Check Out The Evolution Of The Female Standard Of Beauty Over The Last Century

Strong, athletic bodies defined beauty in the 2000s. 

Women in the 40s actually worked to gain weight and were more concerned with being healthy than being skinny. 

The Gibson Girls were named after the illustrator Charles Gibson. Their body types favored slim, corseted waists, sloped back and wide hips. 

Loose, drop-waist dresses and flat chests were all the rage in the 20s. There was also less focus on the hips. 

Curvy bombshells like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe were celebrated the world over. Women began to emulate their soft, feminine features. 

Screen stars Mae West and Jean Harlow set the standard for celebrated curves in the 1930s. 

Ultra skinny models like Twiggy made super slim waif-y figures super popular in the 60s. 

The 2010s have been the decade of the booty. Curves on curves and flat stomachs are the gold standard of this decade. 

Long, lean athletic figures like Farrah Fawcett's defined beauty in the 70s.

A huge fitness craze hit popular media in the 80s, so fit and strong bodies became the norm for women.

Waif and "heroin-chic" models were everywhere in the 1990s, so a return to slim figures started.