Female athletes have 14 to 20 body fat. Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. Every female was born with a particular body type and hence a peculiar measurement. 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. 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.
By knowing your bodys three dimensional angles youll know if a clothing youre planning on buying is a good fit for your shape. 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. Having 21 to 24 body fat indicates physical fitness. Its important to know that there isnt an average or typical body. 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. Perfect female body measurements how to take accurate body measurements.
Knowing your body measurements is simply a valuable knowledge for both women and men when shopping for clothes online. You need to calculate your body mass index which helps you know whether you are overweight or underweight. Bmi based body measurement chart for women. Going to a tailor will give you more accurate measurements but you can certainly get a close approximation handling the measuring tape yourself. A female body can be placed in a range of body measurements and shapes. However considering the popularity of specific body shapes in different parts of the world 36 24 36 are the ideal body measurements for women.
It is hard to standardize a perfect female body according to a particular shape or body measurement. By jill martin pierre a. The body mass index is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters square. Thats part of what makes each of us unique. Most women have a good idea what their measurements are but rather than assume you know get an accurate measurement.