Friday 3 August 2012

Body Image timeline




-By the 1950s, a thin woman with a large bust line was considered most attractive. The voluptuous (size 16) Marilyn Monroe set a new standard for women who now needed to rebuild the curves they had previously tried to bind and restrain.


- By the 1960s, slenderness became the most important indicator of the physical attractiveness following the arrival of model Twiggy. She weighed is at a shapeless six and a half stones had the figure of prepubescent boy.

- Despite America public with increasing body weights, Playboy magazine mag increased the promotion of slimness between 1959 and 1978.

- Miss America contestant were also found to be thinner over time and winners of the pageant after 1970 consistently weighed less than other contestants.


Reference : (2009) Body image timeline. Retrieve on 16 July 2012 from http://www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/wellbeing/bodyimageandselfesteem/bodyimagetimeline

This information is about the body image of the 1960s. It mentions the transition of curvaceous body at the end of 1950s to the early of 1960s due to the celebrity marilyn monroe. However, drastic change where people started to be conscious about their body image. Fashion icon twiggy with very skinny body. It also says that during that time american people were actually quite fat. On the contrary, the media did not bother about what was going on. Like playboy magazine, they continue to publish their magazine and in directly promoting the idea of slimness. Perhaps the promotion of slimness was a success that even the beauty pageant started to get concerned about their image and that  being slimmer and slimmer is beautiful. This information can be the supporting evidence on the body image of 1960s.

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