Monroe ya ci gaba da jawo hankali ta hanyar sanya tufafi masu bayyanawa a cikin abubuwan talla, wanda ya fi shahara a kyautar Photoplay a watan Janairun 1953, inda ta lashe kyautar "Fastest Rising Star". Ta sa rigar zinare mai launin fata, wanda ya sa tsohon dan wasan kwaikwayo Joan Crawford ya bayyana halayyarta a matsayin "ba ta zama 'yar wasan kwaikwayo da mace" ga manema labaru. Yayin da Niagara Monroe ta zama alama ta jima'i kuma ta kafa "kallon", fim dinta na biyu na shekara, wasan kwaikwayo mai ban dariya Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ya kafa hoton ta a matsayin "dumb blonde". Dangane da littafin Anita Loos da littafinsa na Broadway, fim din ya mai da hankali ne kan 'yan mata biyu "masu neman zinare", Lorelei da Dorothy Shaw, wanda Lee Shaw da Jane Monroe suka buga.
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