60s Female Body Image

1960s:

Dieting becomes popular. Weight Watchers is founded in 1963, recruits 500,000 members and grosses $5.5 million in revenues.

Amphetamines  prescribed by doctors  to women seeking weight loss.

1963: "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan ignites the modern American women’s movement.

1965: The average fashion model weighs eight percent less than the average American woman.

The National Organization for Women, advocating women’s rights, is founded in America.

1967: British fashion model Twiggy arrives in America weighing 91 pounds on a 5-foot-7-inch frame, triggering a shift in average sizes for fashion models.

1968: Feminists burn bras, make up and high heels to protest the Miss America beauty pageant.
http://nm-server.jrn.columbia.edu/projects/masters/bodyimage/history/1960s.html

Slimness in Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn

Reference Text :
http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/ilassa/2010/ssl.pdf
http://www.healingthehumanspirit.com/pages/body_img2.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAV29Vv9hY

This video showed a better idea of how women were with their bodies back in 1960s.
and also the bikini trends at that time. 

Some examples of women in the 1960s.
These iconic women were the ones who influenced the ideas of body image. 

http://guy.com/a/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/10_Twiggy.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-XSQpNE8FM/TKEpgJ3NY3I/AAAAAAAABck/Irpvl5EpCfI/s1600/Julie+Andrews+-+STAR!.jpg

http://weekendspast.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Model_Jean_Shrimpton.62154419_large.jpg

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090430/GAL-09Apr30-1957/media/PHO-09Apr30-160103.jpg

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=16520163

http://papericons.com/jovita/jovita-1960s-nude-model.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7vzycVdNw1qf6jy9o1_1280.jpg

http://vieillemarde.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/viviane-ventura-sexy-picture-actress.jpg