Meet 1912's Perfect Woman - 5'7" and 171 lbs

denezy
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http://jezebel.com/5970466/meet-1912s-perfect-women-pear+shaped-171-lbs-doesnt-know-fear

100 years ago the New York Times declared this woman to be the "most nearly perfect speciman of womanhood". After comparing hundreds of bodies, she was found to most closely resemble the Venus de Milo.

What do you think? What is your perfect female speciman?

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  • brightblader
    brightblader Posts: 39
    No too fat
  • justgowithit17
    justgowithit17 Posts: 1,392 Member
    well she doesn't look too hot in that pic...both body and face wise
  • BACONJOKESRSOFUNNY
    BACONJOKESRSOFUNNY Posts: 666 Member
    This topic merits a pic of the old gal.

    phpHrKoLtPM.jpeg

    *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* fa fa... Meh.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    And she wasn't afraid to take a beating when she got out of line, based on that eye shading.
  • jsuaccounting
    jsuaccounting Posts: 189 Member
    That is the thing - this picture is what a healthy strong tall woman should look like. With all the overweight women in our society it is strange that we idealize underweight / under muscled women.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    That is the thing - this picture is what a healthy strong tall woman should look like. With all the overweight women in our society it is strange that we idealize underweight / under muscled women.

    my guess is that the woman in the article has a body fat percentage in the unhealthy range.
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    Laces, doesn't mean she is in the unhealthy range...i'm 5'8 and if I go under 165-170, i'm too skinny. Her waist measurement is great for her height.

    I prefer strong to skinny anyway.
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    She was in the BMI Overweight range. But BMI is so inaccurate and there's no way of knowing how much fat/muscle she had. With those measurements at that height and that weight, she was probably fairly muscled.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    this is comparing apples to oranges. there are lots of reasons why a chunky woman would be considered ideal 100 years ago, especially since her weight and ability to have a bit more cushion signified wealth and a comfortable life.
  • denezy
    denezy Posts: 573 Member
    Mostly interesting how few of you found her attractive, yet the Venus de Milo is considered such a feminine ideal.
  • IanBee93
    IanBee93 Posts: 237 Member
    Too big for my taste
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    This topic merits a pic of the old gal.

    phpHrKoLtPM.jpeg

    *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* *kitten* fa fa... Meh.

    Lol
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    Every generation picks its own version of beauty though

    http://stylecaster.com/timeline-sexy-defined-through-ages/
  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
    those are my measurements and I am about 10 to 15 lb lighter than her
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    well lets think about this venus de milo was created in ancient greece. It is supposed to represent Aphrodite who is the goddess of love and fertility. My guess is it's not so much about weight, but the definition of true fertility.


    Here is a fun little image for you at one time when we were still killing animals with sharpened obsidian this little sculpture represented the image of fertility in women.

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShPplUNpKL9lw3goEs3BzRu7-viLpVkHZSNDtq-OFeLjU_Xn5qRA

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