Liz Torres: won an emmy for the role of "Mahalia", very BBW, very sexy and funny, on the John Larroquette Show

Patti Smith poet/punk androgyne.

The ultimate Art Nouveau artist: Maxfield Parrish; his nude "Stars" is slender but not skinny or buff; there's still a fold at the waist and soft lines.

the Egyptians saw fertility as beautiful and powerful when they sculpted Nefertiti

review page 1 of this essay

many of the works of art on these 2 pages I found either through using the google search engine, or on the Web Museum website. Some other sites I found on this topic:

Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women are Taboo

Essays:
the flu & you

Correct use of MaHuang/Ephedra & the truth about Chinese Herbs, weight loss, and metabolism

Past Essays:

Female Body Beautiful:
The Thin & The Fat

Beautiful women are in all shapes, not just pears, and all types, not just feminine. In the '50s, the silver screen's leading lady was often voluptuous. The exception: Audrey Hepburn, forever thin after the Nazi blockade of Belgium (she received food from UNICEF, a charity she later supported).

Art Nouveau: Gustav Klimt

19th century: Actaea the Nymph of the Shore (below).

17th century: Rembrandt's "Bathsheba" is notable for portraying the thoughtfulness of a woman in a private moment (contemplating a letter from David). The model was Rembrandt's mistress.

Renaissance: Michelangelo's detail of the Sybil from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling

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