“Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23 percent less”
More like women have gotten fatter, not that models have gotten skinnier. We used to joke about “Muffin Tops” in the 90’s but now women, and men, are simply obese.
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I think if you go back to the 1950s and 1940s, you will find that the models and movie stars actually weighed MORE than the average single woman on the street. People used to be very skinny by today’s standards.
“I think if you go back to the 1950s and 1940s, you will find that the models and movie stars actually weighed MORE than the average single woman on the street. “
That is an excellent point. Marilyn Monroe was chubby as were many of the starlets of the time. My favorite woman is a full figured gal, not fat, but curvy. Thinner women can be very attractive but I’ve always found a woman with an adult figure versus a pubescent figure was hot.