A Marilyn Monroe impersonator sick of potential dates making lewd comments and asking for sexy pictures says she doesn't dress up to 'fulfil a fantasy'.<br /><br />Talented Isabella Bliss, 36, is a burlesque dancer, comic, singer and writer alongside her role as the iconic sex symbol.<br /><br />But she says most suitors can't look past her blonde bombshell looks - which has made it hard to find a partner.<br /><br />Isabella says some men make crude jokes while others think she'll likely be self-obsessed and a narcissist due to the perception of Monroe's personality.<br /><br />Unmarried and without children, Isabella, from Basildon, Essex, blames her love life struggles on her job.<br /><br />But she says she loves what she does - and she has never wanted to have to give it up for anyone.<br /><br />Isabella said: "I clearly state on dating apps that I know I look a bit like Marilyn Monroe - it’s my job. But nine out of 10 times they get inappropriate.<br /><br />"Some people are confused and don’t understand how I get paid for it. Sometimes they want to go on date to see if I do look like Marilyn. <br /><br />“But I still haven't given up on idea of meeting the love of my life and having my happy ever after.” <br /><br />Isabella first started performing as a burlesque dancer at 20.<br /><br />People quickly started commenting on her resemblance to Monroe, who is still widely held as one of the great sex symbols.<br /><br />An actress, model and singer, Monroe died in 1962.<br /><br />Isabella first performed as Monroe in 2013 at her friend's birthday as a joke.<br /><br />But her performances escalated from there - and she made a name for herself as the 'Marilyn Monroe of burlesque'. <br /><br />In 2017 she wrote a one-woman show dedicated to the icon, and next year will be touring the show as a full theatre production. <br /><br />But Isabella says she feels like she has to make a choice between the career she loves and finding the man of her dreams. <br /><br />And she says she worries the opportunity to meet the right man and start a family is beginning to fade away. <br /><br />Isabella said: “Marilyn herself just wanted to find her person and be loved and feel loved but who she was made it so difficult for her. <br /><br />“I’m another year older and another year closer to making a choice – do I choose to pursue my dream, tour my show and enjoy the career I love so much?<br /><br />“When in the background I’m watching that opportunity to meet right person, have kids and get married start to disappear."<br /><br />Isabella says she's had all manner of crude comments - with one man bizarrely asking if she'd slept with the late US president John F Kennedy.<br /><br />The real Monroe is alleged to have had an affair with Kennedy.<br /><br />Isabella said: "Someone messaged on my Instagram and asked what John F Kennedy was like in bed. They see me as a thing and not a person."<br /><br />“Men think I’ll be really smutty or sleazy or that it’s ok to talk to me about my body - they ask for selfies all dressed up or in lingerie. It’s like I’m there to fulfil their fantasy.
