A female body can be placed in a range of body measurements and shapes. Bmi based body measurement chart for women. By jill martin pierre a. By knowing your bodys three dimensional angles youll know if a clothing youre planning on buying is a good fit for your shape. Knowing your body measurements is simply a valuable knowledge for both women and men when shopping for clothes online. Rectangle a rectangle is a woman whose body shape means having waist measurements that are less than 9 inches smaller than the hip or bust measurements.
The ideal female body according to the men the one shown on the left in each pair above had a bmi of 1882 a waist to hip ratio ratio of 70 and a waist to chest ration of 67. Perfect female body measurements how to take accurate body measurements. Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. For example some are small and bulky but they look beautiful while others are medium in height and petite but they look gorgeous. The 5 main female body types are as follows. It is hard to standardize a perfect female body according to a particular shape or body measurement.
Going to a tailor will give you more accurate measurements but you can certainly get a close approximation handling the measuring tape yourself. You need to calculate your body mass index which helps you know whether you are overweight or underweight. Every female was born with a particular body type and hence a peculiar measurement. The body mass index is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters square. So you are not particularly curvy your waist is not well defined and your weight is fairly distributed throughout the bodythis shape of the body is also called as the straight or ruler body. Its important to know that there isnt an average or typical body.
However considering the popularity of specific body shapes in different parts of the world 36 24 36 are the ideal body measurements for women. Female athletes have 14 to 20 body fat. Thats part of what makes each of us unique. Having 21 to 24 body fat indicates physical fitness. Most women have a good idea what their measurements are but rather than assume you know get an accurate measurement.