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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

A barefoot Monroe balances on rocks over a tiny brook. In a 1999 interview with Digital Journalist, photographer Clark described how in 1950 he received a call from a friend at 20th Century Fox about "a hot tomato" the studio had just signed: Marilyn.

In this photo: Marilyn Monroe

Photo: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Aug 01, 1950