Researchers from the University of Konstanz have discovered the secret of a perfect woman's body - and it might explain why Kim Kardashian and Marilyn Monroe are considered so attractive.
A new study claims to have discovered the formula for the perfect woman's body - and it isn't about the waist-to-hip ratio as many had assumed.
These findings overturn older research which assumed that a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 was the ideal body shape for a woman. The waist-to-hip ratio is calculated by dividing the circumference of your waist by that of your hips. Previous research has suggested that the ideal ratio for attractiveness was 0.7 for women, meaning the waist is 30 per cent smaller than the hips
However, lead author Professor Ronald Hübner argues that the waist-to-hip ratio is a poor substitute for the far more important measure of curviness. Be the first to commentBe one of the first to commentCommentsWhat do YOU think is the perfect body?Comment now The researchers say that hip-to-waist ratio does not capture the entire picture. They argue that famously attractive figures such as Marilyn Monro owe their appeal to their curves rather than their waist size
As predicted, the drawings with the hip-to-waist ratio closest to 0.7 were consistently rated as more attractive. The drawings of torsos were made using curves found in pictures of real women wearing extremely tight corsets for the most severe curves. In fact, the largest body width with a ratio of 0.7 was rated as the least attractive body type with a score of just 17.
As to why this is the case, the researchers once again suggest that curviness could be an outward sign of evolutionarily desirable traits.
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