Q4: MY Pop Culture Icon

When I think of the term “pop culture icon,” I think of someone who had a major entrance to Hollywood along with a huge exit from it. Between their entrance and exit, they need to do something drastic that always puts them in the spotlight. Someone that I look up to and is a pop culture icon is none other than Marilyn Monroe. The appeared in Hollywood when she was young. She was always seen modeling and appearing in films. She was married several times. In her later career, she starred in two amazing films, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “Some Like it Hot.” Even at the time of “Some Like it Hot,” her career was starting to fall apart. She became hard to work with and wasn’t able to remember her lines; she became a real diva. Her slip out of Hollywood? Death. She was found dead in her home at the young age of 36 from a drug overdose. It may seem like she wasn’t much to look up to, especially at the end of her career. One reason that I see her as an icon is because of her true beauty. She was a pretty face and more. If you were to look at any pictures of her, you can clearly see that she is not stick thin like most other models or actresses during this time period. She had curves and wasn’t afraid of working with them. Not being the skinny little figure really makes me look up to her because she was able to make in the show business despite being difference. She shows young girls, even now, that you don’t need to be stick thin.