Hastings 'Marilyn Monroe' Instagram star says Netflix biopic on iconic actress has helped her earn 'thousands'

Leylah Dobinson, 23, a full-time freelance model and influencer, said her OnlyFans page has ‘gone crazy’ in recent months since the film Blonde was released.

The movie came out earlier this year and is a fictionalised take on the life and career of American actress Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de Armas.

Leylah said: “I started up my OnlyFans in 2020 and it has gone crazy these past eight months. I have earnt myself more than £30,000. This has changed my life completely and I have been able to travel working abroad with my modelling and I have met the most amazing people on the way.

"I really believe this is a start to something special for me. I know that I will be known as a beauty icon one day and I’m not giving up until I get there. My motivation and drive I have will get me into the limelight I have always wanted since I was a little girl.

“I am slowly becoming known from my Instagram, OnlyFans and other social platforms. I am looking forward to see what 2023 brings for me. Earning 30k in such a small time-frame has been so overwhelming. I have learnt if you really want something in life you can achieve it. All you need to do is believe.”

Leylah has more than 20,000 followers on her Instagram page under the name Missleylahlinda due to her love of the American icon from the 1950s and early 1960s.

She said: “This came around a few years ago when my mum suggested me becoming the next Marilyn Monroe. While I was putting on my red lipstick and hair curled she smiled with tears in her eyes saying ‘you could be the next Marilyn Monroe, my girl’.

"I was also crowned Hastings Carnival Queen back in 2014 and in previous years being the face of Hastings a number of years in a row. The main things I admire most about Marilyn was her natural beauty, how strong she was as a woman and power she had over people."