British women would choose hourglass curves over being model-thin, according to a new survey.
The research, by Special K, asked women to choose the British celebrity whose shape they wanted to have - and showed that British women who want to lose weight would rather aim for curves and an hourglass figure than being thin. Top of the list was celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, whose hourglass shape is almost as famous as her culinary skills, closely followed by Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet and Holly Willoughby. Skinny stars such as Girls Aloud and Kate Moss don't make the top ten.
A third of the women polled said they had an 'apple' figure with an undefined waistline, but 65% overall wanted an hourglass figure with a defined waist.
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