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Curves are in, thin is out in Britain
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-23 09:08

British women hanker after a curvy hourglass body shape rather than trying to be ultra slim, preferring Kate Winslet to Kate Moss, according to a poll published Wednesday.

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In a poll of 2,000 women, 60 percent admitted to being either an "apple" or "pear shape," but 75 percent said they wanted a figure like Catherine Zeta-Jones or Marilyn Monroe, against only 10 percent who wanted to squeeze into a slim size 10 dress.

"The report shows that women's attitudes to slimming over the last 50 years have changed with their figures," said Laura Bryant of the food company, which commissioned the poll. "It seems British women have lost their waists but now they are demanding them back."