It was in the autumn of 1944 David Conover photographed Norma Jeane Dougherty for the first time. Conover saw something in the eighteen year old and organised a two week modelling trip through California.
By August 1945 Norma Jeane had signed with Emmeline Snively at the Blue Book Modelling Agency. A month later she appeared as a model at her first trade show for Blue Book and within a couple of months began working with the photographer Andre de Dienes.
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