The body-positive activist showed the ideals of beauty of different years on her body using Photoshop, causing controversy on the network. Reported by the Daily Mail.
Alex Light, 31, from London, who has about 60 thousand followers on Instagram, posted a series of photos in a bathing suit. Each photo represented a stereotypical version of the perfect body that was popular in society in different decades of the 20th and 21st centuries.
So, for example, the ideal of 1950, the woman chose the actress Marilyn Monroe and turned her figure into an "hourglass", increasing her breasts and buttocks, as well as narrowing her waist. The ideal of the 1960s and 1970s was the miniature Twiggy model. To become like her, Light significantly reduced all parts of her body.
To showcase the female beauty of the 1980s, the activist chose top model Elle Macpherson, who was tall, had an athletic build, large buttocks and breasts. In the 1990s, according to Light, supermodel Kate Moss was the trendsetter. By copying her body, the blogger reduced all her proportions to the limit.
In the 2000s, the Victoria's Secret lingerie brand was considered perfection. The girls had a slender body with pumped up abs and large breasts. Light made such a figure. TV star Kim Kardashian became an example from the 2010s. Taking her appearance, the woman maximized her lips, buttocks and breasts, and also greatly narrowed her waist.
Alex Light's work sparked controversy among netizens: some were inspired by her idea, others considered the chosen “beauty ideals” to be her subjective opinion.
In January, blogger Celeste Barber, who became famous for parodies of celebrity photography, copied a picture of the American supermodel of Palestinian origin Bella Hadid, previously recognized as the most beautiful woman in the world.
