Stardom and strolls down pageant ramps often linked
Stardom and strolls down the beauty and fashion ramp have often been linked.Update: Please note that I have sent my editor this "correction of a correction."
Marilyn Monroe — affectionately recalled in song as "Norma Jean" — is probably the most famous example.
While her first husband, James Dougherty, was sailing in the World War II Merchant Marine, Norma Jean Dougherty spray painted plane parts at a munitions factory. An Army photographer spotted her there and referred her to the Blue Book Modeling Agency.
Blue Book bleached her hair platinum blond and she soon became one of its most successful models, appearing on dozens of magazine covers. Her beauty and style caught the eye of 20th Century Fox executive Ben Lyon.
Lyon signed her to a contract, changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, helped her win the 1947 title of "Miss California Artichoke Queen" and the rest is history.
The "MM" legend sprang to mind Wednesday night as I watched Alexandria Mazerolle, the out-going Miss Yuba-Sutter 2009-2010, work the stage and the crowd as she escorted candidates for Miss Teen Yuba-Sutter, Miss Live Oak and Miss Yuba-Sutter for 2010-2011 through their paces.
Somewhere in the editorial process it seems the spelling of Norma Jeane (Mortenson) got mistakenly "corrected" to Norma Jean.
The confusion probably arises from the change the name underwent in the first line -- "Good bye Norma Jean" -- of Elton John's hit song, "Candle in the Wind." The song was well-received when it first came out. The "Norma Jean" in that song was construed to be a reference to Marilyn Monroe.
"Candle in the Wind" with its "Norma Jean" became popular again after Elton John performed it as a funereal tribute to the deceased Princess Diane.
posted by Tom Nadeau at 7:15 AM
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