1912: The perfect woman

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 100 years back, there was a woman who ussed to be considered as the perfect woman ¿ Elsie Scheel. Elsie Scheel weighed 171 pounds despite being fond of beefsteaks and eating much of it. Her weight was considered healthy, although on a BMI scale, she would be considered overweight today. Again, Scheel was lauded as a product of modern civilization and the most nearly perfect physical specimen of womanhood. Reporters have advanced that Elsie Scheel did not possess a single physical defect. The light-haired, blue-eyed girl ¿ Elsie, was 5ft 7in tall with a pear-shaped chest-waist-hips ratio of 35-30-40 inches. Experts have highlighted that the ideal woman of December 1912 ¿ Scheel, have shown the modern women to what extent the idea of perfection has changed since the early 20th century. Indeed, nowadays a model is about 36-24-26 in (90-60-90 cm)...