Marilyn Monroe Fans, Dressed in Her Iconic Look, Celebrate Her 100th Birthday
Organizers aimed to set a Guinness World Records title for the largest Marilyn Monroe look-alike gathering ahead of her 100th birthday.
- On Saturday, May 30, more than 1,000 participants gathered in Palm Springs, California, to celebrate Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday while attempting to break the Guinness World Records title for the largest gathering of lookalikes.
- Monroe frequently visited the desert oasis to escape Hollywood's pressures, and her historical connection to Palm Springs served as the natural backdrop for the milestone festivities.
- Participants posed near the 'Forever Marilyn' statue while using wind machines, dancing, and cooling off at a splash pad to recreate the actress's iconic style throughout the celebration.
- The celebration commemorates Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday on June 1st, a milestone that inspired the massive turnout of lookalikes attempting to surpass the previous record of 254 people set in Australia in 2020.
- Photographer Mario Tama with Getty Images documented the festivities, capturing lookalikes as they prepared for the milestone celebration in California with detailed photographic coverage of the record-breaking event.
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In Palm Springs, California, 1,037 people dressed as Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe gathered over the weekend. Their number broke the record and entered the Guinness Book of Records, media reported on Monday. Monroe would have celebrated her 100th birthday today. At the same time, events dedicated to her memory are starting in Los Angeles, where she was born.
Marilyn Monroe look-alikes break the world record
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (NBC, KYMA) - Hundreds of Marilyn Monroe look-alikes broke the world record for the most people dressed like the Hollywood icon. The record was broken in Palm Springs, California at the Forever Marilyn statue Saturday to honor her 100th birthday Monday. The previous record was 254 people which was set in Australia in 2020, and attendees said there were over 1,000 people there dressed in a white halter dress and blonde wigs. …
More than a thousand people characterized as Marilyn Monroe gathered in the center of Palm Springs, California, and established a new Guinness world record for the biggest gathering of people dressed as the actress. The initiative took place on Saturday (30), on the eve of what would be the 100th anniversary of the Hollywood star and overcame the previous brand, of 254 participants, registered in Australia in 2020. Learn more: In the hundred yea…
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