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The Gibson Girl and Eugen Sandow 1900s-1910s
Introduced in 1890 as a response to the Barbie doll, the ideal body type of the 1900s was that of the Gibson girl. The Gibson girl was a creation of Charles Gibson and was depicted of being tall , slender, a heavy bust, and wide hips. -
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Body Image Throught the Years
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The Flapper 1920s
During the " Roaring Twenties", the ideal body type for women at this type was the flapper. Depicted in this image is a famous hollywood actress by the name of Alice Joyce. Alice Joyce was noted for her famous slender boyish figure. The 1920s brought about and ideal of thinnness and drove many women to diet and fitness to fit in with the times. -
1930s-1940s Wartime Body Image
During the 1930s and 1940s, a realistic depciton of body image and celebrities such as Dolores Del Rio and Lena Horne started to resembe the body type of the average women. *Note: Dolores Del Rio who is pictures was voted as having the best body type in the 1930s -
Golden Age of Hollywood
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Flower Child
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Let's Get Physical
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1990s: As If !
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2000s Let Me Take A Selfie
