A chart published in 1959, which was shared by the LA Times blog, illustrating how women’s bodies were judged in the Miss Universe contest:
- Shoulders too square
- Shoulders too sloping
- Hips too wide
- Shoulder bones too pronounced
- Shoulders and back hunched
- Legs irregular, with spaces at calves, knees and thighs
- The form divine, needs only a beautiful face
Not that society’s standards for beauty have changed drastically since, but this chart reveals the level of scrutiny that women faced in 1959.
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