WIRED crunched some numbers, namely the proportions of Playboy models from 1954 to the present day, and determined what we've noticed just through casual observation: earlier Playboy models had a bit more meat on their bones compared to the models of today, who are proportioned more like anime characters. This is in contrast to the average American man and woman, who is getting larger over time. But somehow, the breast sizes of models have mysteriously stayed in the C-D cup range, even though the bust sizes have gone down.
Surprisingly, while to us this study emphasises that women were beautiful back in the '50s and didn't have to mutate to their current unnatural format, the findings have proven rather controversial in the comments of the WIRED article...
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