Cornell Daily Sun logo Cornell Daily Sun 4 weeks ago

Making Models Even Skinnier

Standing at five and a half feet tall, Marilyn Monroe claimed her measurements were a curvy 35-22-35. Barbie’s famous plastic figure, scaled to size, would be an impossible 36-18-33. Full Article at Cornell Daily Sun

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  1. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: Designer Ralph Lauren attends the Museum of The Moving Image salutes Clint Eastwood at the Paris Theatre on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
  2. Designer Ralph Lauren arrives with his wife Ricky Low-Beer for a screening of the film "Invictus" and for a salute to the work of Clint Eastwood by the Museum of The Moving Image in New York December 1, 2009.
  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: A model walks the runway at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2010 fashion show at Skylight on September 17, 2009 in New York City.
  4. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: Janet Jackson attends the Ralph Lauren Spring 2010 show at Skylight Studio on September 17, 2009 in New York, New York.
  5. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Designer Ralph Lauren (R) and guest watch the match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during day fourteen of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 13, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of th...
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  7. NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Designer Ralph Lauren and Ricky Lauren attend the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - MAY 18: Designer Ralph Lauren attends the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially re-open the Charles Engelhard Court, centerpiece of the newly renovated American Wing, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 18, 2009 in New York City.
  9. VIGEVANO, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: A shoe belongs to Marilyn Monroe is displayed at the International Footwear Museum Of Vigevano on December 3, 2009 in Vigevano, Italy.

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