Naked And Exploited
Marilyn posed nude for photos, explaining, "I thought I'd be safer [with a friend] than with some wealthy older man who might catch me in a vulnerable moment when I was hungry and couldn't afford a square meal.
He promised to disguise my face, but everyone recognized me." Shockingly, that same friend confessed to paying Marilyn a mere $50 while selling the rights to a calendar maker for $500. The calendar went on to sell around 8 million copies.
