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More than 1,000 Marilyn Monroe impersonators broke record on Monroe's 100th birthday

On Saturday afternoon in Palm Springs, Calif., 1,037 people donning white halter dresses and platinum blonde wigs descended on what would’ve been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. They broke the Guinness World Record for most Monroe lookalikes in one place.

KVCR’s Madison Aument reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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