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Gibson Girl

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As I was looking at the pictures, the Gibson Girl image resembled that of a Caucasian American female beauty. These are upper class women who wear the latest fashions, are neatly and perfectly dressed for the appropriate time and place and resemble being calm, independent, confident and having personal fulfillment. Cristina, did you also get the same perspective as I did when looking closely at these images of the Gibson Girl? To me, the pictures portray two types of women and beauty: The "fragile lady" and the "voluptuous woman." The "fragile lady" resembles an hour glass figure woman having slender lines, being vulgar or loud and wants respectability. On the other hand, the "voluptuous woman" is the opposite of the fragile lady, having

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