By today's standards, Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe would be plus size!
Marilyn Monroe had a 22 inch waist. She would NOT be a plus size.
She weighed between 117 - 120 pounds all through her career and was 5'6", giving her a BMI of 19.4, which is on the low end of the normal range.
Her USO ID card from 1956:
That’s not true mama.
Jayne was 38D 21 35. 5’5” 125
Marilyn was 36D 24 36. 5’5” 118
Sophia Loren 34C 24 38. 5’8”. 140
Raquel Welch 37D 22 35 5’6” 118
Rita Hayworth 36D 23 35 5’6” 117
Hedy Lamar (my baby) 35C 24 35 5’6” 118
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Julia Roberts 35B 24 34. 5’9” 126
Elizabeth Hurley. 36D 24 34. 5’7” 125
Sandra Bullock. 34B 24 34. 5’7”. 123
Scarlett Johansson 34DD 24 35 5’4” 120
Emily Blunt 34B 23 34 5’7” 115
Jennifer Aniston 34C 24 35 5’5” 124
Jennifer Lawrence 35C 23 34. 5’8”. 137
Kate Beckinsale 34C 22 34 5’7”. 118
Kate Winslet 34D 23 37. 5’6” 140
I agree it looks like they are skinnier and tanner for sure.....than yesteryear ..models are thin of course....they are picked by homosexual men who want them to look like twinks....effeminate teen boys
Miranda Kerr 34B 22 34. 5’9”. 123
Candice Swanepoel 33B 23 34 5’9”. 120
Adriana Lima 33C 24 35. 5’ 10”. 124
Karlie Kloss 33B 24 35 6’ 115
Gisele Brady 34C 22 35 5’11” 125
It’s simply a canard overall mostly generated by fembots to claim our ideal is too skinny but with exceptions in some anorexic looking models
Women are fatter....no question and sizes have moved to accommodate their fragile egos
A size 2 in 1955is now a 4-6,....at least
My wife is tiny....a 00 to 0 to 2 on occasion
My mom was petite too and wore a size 4 in the 50s
Her old size 4 cashmere Hermès and Dior cardigans fit my wife perfectly whereas a modern size four would swamp her