Marilyn Monroe

A candle flickering in the hurricane of Hollywood, she was the world's most famous silhouette and its most misunderstood heart. She played the "blonde bombshell" with such perfection that people forgot she was reading Joyce behind the scenes. "We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle," she whispered, even as the studio lights blinded her. She is the archetype of the fragile icon, the woman who proved that fame is a fire that warms the world but consumes the source.