The Ideal Female Body Type: What Changed After A Hundred Years?

Published on 12/16/2020
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Betty Grable Was The Pin-Up Girl Of The Decade

Rosie the Riveter was someone we could all be intimately acquainted with, and we could bet that she was just as famous even though Betty Grable wasn’t as burly as a feminist idol. During the ’40s, Betty Grable was the most famous pin-up girl, and it would not be an overstatement that all military people had a picture of her inside their lockers.

Betty Grable Was The Pin Up Girl Of The Decade

Betty Grable Was The Pin-Up Girl Of The Decade

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The Hourglass Figure Of The ‘50s

If in the ’40s we had a small curve body, we might consider it appealing. Those who had an hourglass figure would have all the people’s attention in the 50s. These were the days when there was a captivating lean body and muscular shoulders. The magazines had advertisements for weight gainers this year which could expand the hips.

The Hourglass Figure Of The ‘50s

The Hourglass Figure Of The ‘50s

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