![The search for the perfect woman: 100 years ago, America was obssessed with Venus de Milo look-alikes. The search for the perfect woman: 100 years ago, America was obssessed with Venus de Milo look-alikes.](https://compote.slate.com/images/0cb354cd-7b63-42c0-a978-22029d72f42a.jpg?crop=920%2C656%2Cx0%2Cy0)
The search for the perfect woman: 100 years ago, America was obssessed with Venus de Milo look-alikes.
Lemonfont on Twitter: "Had the random idea of an office girl going overboard with her workout and ending up turning into Venus/Amazonian body type. Also she's the boss now or whatever https://t.co/JN06i99HC2" /
![The Venus of Willendorf and Other Voluptuous Ancient Figures May Have Been 'Ideological Tools' to Shape Body-Image Norms The Venus of Willendorf and Other Voluptuous Ancient Figures May Have Been 'Ideological Tools' to Shape Body-Image Norms](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2020/12/oby23028-fig-0002-m-1024x532-1.jpeg)