have been told that I needed to lose about five or ten more pounds before I would be "perfect" here (I'm an 8 UK). I heard it's worse in Japan and Korea but I've never lived there so I wouldn't know. In Indonesia where I'm from, girls tend to be built a lot curvier than those in Hong Kong, but they are still very slim. At anything above a size 8, friends and family and especially MOTHERS would start nagging at us to lose weight. We have some larger-boned people, but these poor girls are always having to uncomfortably shuffle about while their mothers ramble on to other mothers about how fat and chubby their daughters are, and how they are trying to make them lose weight. In the UK however, I found it very different. There are plenty of girls my size and slimmer than me, but I think that plenty, if not more, girls are above a size 8, somewhere between the size 8 to 12 range. Whether or not that's a good thing I don't know. What do you think? i don't think it matters personally i like girls that are a bit smaller than me about 5'10 and are quite light around 7-8 stone. but there is no good size it is what you are and it can be hard to change. be happy with who you are and remember there is someone out there for everyone if you are worried about not being attractive enough