Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Unconsenual Centerfold

As Monroe grew more famous, those naked pictures she took early in her career came back to haunt her once again. Hugh Hefner, the owner of Playboy, bought the rights to the pictures and used them for the cover and centerfold of his magazine. Monroe never consented to her likeness being used in the publication. 

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