Council on Size and Weight

Within this site, there are lots of great and positive aspects against the discrimination against weight and differences, which is a great and positive outlook on this society that seems to hold such a stress on beauty and ideals. This is an excerpt from the website which I thought was a good analysis/timeline of the evolution of icons, and their beauty representation in regards to weight.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Twiggy may have seemed to be just the right size in the sixties, but the audiences of the fifties preferred Marilyn Monroe's fuller figure. The body weight of the woman picked as Miss America has gone down each year since the inception of that pageant. And the turn-of-the-century star Lillian Russell, said by many to be the most beautiful woman of all time, weighed between 180 and 200 pounds.

I feel that some of the most beautiful women that I have seen in the media these days, range from really curvy (voluptuous) women like Selma Hayek, to one of my favorites, America Ferrera. This women are true to their heritage and have positive self images, that impact women all over the world. I hope to one day be seen as an icon like America, not in the actress aspect, but as a well known icon/leader.