Marilyn Monroe emerges as new face of Max Factor despite being dead for 53 years

Max Factor has announced that sex icon, actress Hollywood's most sought-after blonde, Marilyn Monroe will be the new face of the make-up brand despite the fact that she has been dead since 1962.

As the brand's 'global glamour ambassador', she will take the starring role in this year's advertising campaigns.

The glamorous actress, who died at the age of 36, was a Max Factor client in the 40s, when the American brand catered for silver-screen starlets from its beauty parlour in Hollywood Boulevard.

In an interview, Pat McGrath, from Max Factor said...

'Marilyn made the sultry red lip, creamy skin and dramatically lined eyes the most famous beauty look of the Forties, and it's a look that continues to dominate the beauty and fashion industry.  It is the ultimate look that defines glamour - nothing else compares.'

Another photo of her after the cut...