Virtually 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes be part of Irish charity swim | Eire

Virtually 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes have made a splash by participating in a themed charity swim at an Irish seaside.

Sporting retro swimsuits and blond wigs, swimmers dressed because the movie star took the plunge at Balcarrick seaside in Donabate, County Dublin, for Marilyn’s Mater Paddle.

Sunday’s occasion, now in its second 12 months, was organised to lift funds for girls’s most cancers care at Dublin’s Mater hospital. The objective was to generate funds to assist the hospital in dashing up most cancers analysis, enhancing therapies and offering world-class care to ladies from throughout Eire.

The director of improvement on the hospital’s basis, Roisin Duffy, mentioned: “The inspiration focuses on 4 key areas: life-saving tools, hospital redevelopment, analysis and innovation, and affected person and household assist. This may imply offering all the things from smaller issues like IV drips for most cancers sufferers, or Dyson followers for most cancers sufferers, to the extra superior use of state-of-the-art mammogram machines.”

Duffy added: “We’re extremely humbled by the sisterhood of Marilyns who gathered in Donabate this morning for girls’s most cancers care. Marilyn’s Mater Paddle could appear on the floor like only a enjoyable, Hollywood-themed dip nevertheless it’s a lot extra. It’s a paddle with a objective and each splash and each donation made helps us assist ladies on their most cancers journey within the Mater hospital.”