3 Things Marilyn Monroe Did To Be More Attractive (That You Can Do Too)

Photographers couldn’t take enough pictures of her, journalists couldn’t write enough stories about her, and directors couldn’t help wanting to work with her even though she was notoriously difficult. What was it that set her apart? Her hourglass figure and platinum curls, of course, but there were plenty of other actresses with those assets. It was her mannerisms, her coyness, and her overall demeanor that made people obsessed with her, even decades after her death.

TikToker @ashleeinc recently made a video spelling out the three things Marilyn did to draw people in – and they’re all things that you can do too. Keep reading to find out how to make everyone obsessed with you without changing a thing about your appearance.

Speak Softly and Carefully

In order for her transformation from Norma Jeane Mortenson to be complete, Monroe changed nearly everything about herself – including her voice. Actors still use voice coaches to sound more confident on screen and in interviews, but Monroe made her voice softer, not stronger. In fact, she had a stutter as a child and needed the help of a speech therapist to overcome it, according to Vogue. Monroe never yelled or strained her voice to speak over others. As a result, her voice had an almost ethereal quality – and everyone would quiet down to hear what she had to say. Watch The Seven Year Itch (1955) to witness how Monroe’s voice contrasted with the other actors in the film as a way to portray her character as innocent yet seductive.

Monroe also chose her words very carefully and deliberately. She left listeners wanting more. Her mystique was undeniable. In today’s world where we often tweet, text, and tell our every thought, perhaps we can all take a lesson from the blonde bombshell.

Make Eye Contact Count

TikTok has gone wild with the supposed “triangle eye” flirting trick borrowed from footage of Monroe. It goes like this: gaze into someone’s left (or right) eye, briefly shift your focus down to his or her mouth, then gaze into the opposite eye. Will it make everyone fall in love with you? Who knows! But their curiosity will definitely be piqued.

“What we’re talking about is triangular gazing, which can be highly suggestive and indicate romantic interest,” body language expert Karen Donaldson told Women’s Health. “Lingering eye contact heightens intimacy while the lips are an erogenous zone and a pleasure point. When doing the triangle method, you’re implying you’d like to touch your lips with theirs.”

Use Full Sentences – and a Dash of Humor

Long before she changed her name and became a Hollywood star, Monroe had a tumultuous upbringing in foster homes. Grace Goddard, Marilyn’s guardian, first started molding her into a poised young lady, author J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe.

“She’d taught her to curtsy, to be polite, to look people in the eyes when speaking to them, and also to speak clearly and enunciate every syllable. It was as if Grace was running a charm school with only one pupil,” Taraborrelli wrote.

In her interviews with the press, Monroe often spoke in short, full sentences and punctuated her speech with humor. Early in her career, she was in hot water after news leaked that she had posed for a nude photograph. In the 1950s, audiences were not used to these kinds of acts by their movie stars. With the help of gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky, she crafted the perfect line to downplay the scandal.

“When a reporter asked Marilyn what she had on in the nude photo, she replied, ‘The radio,’” author Lois Banner wrote in Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox. 

Closing Thoughts

Yes, attractiveness has a visual component – but it also has spiritual, emotional, and mental components. Hair, makeup, and clothes don’t make the woman. It’s her essence, her zest for life, and her treatment of others that really makes her shine.

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