article_snippet: It is a result which contradicts the views of millions attracted over the decades to the more voluptuous pin ups from Marilyn Monroe to Page Three Girls.
article_snippet: A complex series of visual tests were conducted by researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney for the specialist journal Evolution and Human Behaviour.
article_snippet: researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney for the specialist journal Evolution and Human Behaviour created computerised images of different female body shapes based on 24 basic factors from bust and bottom size to length of legs and waist circumference.
article_snippet: researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney for the specialist journal Evolution and Human Behaviour identified 24 female 'body traits' most commonly found on a sample of 273 women from government census-style data.
article_snippet: This included the obvious like bust size and shape and even 'volume', length of legs, waist size but also the slope of the shoulders, circumference of lower legs and girth of biceps.
article_snippet: It also looked at 'seat prominence' - in others words, a big bottom - and overall height and shape of torso.
article_snippet: a big bottom - and overall height and shape of torso created 20 composite female figures incorporating different traits
article_snippet: Volunteers were shown side and front on profiles of these women but the faces were pixilated in order for these women to be rated purely on body shape and physical features.
article_snippet: Walking through LA Kim showed off LA Kim curvier figure, the new research claims to provide some of the most extensive research on female body shapes .
article_snippet: it said: 'No study of a subject as complex as body shape attractiveness can provide all the answers.'
article_snippet: But it said No study of a subject as complex as body shape attractiveness can provide all the answersprovides the most comprehensive and detailed insight yet into which traits constitute the actual targets of selection. '