Remember when Marilyn Monroe declared diamonds are a girl's best friend?

Remember when showgirl Lorelei Lee left her fiancé dumbstruck as she emerged onstage in a pink satin gown, dripping in diamonds, in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"? Lee, played by Marilyn Monroe, then launches into a musical number where she croons "diamonds are a girl's best friend" -- a scene widely imitated in the decades since, from Madonna's "Material Girl" video to Margot Robbie in "Birds of Prey."

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