"Noone ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't".
"You know, children, when they become adults are still at heart children".
Marilyn Monroe


           with her first dog, Tippy                 (trivia: her first dog was killed by an angry neighbor; the last dog she owned was also named Tippy).



At the orphanage:                               At the ages of 12 and 14:


As a teenager:
        

     


                            with her mum and her sister:
                                          



       with Gladys,Grace,aunt Ana,sister and other family members: