I wanted to try something a little different and make a small blog post documenting the ideal images of women through the years, staring in the 1900's. Here we go.

1901:

Female models of the 1920's:

Women of the 1930's

Women of the 1950's

Women of the 1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000-2007

How did we get to where we are now? What and who decides what is beautiful and what is not, and why do we allow the media to influence us to tell us our value based on size?

I know that the media is not completely responsible for eating disorders, but it does play a role as well as many other factors and the role that it plays is a big one. They set the standard, today's models, magazines, and TV shows influence us more than we sometimes realize.

It's always going to be there, you cannot escape it. You can either learn to ignore it, or let it take over you. I remember when I was a little girl I would stand naked in front of a mirror with my fashion magazie out, turned to the swimsuit section, and hold it up beside me, comparing myself to the models.

This is not healthy. How did we go from Marilyn to Twiggy? Why have we begun to measure our worth and out ability for success by the number we see on the scare?

I know I am not one to talk and that I find myself very often putting myseld down about the way I look. But this has gone too far. Some say nothing is going to change, but I say...nothing is impossible. And if we can go from idolizing healthy to dying, then I think we can do anything - including learning to stop idolizing body images and instead learn to appreciate the things that really matter.