Beautiful Women . Facts on Figures

Submitted by Rita Singh, January 2002

There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and only eight who do.
Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.
If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.
The average woman weighs 144 lb. and wears between a 12-14.
One out of every four college aged women has an eating! disorder.
The models in the magazines are airbrushed -- not perfect!
A psychological study in 1995 found that three minutes spent. looking at a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty, and shameful.
Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman.
Today they weigh 23% less.