In case you needed more fodder for a “depressingly unrealistic body expectations” Pinterest board, lingerie shop Bluebella.com polled 500 men and 500 women to create mashup images illustrating how the sexes differ when it comes to their “perfect body.”
And so began a game of commodifying different celebrities’ body parts to be photoshopped into the super-celebrity body. Here’s the “perfect” woman:
“It’s great to see such a range of ages and shapes,” BlueBella founder Emily Bendell said.
She praised men for picking curvaceous ideals, like Kim Kardashian’s breasts and Michelle Keegan’s “shapely tummy.”
Note: This is how “shapely” is getting defined
Meanwhile, women were progressively throwing out a lifeline to the over-40 crowd. “Who would have thought mother of two in her 40s in Gwyneth Paltrow would come top of the female poll for the best toned tummy?” Bendell asked. “And it is great that in her sixth decade Elle Macpherson is still seen as a style icon by so many women.”
And here is the “perfect” man—one of whom perplexing boasts Harry Styles’ hair:
Totally different.
“What this survey shows,” said Bendell, “is that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.”
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