Ahhh, the 90's. When models were slim but actually had bodies. And back then, I thought their bodies were unattainable, all flat-tummied and firm-thighed. But in comparison to catwalk models of today, they're about three sizes bigger, which is just so sad, isn't it? These girls invented the word super. From left, Nadja Auermann, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour. All beautiful, tawny-skinned, shapely bodied, glossy-haired there's absolutely nothing wrong with them. They beamed health and vitality through the lens and made me want to be them - the absolute definition of the word aspirational. Today's model? I don't know about you, but the thighs on Abbey Lee just scare me. Another cover of Pop magazine (which I first posted about below):
That's not a thigh, that's the width of my arm! It's a swizzle stick. I'm not saying it's not normal because for Abbey, it is indeed normal, but one only needs to look at Gemma Ward and what happened to her body once she removed herself from the modelling world to realise that the way these girls live is not healthy. It's unsustainable. And in my opinion, unattractive to most. If you're naturally thin, more power to you, but most girls when naturally thin still have a rounded though, even if it's tiny, it's still rounded. That's what naturally thin looks like 'cause they're meant to be that skinny. When thighs start looking like a piece of dead wood, that's when you know there are issues.
Which do you think is more attractive?