Instagram fitness influencer Sia Cooper has posted a series of edited photos to her 1.1-million followers highlighting the unrealistic beauty standards women have been trying to achieve forever. Her pictures show what the âperfectâ female body looked like throughout the decades from the 1920s to today.
Cooper starts with the âRoaring 20s,â which she explains was âall about boyish,â so women sported short hair and âboobs and waists didnât matter.â In the âHollywood Eraâ of the 1950s, she says Marilyn Monroeâs curves were idealized, âbut a slimmer waist was ideal.â In the âSwinging 60s and 70sâ Cooper says the âtwigâ body style was introduced and âwomen wanted a thin and girlyâ appearance. The âSupermodel 80s,â were all about athletic bodies with toned arms and legs, and the âHeroin chic 90sâ the trend went the other way and the thin, waifish, androgynous look was in.
âPostmodern beautyâ is what Cooper calls todayâs style, where âbig boobs and butts and flat tummiesâ are ideal. âWomen also turn to plastic surgery to achieve their desired look,â she writes, adding that theyâre also âunhappier than ever with their appearance.â She adds that if you want to be truly happy, âchoose to forget what the media says and choose to love your own self as you are.â