Paul Marciano, the smoothie head of the company, explained their appeal to me. "The iconic movie stars of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita and Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot, or the supermodels of the 1990s, will always represent the ideal of beauty for women" he said. So why have we been plied with a steady stream of malnourished peasant girls? Full Article at Times Online