[wideawake]

That's an often repeated myth, but it's not true.

Marilyn Monroe was 5'5", 115lbs, 35-22-35.

Nina Agdal, one of the SI swimsuit cover models this year is 5/9", 121lbs, 34-23-35.

They are effectively the same proportions, except that Agdal is 7% taller and 6% heavier.

[nascarnation]

You’re using statistics and math.

How long will you last on FR?

/LOL

[ken5050]

I commend you for your in-depth research and incisive analysis of the question..

[SeaHawkFan]

If those are accurate stats for Marilyn Monroe, she was much smaller than average, and a very nice shape.

[Pollster1]

Marilyn Monroe was 5'5", 115lbs, 35-22-35. Nina Agdal, one of the SI swimsuit cover models this year is 5/9", 121lbs, 34-23-35. They are effectively the same proportions, except that Agdal is 7% taller and 6% heavier.

Those actually are not the same proportions when height and weight increase by the same ratio. To take an extreme, think about a 6' tall man at 200 pounds, and a 3' tall child at 100 pounds. The adult may be reasonably proportioned, while the child is severely obese. The correct proportionate weight for Nida Agdal to match Marilyn Monroe's shape would be roughly 138 pounds at 5' 9" tall (1.0615^3 * 115 . . . actually not quite true for technical reasons; 134 pounds is a better match, but in either case, Nina is proportionately significantly slimmer).

[dangerdoc]

weight should increase by the square of the height. If they were proportional, the taller model should weight about 132 pounds.

[1010RD]

Usually the thoughtful analysis comes after post 50.