At the peak of her fame, she weighed nearly 200 pounds. Marilyn Monroe, considered an American icon of beauty, had a full, curvaceous body during her popularity in the 1950s. A decade later, model Twiggy weighed around 90 pounds, creating a new image of what was considered a beautiful body. 3 1890s Actress Lillian Russell weighed around 200 pounds in the peak of her fame. The first American brassiere is invented.
Surgeons begin to use plastic surgery in private practices for cosmetic purposes.
1910s Feminism spreads and women are portrayed as big and powerful. The images on magazines covers show little men against larger, stronger females. The roaring twenties changes fashion trends for women. Women began to wear more revealing clothing such as the flapper dress. This popular fashion revealed arms and legs and allowed women to flirt with their sexuality.