Dying to Be Thin

"You can never be too rich enough or too thin enough." The Duchess of Windsor.

Prince Edward the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne to marry the divorced Bessie Wallis Simpson (The Duchess of Windsor.). The Duchess deeply resented being denied of the Royal Title and frequent referred to Queen Elizabeth as "Cake" and "Cookie" alluding to he fondness for food and robust figure. Edward showered Wallis with money and jewels, and in February 1935, and again later in the year, he holidayed with her in Europe Now, women all over the world abdicated their health and self esteem trying to seek and impossible ideal.

What makes Wallis the pivotal point in history? Wallis was named of the Year by Time Magazine in 1936. It was the first time the magazine had a Woman rather than a Man of the Year. Wallis was perceived to be a woman of "limitless ambition," seeking wealth an position. Throughout history royalty had set the ideal for fashion. The Duchess began to set the ideal for thinness. But, this ideal was impossible for 99 percent of females. You see, Wallis had a condition called "androgen insensitivity syndrome.," And would never respond to the female hormones that give other women curves and a higher percentage of body fat. What you don't hear in the most quoted statement by The Duchess of Windsor is that she was to frail to function after the death of her husband in 1972. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_of_Windsor)