article is published on the internet, it should most definitely be up for correction, both in facts and language, by readers. It improves the article for future readers.

As a point of comparison, here are measurements for four major stars of the late s and s:. Her bra size was 34B. This article does not make this difference clear and I have to wonder whether the writer considered this and from where the sources of information came from.

It could be they are getting their international wires crossed. Please get a life. Listen marilyn monroe didnt give two craps about how you felt about yourself, she didnt feel good enough about herself to not end it.

How I feel. Please, get a life, you seriously have nothing better to discuss? Well actually clearly, and me too, clearly. Go back to the dress patterns of the time and you will see that sizes have changed. In s sizes, she may well have been a , but that would be tiny today. Those guys would have a field day here. I use a size 14 dress pattern. Her bra size was nowhere near a 36D. Early in her career as a model and aspiring actress — this would have been during and shortly after the war — she was an active and skilled surfer.

Marilyn loved the ocean and was a good swimmer. She liked to spend time on the beach at Malibu and became friends with many of the crowd of young people who pioneered the surfing lifestyle in the area. Marilyn became famous for her beauty and striking blonde looks, but as a young woman was known among her surfing friends for her athleticism and skill on the waves. AND she was much more intelligent than people realize. The dippy blonde like the walk referred to in Some Like it Hot was all part of Her act.

MM was not ONE size, like ALL people her weight fluctuated sometimes very thin sometimes she has a belly -the size that never changed was her heart which was always monumental she was a beautiful lady but if you think it was all in her looks you are missing out on who she was which was a beautiful person and actress.

So now you are underexagerating her size , I think. Especially since I wore the same bra size! There is no way a 36D would fit in a size 0 unless you were bound like Milan as a boy!

This woman was tiny. Did you even see the dress she wore to sing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy? The difference is, she had curves. I could have guessed that this article was written by a man as soon as I saw the bra size. So bra sizes work like this. The band size is how many inches around your rib cage is, the cup is how many inches larger you are when you factor in the actual boobs. Similarly a 38C and a 34DD fit women who are approximately inches around in the bust but factoring that some women have a larger rib cage to bust ratio and others have a smaller rib cage to bust ratio.

Jali: Exactly on the sizing discrepancies. The problem with all this bra discussion is, I think, the idea that there is a standard bra sizing system in place and that this has stayed constant from when Monroe lived to now. We men have it a bit easier there. Jali, no small number of women are clueless about bra sizing.

That said, you have a point in that this article was supposed to clear up confusion about sizing, and while it did so for clothes sizes, the same has not been done for bra sizing as is obvious by the comments here. The point is she was thin. Lets not worry over the bra size. She was size 12 back then, which makes her a size 6 today.

I am a woman, and I shop vintage. So I know. All you have to do is look at pics of Marilyn back in the day and know that these measurements are bunk.

By no means was Marilyn Monroe fat but she definitely did not have a 22 inch waist either. I have seen other white stars from the 50s and she is NOT the hottest. She was not small. MM was pounds at the time of her death. Have you seen the backstage pix? At age 16 in I was a size 12, 34 36, pounds … not fat sizes were different then they are now…. She was a tiny and curvy woman of average height by any standard..

Jayne Mansfield was , and when you look at photos of her straight on, you can tell. It shows she has a flat stomach, the waist is the measurement all the way around, and hers is not distinctive in any way in photos straight on. Ha ha! Oh man I wish they still were in business. That is priceless. Her bra size is wrong. If her measurements were 35 chest, 22 waist her under bust band size would be anywhere from a 26 to a 29 which would make her bra size around a 32 E. Putting a bra on that is 36 D?

Adrenne… there is a lot of discussion about bra size, above. A size two! Ha, maybe by Hollywood standards and no concept size. There are way too many other articles that contradicts what you are saying her.

But hey I guess anything to make her perfect. Look at her pics and the pic of an average actress or singer today , she was clearly larger. Yup, I said plus size. Plus size does not equal fat. Get over it people. The average woman today is a size Whatever: your post is super-weird and hostile. Do you know who that woman is, in the photo at the top of the page, with the vanishing midsection?

Well they also wore high rising pants back then. The waistline would cover the belly button. Her pants would actually be fitted at the waist and not around the hips.

If anyone has seen the high rising pants before, you would now they round out towards the bottom, so her pants would of fit just fine.

If she was still alive these days, she would probably be wearing leggings or hipster jeans that sit just at the hips. One small problem with this article, is that either the writer is a liar or the sources are. If you do the math, her bust size would actually be 40 inches at the fullest part. This is exactly 5 inches greater than her supposed measurements of I have some good photos of Marilyn when she started her modelling career at age She lost weight again after a gallbladder operation, then gained it back.

If she were alive today, no way would she fit size 0. MM would probably fit into a 28F bra today — almost a sister size of 36D. When she started she was or around that, maybe an inch bigger, when she got fat and she was still gorgeous she was much bigger, I have seen Monroe next to Maria Callas, Callas was a tall woman and very thin and Monroe looked literally double than Callas.

I can believe Callas was 35 inches, not Monroe whatsoever. So what if people are calling Monroe fat? I don;t get that skinny mania size 0 thing, the woman looks overly thin and unhealthy, with no muscles on her, thats not very good at all.

This is insane! MM standing next to Callas is very small. The waist is incredibly small. I have a 24 inch waist and would seriously struggle getting it on.

I make my own clothes and own many vintage patterns. A vintage s to s size 12 pattern has the measurements You can do a search for yourself and confirm this. A bust measurement is the around the widest part of the breast.

The number part of the bra size is the measurement of the rib cage below the breast, where the band goes around. With a 36 inch band size and 35 inch bust her boobs would have to be… concave. You measure under the boob, then around the fullest part of the boob.

How ever many inches apart the numbers are determine the cup size. Dev is right about bra size. I was taught, way before ridiculous low rise jeans, your waist is where you bend sideways. It really is. Anyone who called her fat is either jealous, ignorant, or just plain stupid. That said, I wish they would quit making adult clothes for little girls, especially underwear.

I just had to get that in there. Well holy carp. I had a inch waist when I was 14, I remember because I had to bring in a dress. It was really tiny looking even on me. I am making no judgement about the attractiveness of either woman, as I think they are both lovely. But I will say that having similar measurements with a height difference of 5 inches means that Elizabeth Hurley is quite a lot skinnier than Marilyn Monroe.

As a woman who is 6 feet tall, reading the measurements quoted in this article means very little to me except in the few cases where the height was also mentioned. My measurements are quite a bit larger than my friends who are average height, but with the same BMI as mine.

I had no idea she was so short. She and Elvis also. But this poor girl had one crappy life. Who got their just rewards. I believe there is a larger game at play…. Clare: When you were younger, were you more in shape, muscle-wise?

I actually know a woman like this who tends to lose weight even as she looks fatter during times she stops her normal workout routine in favor of just cardio or nothing. On that note, this article may be of interest to you. Daven Hiskey No I was way out of shape back then. I was weighing in at 15st.

Now I am fit, healthy and a regular at the gym with a free weighs routine, core and a little cardio to keep my heart healthy. I still have some older jeans size 12 which fit me but shopping for our modern sizes I am the measurements for a size 16 according to most measurements and some places a size I am a qualified fitness instructor so I understand that muscle weighs more than fat.

Yes women are mainly and traditionally targeted by marketing, it is also targeted at men and sadly children too. So their height difference is 2 and a half inches, NOT the 5 inches Daven states. RIK: Depends on which sources you believe on her height.

We are extremely interesting in the finer details here on TIFO. The firm fitting undergarments of the time helped give the hourglass figure with her waist measurement smaller than the average, ungirdled, woman today. It also, to some extent, stabilized her shape even through minor weight changes in a way that todays stretchy clothes, and stretchy girdles like Spanxx, dont. The bra size issue is a common one. Women who were taught bra fitting in the 80s and earlier were all taught to take the underbust measurement and add 4 inches to get the band number.

Modern bra technology renders the additional numbers unnecessary. Consequently many women are not getting the right amount of support, causing back problems etc. It does seem to have fluctuated though and she certainly looked considerably larger in her later years. I would be interested to know if any dresses from that stage in her life are still in existence. Sorry, but back in the day those measurements were for a size I was her size in the sixties.

Look at her picks ALL of them. Look at them over a 10 year period. Her weigh fluctuated and being sexy had nothing to do with her weight. It was her confidence and attitude, the persona she put on.

In the late 50;s some like it hot she was a little heavier but most of her life she was a very slender hourglass. Friggin ridiculous. Absolutely correct. What is now a size 8 used to be a size They must accommodate the denial and egos of so many overweight individuals. I am not tiny, small, but not tiny. MM had to be tiny…. I wish we could agree on some international sizing standards — it would make clothes shopping much simpler.

The European ones 40, 42 etc seem to be the most consistent.