“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.
I went to an exhibit of movie stars’ evening gowns — Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Crawford, Lonnie Anderson, etc. Those women were petite — I would say a size 6 by today’s standards and short. The camera puts on 20 lbs.
I saw Lonnie Anderson in person. Very petite even in heels. I always thought she was tall and voluptuous, but that’s just the camera.