She’s an outlier, but an outlier in the sense that someone who’s 6′2″ is an outlier, not an outlier like Michael Jordan is an outlier.
I think this might be selling Marilyn Monroe short, because from what I’ve heard, she was also extremely charismatic and skilled at building her image. Which is kind of a different but parallel point to yours—lots of women can have pretty faces and pretty bodies, but what really makes a few like her stand above and beyond (besides the luck of being in the right place at the right time to become world famous) is also the talent to leverage that and make it shine. A model for example needs to know how to pose; a well-rounded variety act needs to be pretty, emotionally intelligent, good at conversation, at coordination, with the patience and persistence to suffer through all sorts of treatments and make-up… there’s a lot! It’s just not all physical.
I think this might be selling Marilyn Monroe short, because from what I’ve heard, she was also extremely charismatic and skilled at building her image. Which is kind of a different but parallel point to yours—lots of women can have pretty faces and pretty bodies, but what really makes a few like her stand above and beyond (besides the luck of being in the right place at the right time to become world famous) is also the talent to leverage that and make it shine. A model for example needs to know how to pose; a well-rounded variety act needs to be pretty, emotionally intelligent, good at conversation, at coordination, with the patience and persistence to suffer through all sorts of treatments and make-up… there’s a lot! It’s just not all physical.
Certainly true; by “genetically gifted” I meant more that her face or body was granted some essential goodness that 99.99% of women lack.