Pig out, because back in the 1500’s, being overweight was their supermodel skinny.Just like the roaring twenties with their flappers and the calming sixties with their peace signs, the Renaissance had its large woman strutting their stuff.

“Back in the renaissance it was very popular to be a man or woman who’s very voluptuous and the model woman was very large,” Connor Newman, senior, said. “You would consider them obese nowadays but that was beautiful back then,”

81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat. 80% of girls are seeing magazines, ads, and supermodels and feel insecure, according to Health Research Funding.

“[…] then as it kind of faded into the victorian era, wastes were the really big thing.  The thinner the waste the more beautiful you were,” Newman said. “They mostly valued waistlines and people would actually break their ribs to get themselves down to a certain size. Most of the time they couldn’t sit down cause the waste was so thin.”

Times haven’t changed much since then. Woman sometimes crave the “perfect” body so they can get validation for themselves. In reality, an average woman is 5’4″ and 140 pounds, whereas an American model is around 5’11” and 114 pounds, according to Health Research Funding.

In reality, an average woman is 5’4″ and 140 pounds, whereas an American model is around 5’11” and 114 pounds.
“I think [people] should stop listening to what other people tell them to do and more focus on what they think is beautiful to themselves.” Newman said.