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Minding the Media: Is the Thinning Economy Bringing Curves Back?

By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.
Associate Editor

From time to time, we see articles proclaiming that thin is totally in or curvy is making a comeback. Oftentimes, this proclamation occurs after fuller-sized models (by fuller, we mean a size 4) grace the runway at a fashion show or a curvaceous actress (like …

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Minding the Media: Is the Thinning Economy Bringing Curves Back?

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  1. Do people’s ideals of an attractive women change or do the shapes of women change in poor economic times? Less healthy food is often cheaper than healthy. Do you think people change their ideals of women as women change? Take for example, possibly stars became skinny so we started thinking skinny people were more attractive.

    Or do you think it dates back to the Middle Ages when the fatter one was the more wealthy they were, thus more attractive? Maybe in poor economic times we are looking for wealthy mates. Of course by “wealthy” I mean more stable, able to support, etc.

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