In recent history, the idea and overall concept of feminine beauty has been slowly sinking toward a far less healthy, overly thin model. When humans first evolved over 25,000 years ago, women with large, ample breasts and hips were seen by society as very sexually appealing symbols of fertility. Fertile women were considered to be the ideal for any man. Thin women were not considered beautiful because they did not appear healthy enough to raise and provide nourishment for their family. Slim women were also often times considered poor because in the eyes of society, they could not afford enough food to keep their body full and healthy.

During the Renaissance era, beautiful, elaborate paintings from world famous artists, Micheangelo among them, featured full-figured women in the nude. Full figures continued to be "en vogue" throughout the Mannerism and Baroque periods, which continued up through the 1730's. In the...