when DID this becomer more attractive?!?! (pic.....i hope)

Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 and she was absolutely gorgeous!

amen!

Actually, as has been pointed out numerous times in this thread, she would have been more of a size 2/4 today - HOORAY for vanity sizing!!! :laugh:
(the pic in this thread is taken at one of her higher weights so probably not a 2/4 there, but at other times she was)

I agree with those who said it's not cool to turn things around and pick on thin girls like the ones in the top pictures.

HOWEVER, I think it is very, very rare that girls are naturally skin and slender like this. Most women aren't built like that and I do think it is dangerous to make it seem like that is the new standard. Most girls cannot get down to a frame and weight like that without leading an unhealthy lifestyle. If you happen to have a curvier frame, bigger boobs, a bit more on the hips, etc. and you try to get a tiny built like Keira...well, that's not gonna work unless you starve yourself. So, no, I don't wish that obviously talented girls don't get a recognition for their talent but I wish that society would add a bit of a disclaimer to its beauty standards.

The disclaimer need to be with each person. If you run with the pack of wolves that is your own fault when you get chewed up and spit out. Too many people are afraid to be different. That isn't societies fault, but the fault of the person. Everyone is so quick to blame society or others. The truth is written on your own heart.

This post and people agreeing show that society isn't as biased as one makes them out to be. Yet people take what is shown on the run ways and ASSUME that is what society thinks. Yet it's far from that, most people are pretty indifferent. Especially guys, we all like things different. Ever listen in on a guys conversation of who they think are hot. It's funny to listen to because we have such huge variances in what we like. It has nothing to do with society. Some things just make others tick more than others.

Ex. I prefer a woman with a nice tush. My bud doesn't like them unless they are a bit top heavy, when I could care less. That has nothing to do with society. It's just our preferences.

To be honest I think 3 of the top, and 3 of the bottom are attractive girls, both top and bottom has girls I don't think are attractive. (Kirsten and Shirley don't do it for me)

Add in the bottom pictures they are in modeling poses, while the top girls aren't in modeling poses it makes a difference. I have a feeling who made the picture found pictures that fit their agenda.

Sorry to everyone who thinks kiera and nicole look good in there. Keira looks sickly and so does nicole (surprisingly nicole looks better then keira), I personally do love keira as an actress and do fin her to be an attractive woman but she is FAR too tiny and could gain 5 lbs. But that is my opinion.

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And Marylyn looks like she needs to put down the cheeseburger just an opinion

and the OP is eating 1000 calories or less a day. so, who's body are you trying to get?

I just posted this on FB yesterday. My opinion is that is didn't get hotter, but that's just me. It's sad that the clothing industry has made it even harder to have womanly curves. I wouldn't mind being curvy so much if shopping wasn't such a nightmare.

I heard a quote from a male fashion designer once who said he wanted a clothes hanger and not a woman for a model, because he wants to show the clothes and not the girl in the clothes. So fashion models are designed to be clothes hangers. Their bodies are supposed to be non existent to show the clothes. Personally, I would never ever want to be referred to as a human clothes hanger.

Now some girls are naturally thin and athletic like Kiera Knightly. She's that way naturally, and she's very pretty. Other girls have to starve themselves to try for that look, and that's really not necessary. I have curves. I have always had them. I had them at age 11 and I have them now. I've had them when I weighed 127lbs and when I weighed 300lbs. I am not going to fight nature to try to be something I am not. And I will never, ever be naturally non-curvy. I think if you are who you are naturally, then that's beautiful and sexy.

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This is kind of mean. While I think anorexia or any eating disorder that leaves a girl skin and bones is sad and just as unhealthy as obesity I will not bash on skinny women. I'm naturally built like the top row of girls. I work out, lift weights and eat balanced and well. I was thin even when I didn't work out, eat well or give two sh*ts about my body. I have been teased and ridiculed my entire life about it and honestly pictures like this are as mean spirited as someone saying mean and hateful things about fat people.

Both rows of women in that picture are beautiful in their own ways. If any of the celebrities have eating disorders then I feel bad for them but I will not trash talk them.

Thank you! I think these sort of "skinny bashing" posts on Facebook are getting to be redundant. I find them to be in poor taste and probably started by people who are not content in their own skin. Some people are naturally more on the thin side, so why would that make them less beautiful than anyone else? I'd like to see how well this whole campaign of body bashing would fly if the top row of women pictured were larger than the ones pictured at the bottom. Every body type and every body is beautiful.

I adore Lucille Ball, I think she had it all, she was talented, funny and beautiful. The smallest she wore was a size 12. I completely agree with you, why would anyone purposely want to look like a refugee?

I adore Lucille Ball, I think she had it all, she was talented, funny and beautiful. The smallest she wore was a size 12. I completely agree with you, why would anyone purposely want to look like a refugee?

Comments like this is why I had to talk my wife out of breast implants when she was 19. It's mean spirited even if its not meant to be. It's no better then the people in the other camp.

In my opinion it isn't.

Thank you people, Marilyn was not a size 12 (or 16 UK) but a size 2-4 US, the woman had a 23 inch waist! I'm a UK 12 and a vintage US size 20, so that might give you an idea on how sizes have changed.

Also, there were plenty of skinny Golden Age starlets - Barbara Stanwyck for one.

Yes, there does seem to be a modern fad for being very, very thin but hell - that fad was around in the 20s (losing weight, flattening the bust with binding) - fashions change.

And some men do prefer VERY thin women. When I was 110lbs (at 5'5'' thats tiny) I had loads of guys who liked that build. Men are INDIVIDUALS, which means they have INDIVIDUAL tastes. Gee....

I adore Lucille Ball, I think she had it all, she was talented, funny and beautiful. The smallest she wore was a size 12. I completely agree with you, why would anyone purposely want to look like a refugee?

By the way looking it up.. Lucille Ball was a size 12 back then, which is equal to a size 6 now.

Thanks for posting this!!! I saved the picture and all I have to say to that is AMEN!!! ha

I completely agree with you, why would anyone purposely want to look like a refugee?

this is as bad as saying "omg look at chick what a beached whale"

evidently it is ok to bash thin girls and not fat ones! So completely tired of the double standard!