re: Women’s Ideal Body Types Throughout History

The trends have quickened as industrialization and technology have advanced. I don't know whether to decry this, or not.

Certainly Egypt and ancient China will have different ideals, partly based on locale and climate. But we go from thousands of years in a span, to hundreds, now to decades.

I think the "Golden Age of Hollywood" example girl is a bit too heavy. Certainly they weren't all built like her, and even Marilyn Monroe was not this big.