IIRC, there was a Ms. Brazil who was in Ms. Universe competition and they were complaining she was too heavy. There was also discussion about having the lower ribs on both sides removed to make the waist smaller.
There really is something unpleasant about the 'making them look like boys' thing. Remember Twiggy? That's what I aspired to look like. 5'6" and 86 lbs.
Me too, but there was always that darn pizza :)
I have a picture where I weighed 99#, and I was in a ballet company (granted, I wasn't underweight by the 'standards' but you could count my ribs).
And I was told I was too 'fat' too create a good line in dance (yes, I had a butt even in starvation).
Models used to be all sizes....from Mae West types to Audrey Hepburn...
You're right, it all happened sometime around Twiggy, Balanchine and women's gymnastics taking off...
The combination of fashion, art and sports all creating the same 'perfect' female form, that was so narrow a standard that few could attain it without drastic measures.
So now I see 9 year olds with the normal chub pudge of their age 'dieting' like their mama's.
We're either morbidly obese or starving.